North Carolina Department of Correction
| North Carolina Department of Correction | |
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| Common name | North Carolina Department of Correction |
| Abbreviation | NCDOC |
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Logo of North Carolina Department of Correction | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1925 |
| Employees | 20,548 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of North Carolina, USA |
| Size | 53,865 square miles (139,510 km2) |
| Population | 9,222,414 (2008 est.)[1] |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Agency executive | Alvin W. Keller, Secretary of Correction |
| Facilities | |
| Lockups | 40,963.[2] |
| Website | |
| NC DOC Website | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The North Carolina Department of Correction (NCDOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of North Carolina. NCDOC merged with several departments in 2012, and now falls under the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
History
In 1868, North Carolina adopted a new State Constitution that provided for building a state penitentiary. Inmates began building the state's first prison, Central Prison, in 1870 and moved into the completed castle-like structure in December 1884. In 1881, the state leased two tracts of land near Raleigh for inmates to farm. State law 379 enacted in 1885 provided for the allowance of good time as an incentive for inmate cooperation.
In 1901, as demand for inmate labor dwindled from the private sector, the state legislator passed the Good Roads Policy, which legalized the use of inmate labor for the creation and maintenance of North Carolina roads. Horse drawn prison cages were moved from place to place to move the inmate labor force to areas needed for the road projects. [3]
Facilities
There are 70 state correctional institutions in North Carolina that house more than 42,000 offenders." [4]
Operations
Women entering the prison system as misdemeanants are processed at the Fountain Correctional Center for Women.[5]
Death row
The male death row is located at the Central Prison. The female death row is located at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women.[6] The execution chamber is located at Central Prison.[7]
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the North Carolina Department of Correction, 11 officers have died in the line of duty.[8]
See also
- List of North Carolina state prisons
- List of law enforcement agencies in North Carolina
- List of United States state correction agencies
- Prison
References
- ↑ "Annual Population Estimates 2000 to 2008". US Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
- ↑ "Inmates Currently In Prison". NC DOC. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ↑ http://www.doc.state.nc.us/admin/page1.htm
- ↑ http://www.doc.state.nc.us/dop/index.htm
- ↑ "Fountain Correctional Center for Women." North Carolina Department of Correction. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Death Row and Death Watch." North Carolina Department of Correction. Retrieved on September 1, 2010.
- ↑ "nmate who could be 1,000th execution waits for family." Chicago Tribune. December 2, 2005. Start Page 14. Retrieved on September 1, 2010. "... panes separating the viewing room from the stark execution chamber at Central Prison."
- ↑ The Officer Down Memorial Page
