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Avery County Jail / Sheriff

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Avery County Jail / Sheriff is a county jail located in Avery County, North Carolina. Rated capacity: 62. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

62

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Avery County Sheriff / Corrections

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

Region

North Carolina

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

300 Schultz Circle, Newland 28657

Conditions Risk Score

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7299 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 62 · peers avg: 545 (89%)

Data completeness

60%

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