Closed Prisons

These prisons have been closed by the North Carolina Department of Correction and their inmate populations have been relocated. Details of the closings may be found in that facility's description, on our DOC History page or in back issues of Correction News.

Prison	Date closed
Alamance Correctional Center	October 2001
Alexander Correctional Center	December 1998
Anson CC (Merged into Brown Creek CI)	December 2009
Avery Correctional Center	October 1999
Black Mountain Correctional Center for Women	Moved to Swannanoa CCW July 2008
Blanch Youth Institution (Formerly Ivy Bluff Prison)	September 1999
Blue Ridge Correctional Center	October 2002
Burke Youth Center
Cabarrus Correctional Center	December 2011
Charlotte Correctional Center	December 2011
Old Craggy Prison	1989
Cleveland CC	December 2009
Currituck Correctional Center	August 2000
Davie Correctional Center	October 1997
Durham Correctional Center	October 2011
Gates Correctional Center	October 2009
Goldsboro Correctional Center	August 1999
Granville Correctional Center	October 1996
Guilford Correctional Center	October 2009
Halifax Correctional Center	October 1996
Haywood CC	November 2011
Henderson Correctional Center	October 2002
Iredell Correctional Center	October 1999
IMPACT East	August 2002
IMPACT West	August 2002
Martin Correctional Center	December 1998
McCain Correctional Hospital	April 2010
McDowell Correctional Center (absorbed by Marion CI)	July 1996
Mecklenburg Correctional Center	December 1998
Montgomery Correctional Center (absorbed by Southern CI)	1997
Moore Correctional Center	June 1995
Nash (minimum) Correctional Center	September 1999
Person Correctional Center	September 1996
Polk Youth Center (Raleigh)	November 1997
Richmond Correctional Center	June 1995
Rockingham Correctional Center	September 1996
Rowan CC (Merged into Piedmont CI)	December 2009
Sandhills Youth Center	June 2003
Sandy Ridge Correctional Center	December 1998
Scotland Correctional Center	November 2001
Stanly Correctional Center	July 1999
Stokes Correctional Center	October 1999
Triangle Correctional Center	August 1994
Umstead Correctional Center	November 2009
Union Correctional Center	October 2009
Vance Correctional Center	November 1996
Warren Correctional Center	May 1997
Washington Correctional Center	November 1996
Watauga Correctional Center	December 1998
Wilmington Residential Facility for Women	September 2009
Yadkin Correctional Center	September 1999
Yancey Correctional Center	July 1999

Status of Prisons GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEEE (GPAC) The table below indicates the status of the 30 small prisons recommended for closure in the December 1992 Governmental Performance Audit Committee (GPAC) report.
Prison	Status
MINIMUM SECURITY
Alamance	Closed October 2001
Black Mountain	Closed - relocated to Swannanoa CCW
Buncombe	Open
Cabarrus	Closed December 2011
Charlotte	Closed December 2011
Durham	Closed October 2011
Gates	Closed
Granville	Closed October 1996
Halifax	Closed October 1996
Haywood	Closed November 2011
Henderson	Closed October 2002
Martin	Closed December 1998
Mecklenburg	Closed December 1998
Person	Closed September 1996
Stokes	Closed October 1999
Umstead	Closed November 2009
Warren	Closed May 1997
Watauga	Closed December 1998
Wilmington	Closed September 2009
MEDIUM SECURITY
Alexander	Closed December 1998
Avery	Closed October 1999
Cleveland	Open (Converted to Minimum FY 2005-06)
Currituck	Closed August 2000
Davie	Closed October 1997
McDowell	Closed (Absorbed by Marion CI FY 1995-96)
Moore	Closed June 1995
Rockingham	Closed September 1996
Scotland	Closed November 2001
Stanly	Closed July 1999
Union	Closed October 2009
Washington	Closed November 1996
Yadkin	Closed September 1999
Yancey	Closed July 1999