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Piedmont Correctional Institution
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Piedmont Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Rowan County, North Carolina. Rated capacity: 952. Reported population: 961. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
952
Current population
961
Occupancy
101%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
North Carolina
Security level
Medium
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
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 101% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project29 Jan 2018
ffice returned days later with a draft order sending Hewett to prison for treatment not available at the jail, and the judge signed it. Hewett was transferred over the weekend to Piedmont Correctional Institution, a state prison, where he is being processed and awaiting assignment to a prison based on his needs for treatment, officials said Monday. Hewett’s sister, Carmen, said she learned of the
Data 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
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- North Carolina Department of Adult Correction â Prison Facilities — State of North Carolina
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Piedmont Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/piedmont-correctional-institution
"Piedmont Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/piedmont-correctional-institution.
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