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This is a list of state prisons in the U.S. state of North Carolina: [1] In January 2015, the former five male divisions and one female division were consolidated into four regions, as listed below. [2] As of February 2015, North Carolina houses about 38,000 offenders in 56 correctional institutions. [3]
As of June 30, 2022, there were 5 6 prison facilities in the North Carolina adult corrections system. The table below provides a breakdown of the types and number of facilities. Table I.1
As of December 31, 2021, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of North Carolina correctional authorities was 28,361 located in 55 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 24,885 employees and a budget of $2,222,698,198.
Line graph showing the number of people incarcerated in North Carolina's prisons and jails from 1978 to 2022.
Table 1 and Figure 2 present the projected prison population and capacity for FY 2021 through FY 2030. As shown in the Current Projection column in Table 1, the prison population is projected to increase from 30,568 in June 2021 to 32,062 in June 2030 – an increase of nearly 5%.
North Carolina has an incarceration rate of 559 per 100,000 people (including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities), meaning that it locks up a higher percentage of its people than almost any democratic country on earth. Read on to learn more about who is incarcerated in North Carolina and why.
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For the majority of the past decade, the accuracy of the prison population projections has been within 2%. The projected prison population for June 2021 was 30,568. The actual average population for June 2021 was 29,194 – a difference of 1,374 beds, or 5%.
