United States · North Carolina · Elizabeth City
Pasquotank Correctional Institution
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Pasquotank Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Rated capacity: 896. Reported population: 679. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Pasquotank Correctional Institution is a state prison in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The institution houses male close custody inmates and has a capacity of 896. There is also a 256-bed minimum security prison adjacent to the prison, which was funded by a $87.5 million prison construction program approved by the North Carolina General Assembly in July 1993. On October 12, 2017, Pasquotank Correctional Institution became the site of the deadliest escape attempt in North Carolina history when four inmates attempted to escape from the facility, killing four facility employees in the process. Three of the four inmates involved in the escape attempt have been sentenced to death, while the remaining inmate was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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Capacity
896
Current population
679
Occupancy
76%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
—
Region
North Carolina
Security level
Close
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
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- North Carolina Department of Adult Correction â Prison Facilities — State of North Carolina
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q105424882)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Pasquotank Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pasquotank-correctional-institution
"Pasquotank Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pasquotank-correctional-institution.
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