Forsyth Correctional Center
Address: 307 Craft Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Phone: (336) 896-7041
County: Forsyth
Offender Capacity: 248
Facility Type: Male - Minimum Custody
Forsyth Correctional Center in Winston-Salem is a minimum security prison for adult males.
The offenders are assigned to work release jobs and Department of Transportation road squads. Offenders may take education courses through study release opportunities. Various facility jobs as janitors, maintenance and food service are also available. Surry Community College works with offenders to provide vocational training, as well as educational courses, at Dobson Educational Center. Various on-unit programs include Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, the department's substance abuse treatment programs, Think Smart, Character Education and Project Re-Entry.
Programs and Activities
Education
- Adult Basic Education / GED
- Carpentry/Light Construction
- Computer skills
- HVAC
Work programs
- Food services
- Janitorial services
- Canteen operators
- Barbers
- Laundry/clothes house
- Maintenance
Religious activities
- Group studies
- Worship services
- Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries
Forsyth Correctional Center in Winston-Salem is a minimum security prison for adult males.
The offenders are assigned to work release jobs, including community work squads and Department of Transportation road squads. Offenders take education courses through study release opportunities. Various on-unit jobs as janitors, maintenance workers and food service are also available.
Surry Community College works with offenders to provide vocational training, as well as educational courses, at Dobson Educational Center. Various on-unit programs include Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, the department's substance abuse treatment programs, Think Smart, Character Education and Project Re-Entry.
A chapel, dedicated in 1987, was built with funds donated by 100 churches in the community. Area churches also provide three full-time chaplains who work with inmates and lead Sunday religious services that are open to offenders and their families. The prison has religious programming that includes two Bible study classes, Yokefellow, Gideons, and Muslim services.