Mailing/Street Address: 22385 McGirts Bridge Road, Laurinburg, NC 28353
Phone: 910-390-4700
County: Scotland
Offender capacity: 1,652
Facility type: Male - close, medium and minimum custody
Scotland Correctional Institution is one of the state's largest prisons, housing more than 1,700 adult male offenders in close, medium and minimum custody units. It offers a wide selection of educational and vocational courses. Correction Enterprises provides employment to inmates in the Laurinburg Sewing Plant, producing uniforms and clothing items, and in a Braille transcription shop, where offenders convert books into Braille for blind students.
Scotland Correctional Institution is a 1,756-bed, high-security prison facility located near the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport in Laurinburg. It opened in September 2003 as a 1,000-bed close custody facility. A 504-bed medium security addition opened in March 2011, and a 252-bed minimum security unit opened in July 2011.