Orange Correctional Center

Mailing address: PO Box 1149, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Street address: 2110 Clarence Walters Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919-732-9301 
County: Orange
Offender capacity: 200
Facility type: Male - Minimum Custody

Orange Correctional Center in Hillsborough is a minimum-security prison for adult males. It's a major work release center, with many offenders leaving the facility daily for outside work assignments.  It is equipped with a single cell housing unit for minimum custody offenders assigned to restrictive housing.

Durham Tech Community College works with the prison to provide vocational classes in food service technology and light construction. Classes for adult education and preparation for the HiSet/GED test are available. Individual tutoring is available through the Orange County Literacy Council volunteers who regularly visit the facility.

 

Amanda Cobb

Amanda Cobb

Warden amanda.cobb@dac.nc.gov

Programs and Activities

Reentry Programs

  • Work release
  • UNC study release

Education

  • Adult Basic Education / GED
  • Carpentry / Light Construction
  • Food Service Technology

Work programs

  • Food services
  • Janitorial services
  • Barbers
  • Clerks
  • Canteen operators
  • Laundry/clothes house
  • NCDOT work crews
  • Local government contracts

Religious activities

  • Group studies
  • Worship services
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Orange Correctional Center in Hillsborough is a minimum-security prison for adult males. It is equipped with a single cell housing unit for minimum custody offenders assigned to restrictive housing.

Durham Tech Community College works with the prison to provide vocational classes in food service technology and light construction. Classes for adult education and preparation for the HiSet/GED test are available. Individual tutoring is available through the Orange County Literacy Council volunteers who regularly visit the facility.

Inmates may be assigned to Department of Transportation road crews, Community Work Program or work under contract for local government agencies. Offenders may also be assigned to unit jobs such as maintenance, kitchen, yard, clothes house or library. Offenders may participate in work release, leaving the prison for the part of the day to work for a business in the community. Study release is available at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Offenders are strongly encouraged to participate in substance abuse treatment programs.

The Alamance/Orange Prison Ministry funds a full-time chaplain at the facility.

A 40-man segregation facility opened in December 2009.