Lanesboro Correctional Institution

Lanesboro Correctional Institution
Location 552 Prison Camp Road
Polkton, North Carolina
Status open
Security class medium and close security
Capacity 1400
Opened 2004
Managed by North Carolina Department of Correction

Lanesboro Correctional Institution is a state men's prison in Polkton, North Carolina, first opened in January, 2004 and operated by the North Carolina Department of Correction. As one of the state's four largest prisons, the official capacity is 1,400 prisoners.[1] The facility houses medium- and close-security inmates.

As of March 2012 Lanesboro was one of six state prisons put on lockdown to squelch gang fights and coordinated gang activity.[2]

As of May 2016, state corrections officials announced that the Lanesboro facility would be merged with the adjacent Brown Creek Correctional Institution, which is to be converted from medium to minimum security. The move is meant to address staffing challenges and the "checkered pasts" of both facilities.[3]

References

  1. "Lanesboro Correctional Institution". North Carolina DPS. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. the others were Maury, Scotland, Pasquotank, Bertie and Foothills, per Borlik, Joe (9 March 2012). "Gang activity prompts lockdowns at N.C. prisons". myfox8.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. Off, Gavin (20 May 2016). "North Carolina merges 2 Anson County prisons". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

Coordinates: 34°59′11″N 80°10′54″W / 34.986259°N 80.181542°W / 34.986259; -80.181542

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