Fountain Correctional Center for Women was a women's prison in

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, near Rocky Mount. It was operated by the

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and later the

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. The prisoners were often used to clean up litter around the Rocky Mount area. In May 2014 Governor of North Carolina

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passed budget recommendations that asked for the closure of this prison. This prison and the North Piedmont Correctional Center for Women were to be closed because of a decline in the number of female prisoners. The women were to be moved to the Eastern Correctional Institution, which was to be converted into a women's facility. Fountain closed in December 2014.Closed prisons

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Girls Behind Bars
" '' WITN''. November 29, 2007. Features this prison *
Fountain Correctional Center long overdue for closing
(Opinion). ''

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