Brown Creek Correctional Institution is a state men's prison in

Polkton, North Carolina Polkton is a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 1,881 down from 3,375 in 2010. The town is named after its founder, Leonidas L. Polk. History Polkton was founded by Leonidas L ...

, first opened in July 1993 and operated by the

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. ...

. 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. The move is meant to address staffing challenges and the "checkered pasts" of both facilities.

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