NC DPS: Prisons

Operating safe and secure prisons

Nearly 20,000 people work to operate 55 state prisons across North Carolina. Those prison facilities house all felons and select misdemeanants sentenced by the courts to active incarceration.

Prison facilities

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55State Prisons NC currently houses more than 37,000 inmates in 55 state prison facilities.

3000fewer inmates The state prison population has declined by more than 3,000 inmates since 2011.

14%Reduction in Returns to Prison From 2011 to 2014, 14 percent fewer inmates returned to prison after release.

Visitation Prisons

Education Services Prisons

Health Services Prisons

Prison Programs Prisons

Send Money to an Inmate Prisons

Inmate Package Program Prisons

Inmate Telephone System Prisons

Death Penalty Prisons