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] In 2021, five facilities were renamed because their previous names were explicitly associated with racism or slavery.
The Roanoke River Correctional Institution was previously the Caledonia Correctional Institution, also known as the Caledonia State Prison Farm.
[5] The following North Carolina state prisons have been closed or consolidated into other facilities.