Neuse Correctional Institution
{{Short description|State prison in North Carolina, US}}
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| prison_name = Neuse Correctional Institution
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| location = 701 Stevens Mill Road
Goldsboro, North Carolina
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| status = open
| classification = minimum and medium security
| capacity = 816
| opened = 1994
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| managed_by = North Carolina Department of Public Safety
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Neuse Correctional Institution is a minimum and medium security state prison for men in the United States, operated by the State of North Carolina Department of Public Safety in Goldsboro in Wayne County, North Carolina.{{cite web|title=Neuse Correctional Institution|url=https://www.ncdps.gov/Adult-Corrections/Prisons/Prison-Facilities/Neuse-Correctional-Institution|website=NC DPS|accessdate=5 September 2016}}
Housing 816 prisoners, Neuse Correctional Institution received its first inmates on August 27, 1994. Neuse was built to replace Triangle Correctional Center in Raleigh as the eastern North Carolina processing center for adult male misdemeanants. The original 500-bed construction project was authorized in July 1992 with a budget of $10.6 million, and another 100-bed dormitory was added to the construction program in July 1993.{{cn|date=April 2025}}
Notable inmates
Notable criminals housed at the facility include:
- Crystal Mangum, American murderer responsible for making false rape allegations in the Duke lacrosse case{{cite news| last=Bridges | first=Virginia | title=Judge denies Duke lacrosse accuser's request for new murder trial, release from jail |newspaper=Charlotte Observer | date=15 August 2018 | url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article216729200.html | access-date=29 July 2023}}
References
{{State prisons in North Carolina}}
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Category:Prisons in North Carolina
Category:Buildings and structures in Wayne County, North Carolina
Category:1994 establishments in North Carolina
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