Lincoln Correctional Center

North Carolina Department of Correction

County: Lincoln

Inmate capacity: 202

Inmate gender: Male

Custody level: Minimum

Staff size: 90

Occupancy: 1939

Administrator: John Crow

Lincoln Correctional Center

Mailing Address:
464 Roper Drive
Lincolnton NC 28092

Street Address:
464 Roper Drive
Lincolnton NC 28092

Phone: 704-735-0485
Fax: 704-735-7801

Facility #4525
Courier # 09-02-08

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Lincoln Correctional Center is a medium security prison housing 202 adult inmates.

Built in 1939, Lincoln was one of 61 field unit prisons renovated or built during the late 1930’s to house inmates who worked building roads.

The prison’s original dormitory is still in use today. The General Assembly provided a dormitory at Lincoln as part of the $10 million South Piedmont Consent Decree construction program in 1985. Work was completed in 1987 on the dormitory, a multipurpose building, recreation building and a Correction Enterprise shirt plant. In June 1987, was converted to a medium security prison for adult males.

Lincoln operates a Correction Enterprise sewing plaint. The plant makes various clothing and linen items for inmates. The plant employs two Correction Enterprises staff that supervises 23 inmates. The facility also provides for the Enterprise Furniture Plant in Statesville.

Lincoln supplies five Department of Transportation road squads working in Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland, and Mecklenburg counties.

Visitation is on Sundays from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. (A-L) and 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (M-Z). Special visits are by appointment Monday – Friday.

The prison has 90 employees.

Directions: Take I-40 to U.S. 321 by-pass south. Take 321 to Lincolnton exit 24. From there turn left on 150 west. Roper Drive is approximately 1/10th of a mile on the right.