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Brown Creek Correctional Institution
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State correctional facility operated by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. Offender capacity: 916.
Background
Brown Creek Correctional Institution is a state men's prison in Polkton, North Carolina, United States, first opened in July 1993 and operated by the North Carolina Department of Correction. Its official capacity is 1,204 inmates, one of the eight largest prisons in the state. From its opening through 2008, all prisoners were held in medium security; in December 2009, the facility was merged with the former Anson Correctional Center, which brought another three hundred Minimum Custody inmates. As of May 2016, state corrections officials announced a further consolidation. The Brown Creek facility is to be merged with the adjacent Lanesboro Correctional Institution, resulting in a Minimum Custody prison.
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Capacity
916
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1993
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 1 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1993
Region
NC
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
Conditions Risk Score
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Sources
- NC DAC â Brown Creek Correctional Institution
- NC DAC Prison Facilities
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- North Carolina Department of Adult Correction â Prison Facilities — State of North Carolina
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- Wikidata (Q25346036)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Brown Creek Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/brown-creek-correctional-institution
"Brown Creek Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/brown-creek-correctional-institution.
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