Union Correctional Center

North Carolina Department of Public Safety

County: Union

Inmate capacity: 82

Inmate gender: Male

Custody level: Minimum

Staff size:

Occupancy: 1930s

Administrator: Ron Tarlton

Union Correctional Center
(Closed)

Mailing Address:
200 S. Sutherland Avenue
Monroe, NC 28112

Street Address:
200 S. Sutherland Avenue
Monroe, NC 28112

Facility #4550
Courier # 03-05-01

NC State Seal

Union Correctional Center, in Monroe, is a minimum security prison for adult males.

In the FY 1998-99 budget, the General Assembly changed Union and Stanly Correctional Centers from a medium to a minimum security prisons.

Union was one of 51 county prisons for which the state assumed responsibility with the passage of the Conner bill in 1931. It 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 housing dormitory remains in use. In 1973, a vocational building was added. In 1985, dormitories and the dining hall were renovated and education and recreation buildings were constructed.

Anson and Stanly Community Colleges work with the prison to provide vocational classes. Anson offers a class in welding and Stanly offers bricklaying. There are also classes for adult education and preparation for the GED tests.

Inmates not assigned to education programs work for Department of Transportation road crews or unit duty jobs such as food service, labor pool, maintenance, housekeeping, clotheshouse clerks, recreation clerk, library clerk, canteen operator or barber.

DIRECTIONS: Take I-85 to U.S. 601 to Monroe. Then take U.S. 74 east to South Sutherland Avenue. Turn left onto South Sutherland and you will find the unit one quarter mile down on the right.