Stanly Correctional Center

North Carolina Department of Public Safety

Stanly Correctional Center
(Closed July 1999)
900 Coble Avenue
Albemarle, NC 28001
(704) 982-6412

Stanly Correctional Center, near Albemarle, is a minimum security prison for adult males.

In the FY 1998-99 budget, the General Assembly changed Stanley from a medium to a minimum security prison.

Stanly dedication plaque Stanly was one of 61 field unit prisons renovated or built during the late 1930s to house inmates who worked building roads. The prison's original dormitories are still used today. In 1976, inmates built a 24-cell unit to house inmates placed in segregation. by 1990, construction added a multipurpose building, recreation building and education building.

In August 1997, Correction Enterprises opened a satellite upholstery plant that was later converted to a sewing plant. An Enterprise employee supervises 20 inmates who make safety vests, mattress covers, sheets and pillow cases. Inmates also work on Department of Transportation road crews or as maintenance or kitchen help at the prison.

Stanly Community college works with the prison to provide a vocational class in auto mechanics. Classes for adult education and preparation for GED tests are also available.

DIRECTIONS: Take I-85 to U.S.52 in Salisbury to Albemarle. Follow U.S. 52 south to the intersection with N.C. 24/27. Turn right onto N.C. 24/27 west and go approximately one mile. the unit is at the left of the intersection of N.C. 24/27 and Coble Avenue.

General Assembly closes four prisons, 12/98