North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women

Location| 1034 Bragg Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
Status| Operational
Security class| Minimum, Medium, Close
Capacity| 1288
Opened| 1938
Managed by| North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Warden| Anthony Perry

North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW) is the primary North Carolina Department of Public Safety prison facility housing female inmates on a 30-acre (12 ha) campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, and serves as a support facility for the six other women's prisons throughout the state. The facility's inmate population, which is the largest in the state, consists of inmates from all custody levels and control statuses including death row, maximum security, close custody, medium security, minimum security, and safekeepers.[1]

## History[edit]

The facility which eventually became the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women was originally established as a road camp for male inmates who were assigned to work on highway projects. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety states that women inmates were transferred to the facility’s current site in 1933, during the renovation of women's living quarters at Central Prison.

While some women were housed at Central Prison, mainly minority and immigrant women, and women who had committed violent crimes, many women guilty of minor crimes like theft, prostitution, drunkenness, and adultery were sent to the North Carolina Industrial Farm Colony for Women at Kinston, a reformatory institution that opened in 1929.[2] Little information exists on the Farm Colony, but there are biennial reports from the institution dating up to the year 1946.[3] Some sources associate the institution with the forced sterilization of inmates during the Eugenics movement in the United States.[4]

As an alternative to returning women inmates to Central Prison, the State Highway and Public Works Commission originally proposed the construction of a women's prison on the cottage plan, but the project never got beyond the planning stage.

The women’s prison was operated as a satellite camp of Central Prison until 1938 when the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women was established as an independent facility. Four years later, Mrs. Edna B. Strickland was appointed as Superintendent of the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, becoming the first female prison superintendent in North Carolina history in 1942.

The first improvement to the prison infrastructure was a $1 million construction project which expanded NCCIW facilities to include four cottage style dormitories, an auditorium, a segregation unit, a sewing plant, a cannery, laundry, kitchen a dining hall, and an administration building in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

In June 1975, an inmate riot at the prison began as a work stoppage in the prison laundry and ended with a confrontation between correctional officers and inmates resulting in minor property damage and injuries to staff and inmates. After four days of rioting, the prison resumed routine operations, although the prison laundry was eventually closed on a permanent basis as a result of the riot.

Further expansions to the prison infrastructure began in 1986 with the implementation of an aggressive construction and renovation plan for the prison beginning with the construction of a 28-bed infirmary and outpatient medical services building. Within the next seven years, the North Carolina General Assembly approved approximately $25 million in additional funding for renovations and infrastructure improvements to the facility including repair or replacement of deteriorated buildings and the addition of support services necessitated by inmate population growth including the construction of six new dormitories, 48-cell maximum security housing unit, inmate mental health facility, prison operations building and gatehouse, security perimeter fence, and lighting.

In 1996, the position of prison superintendent at North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women was elevated to Warden, and Carol Caldwell became the first woman to serve as prison warden in North Carolina history. NCCIW was featured in two episodes of MSNBC's Lockup documentary series.

## Notable inmates[edit]

* Crystal Mangum, American murderer responsible for making false rape allegations in the Duke lacrosse case[5]
* Blanche Taylor Moore, convicted murderer on death row at NCCIW
* Barbara Stager, convicted murderer serving life imprisonment following commutation of death sentence

## References[edit]

1. ^ North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, North Carolina Department of Public Safety
2. ^ Rafter, Nicole Hahn (1985). Partial Justice: Women in State Prisons, 1800-1935. Boston: Northeastern University Press. ISBN 978-0-930350-63-5.
3. ^ "Biennial report of the Industrial Farm Colony for Women, Kinston, N.C :: State Publications II".
4. ^ Cahn, Susan K. (2007). Sexual Reckonings: Southern Girls in a Troubling Age. President and Fellows of Harvard College.
5. ^ "Former Duke Lacrosse accuser Crystal Mangum speaks to ABC11 from behind bars | ABC11 Raleigh-Durham | abc11.com - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham".

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North Carolina Department of Public Safety prisons

Central region|

* Columbus Correctional Institution
* Davidson Correctional Center
* Forsyth Correctional Center
* Hoke Correctional Institution
* Lumberton Correctional Institution
* Morrison Correctional Institution
* New Hanover Correctional Center
* Pender Correctional Center
* Piedmont Correctional Institution
* Randolph Correctional Center
* Sampson Correctional Institution
* Scotland Correctional Institution
* Southern Correctional Institution
* Tabor Correctional Institution

Coastal region|

* Bertie Correctional Institution
* Caledonia Correctional Institution
* Carteret Correctional Center
* Craven Correctional Institution
* Eastern Correctional Institution
* Greene Correctional Institution
* Hyde Correctional Institution
* Maury Correctional Institution
* Odom Correctional Institution
* Pamlico Correctional Institution
* Pasquotank Correctional Institution
* Tyrrell Prison Work Farm

Mountain region|

* Albemarle Correctional Institution
* Alexander Correctional Institution
* Avery Mitchell Correctional Institution
* Brown Creek Correctional Institution
* Caldwell Correctional Center
* Catawba Correctional Center
* Craggy Correctional Center
* Foothills Correctional Institution
* Gaston Correctional Center
* Lanesboro Correctional Institution
* Lincoln Correctional Center
* Marion Correctional Institution
* Mountain View Correctional Institution
* Rutherford Correctional Center
* Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women
* Wilkes Correctional Center

Triangle region|

* Caswell Correctional Center
* Central Prison
* Dan River Prison Work Farm
* Franklin Correctional Center
* Harnett Correctional Institution
* Johnston Correctional Institution
* Nash Correctional Institution
* Neuse Correctional Institution
* North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women
* Orange Correctional Center
* Polk Correctional Institution
* Sanford Correctional Center
* Wake Correctional Center
* Warren Correctional Institution

Defunct (partial list)|

* Fountain Correctional Center for Women

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Prisons for women in the United States

This list template only include facilities for post-trial long-term confinement of adult females and juvenile females sentenced as adults, of one or two years or more (referred to as "prisons" in the United States, while the word "jail" normally refers to short-term confinement facilities)

Federal facilities

Federal Bureau of Prisons|

* Federal Prison Camp, Alderson
* Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville
* Federal Prison Camp, Bryan
* Federal Medical Center, Carswell
* Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury
* Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin
* United States Penitentiary, Hazelton
* Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee
* Federal Correctional Institution, Waseca

| Converted into men's facilities|

* Federal Reformatory for Women in Seagoville

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Department of Defense|

* Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar

State prisons

Alabama|

* Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women
* Montgomery Women's Facility

Alaska|

* Hiland Mountain Correctional Center

Arizona|

* Arizona State Prison Complex – Perryville

Arkansas|

* McPherson Unit
* Hawkins Center for Women

| Closed|

* Arkansas State Farm for Women

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Women removed from facility|

* Cummins Unit
* Tucker Unit

California|

* California Institution for Women
* Central California Women's Facility
* Folsom Women’s Facility

| Converted into men's facilities|

* Valley State Prison for Women

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Colorado|

* Denver Women's Correctional Facility
* La Vista Correctional Facility

| Closed|

* Colorado Women's Correctional Facility

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Connecticut|

* York Correctional Institution

Delaware|

* Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution

Florida|

* Lowell Correctional Institution

| Closed|

* Broward Correctional Institution

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Women removed from facility|

* Union Correctional Institution

Georgia|

* Arrendale State Prison
* Pulaski State Prison

| Converted into men's facilities|

* Georgia Women's Correctional Institution

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Closed|

* Metro State Prison

Hawaii|

* Women's Community Correctional Center

Idaho|

* Pocatello Women's Correctional Center
* South Boise Women's Correctional Center

Illinois|

* Decatur Correctional Center
* Logan Correctional Center

| Closed|

* Dwight Correctional Center

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Indiana|

* Indiana Women's Prison
* Rockville Correctional Facility

Iowa|

* Iowa Correctional Institution for Women

Kansas|

* Topeka Correctional Facility

Kentucky|

* Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women
* Ross-Cash Center

| Converted into men's facilities|

* Western Kentucky Correctional Complex

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Closed and reopened as men's facility|

* Otter Creek Correctional Center (reopened as Southeast State Correctional Complex)

Louisiana|

* Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women

| Women removed from facility|

* Louisiana State Penitentiary

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Maine|

* Maine Correctional Center Women's Center

Maryland|

* Maryland Correctional Institution for Women

Massachusetts|

* Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Framingham

Michigan|

* Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility

Minnesota|

* Minnesota Correctional Facility – Shakopee

Mississippi|

* Central Mississippi Correctional Facility

| Women removed from facility|

* Mississippi State Penitentiary

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Missouri|

* Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
* Chillicothe Correctional Center

Montana|

* Montana Women's Prison

Nebraska|

* Nebraska Correctional Center for Women

Nevada|

* Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center

New Hampshire|

* New Hampshire State Prison for Women

New Jersey|

* Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women

New Mexico|

* New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility

New York|

* Albion Correctional Facility
* Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women
* Taconic Correctional Facility

| Closed|

* Bayview Correctional Facility
* Beacon Correctional Facility

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North Carolina|

* North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women
* Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women
* Eastern Correctional Institution

| Closed|

* Black Mountain Correctional Center for Women
* Fountain Correctional Center for Women
* North Piedmont Correctional Center for Women

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North Dakota|

* Dakota Women's Correctional and Rehabilitation Center

Ohio|

* Ohio Reformatory for Women

Oklahoma|

* Mabel Bassett Correctional Center

Oregon|

* Coffee Creek Correctional Facility

Pennsylvania|

* State Correctional Institution – Cambridge Springs
* State Correctional Institution – Muncy

Rhode Island|

* Gloria McDonald Awaiting Trial Maximum and Medium Security Facility
* Dorothea Dix Minimum Security Facility / Bernadette Building

South Carolina|

* Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution
* Leath Correctional Institution

South Dakota|

* South Dakota Women's Prison

Tennessee|

* Tennessee Prison for Women

Texas|

* Christina Crain Unit
* Hilltop Unit
* William P. Hobby Unit
* Mountain View Unit
* Dr. Lane Murray Unit

| Converted into men's facilities|

* Eastham Unit
* Goree Unit
* Johnson Farm

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Women removed from unit|

* Huntsville Unit

Utah|

* Utah State Correctional Facility

| Closed|

* Utah State Prison

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Vermont|

* Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility

| Closed|

* Dale Woman's Facility

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Virginia|

* Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women
* Virginia Correctional Center for Women

Washington|

* Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women
* Washington Corrections Center for Women

| Closed|

* Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women

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West Virginia|

* Lakin Correctional Center and Jail

| Women removed from facility|

* Pruntytown Correctional Center

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Wisconsin|

* Taycheedah Correctional Institution

Wyoming|

* Wyoming Women's Center

District and insular area prisons

District of Columbia|

* See Federal Bureau of Prisons

| Closed|

* Lorton Reformatory

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Guam|

* Women's Facility

Northern Mariana Islands|

* Northern Marianas Prison

Puerto Rico|

* Escuela Industrial para Mujeres Vega Alta

U.S. Virgin Islands|

* Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility

See also: Incarceration of women in the United States
Note: Adults who commit felonies in the District of Columbia are sent to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities

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