North Carolina Department of Corrections: What Families Need to Know (2026)
North Carolina's guide covers all 52 prison facilities on the Department of Adult Correction list, and one statewide rule ties them together: visits are by appointment only. You call or email the prison to book, normally no more than one visit per week, up to two hours, and you call the day before to confirm. Facility-specific times live in each facility page's visiting section, so the guide gives you the address, phone, custody level, and warden for every facility rather than a single schedule that would not fit them all.
The range is wide. Albemarle Correctional Institution in Badin, mailing address P.O. Box 460, Badin, NC 28009, holds men in medium custody under Warden Kenneth Diggs. Anson Correctional Institution in Polkton holds women in close and medium custody. The North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh, at 1034 Bragg Street, holds women in close, medium, and minimum custody under Warden Carol Torres. Every entry follows the same shape, so once you find your loved one's facility, you have its main number in hand.
For the department itself, the main number is 919-733-2126, prisons and institutions can be reached at 919-838-4000, and you can write to the NC Department of Adult Correction at 5201 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-5201. The department is led by Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes. Call the facility before you go to confirm the current schedule.
Full guide: https://8a1c6da4-9eeb-47b4-b576-ee932f459420.usrfiles.com/ugd/de0afa_5a7ba5359291492ba0a83b7b41305d90.pdf
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