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Prison construction

Many new prisons have been constructed and opened by the North Carolina Department of Correction since 1989. 
Other facilities have added inmate beds by constructing additional buildings and dormitories.
The following list includes only new or replaced facilities, not additions to existing facilities.

Prison Date opened
Blue Ridge Youth Center 1989
Craggy Correctional Center 1989
Brown Creek Correctional Institution September 1992
Nash Correctional Institution June 1993
Foothills Correctional Institution May 1994
Neuse Correctional Institution August 1994
Lumberton Correctional Institution December 1994
Marion Correctional Institution June 1995
Pasquotank Correctional Institution August 1996
Polk Youth Institution - Butner November 1997
Hyde Correctional Institution February 1997
Craven Correctional Institution March 1997
Dan River Prison Work Farm March 1997
Warren Correctional Institution May 1997
North Piedmont Corr. Ctr. for Women July 1997
Tyrrell Prison Work Farm April 1998
Pamlico Correctional Institution September 1998
Mountain View Correctional Institution December 1998
Avery/Mitchell Correctional Institution November 1999
Albemarle Correctional Institution November 1999
Scotland Correctional Institution September 2003
Lanesboro Correctional Institution January 2004
Alexander Correctional Institution April 2004
Maury Correctional Institution April 2006
Bertie Correctional Institution May 2006
Tabor Correctional Institution Sept 2008

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