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Scotland Correctional Institution
Scotland Correctional Institution is a state men's prison in Laurinburg, North Carolina, first opened in 2003 and operated by the North Carolina Department of Correction. The stated capacity is 1,756 prisoners. The facility opened in stages, first in September 2003 with a thousand-bed Close Custody unit, then another 500-capacity Medium Security unit in March 2011, then another 250-beds in July 2011 for Minimum Security. As of March 2012 Scotland was one of six state prisons put on lockdown to squelch gang fights and coordinated gang activity. At Scotland, the last to resume normal operation, that lockdown had extended from January to March of that year. In 2014, an official DPS statement received by Solitary Watch indicated that another lockdown had extended from December 28, 2013 into September of the following year. References External links "New dormitory opens at Scotland CI", official state video, March 24, 2011 {{State prisons in North Carolina Prisons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Laurinburg is a city in and the county seat of Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. Located in southern North Carolina near the South Carolina border, Laurinburg is southwest of Fayetteville and is home to St. Andrews University. The Laurinburg Institute, a historically African-American school, is also located in Laurinburg. The population at the 2010 Census was 15,962 people. History Settlers arrived at the present town site around 1785. The settlement was named for a prominent family, the McLaurins. The name was originally spelled Laurinburgh and pronounced the same as Edinburgh, though the "h" was later dropped. The community was initially located within the jurisdiction of Richmond County. In 1840, Laurinburg had a saloon, a store, and a few shacks. Laurinburg High School, a private school, was established in 1852. The settlement prospered in the years following. A line of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad was built through Laurinburg in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Department Of Correction
The North Carolina Department of Correction (NCDOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of North Carolina. NCDOC merged with several departments in 2012, and now falls under the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. History In 1868, North Carolina adopted a new State Constitution that provided for building a state penitentiary. Inmates began building the state's first prison, Central Prison, in 1870 and moved into the completed castle-like structure in December 1884. In 1881, the state leased two tracts of land near Raleigh for inmates to farm. State law 379 enacted in 1885 provided for the allowance of good time as an incentive for inmate cooperation. In 1892 the state began running the Caledonia State Prison Farm on 7,500 acres, still in operation as of 2020. In 1901, as demand for inmate labor dwindled from the private sector, the state legislature passed the Good Roads Policy, which legalized the use of inmate labor for the creation and mainten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solitary Watch
Solitary Watch is a web-based project made to bring the widespread use of solitary confinement into the eyes of the public. Its mission is to provide the public—as well as practicing attorneys, legal scholars, law enforcement, people in prison and their families and others with a centralized source of unfolding news, original reporting, firsthand accounts, and background research on Solitary_confinement#United_States, solitary confinement in the United States. History In December 2009, Solitary Watch launched its website. Overseen by journalist James Ridgeway and writer/editor Jean Casella, the website's features include original reporting, an archive of resources and information and the "Voices from Solitary" Project which collects firsthand stories from people who have served time in solitary confinement. Within its first nine months, the website attracted over 100,000 visitors. David Bruck is involved with the project. Voices from Solitary As of 2015, Solitary Watch ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisons In North Carolina
This is a list of state prisons in the U.S. state of North Carolina: In January 2015, the former five male divisions and one female division were consolidated into four regions, as listed below. As of February 2015, North Carolina houses about 38,000 offenders in 56 correctional institutions. Central Region Coastal Region Mountain Region Triangle Region Renamed Prisons In 2021, five facilities were renamed because their previous names were explicitly associated with racism or slavery. The Roanoke River Correctional Institution was previously the Caledonia Correctional Institution, also known as the Caledonia State Prison Farm. The Western Correctional Center for Women was previously the Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women. The Granville Correctional Institution was previously the Polk Correctional Institution. The Richmond Correctional Institution was previously the Morrison Correction Institution. The DART Center in Goldsboro was previously the DART Cherr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Scotland County, North Carolina
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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