Dan River Prison Work Farm
Mailing and Street Address: 981 Murray Road, Blanch, NC 27212
Phone: 336-694-1583
County: Caswell
Offender capacity: 640
Facility type: Male - Minimum Custody
Year opened: 1996
Dan River Prison Work Farm houses minimum custody adult male offenders. Work assignments include food service, maintenance, janitorial, maintenance work at Caswell Correctional Center and the offender construction program.
A joint venture with the N.C. Wildlife Commission and Dan River has offenders working restoring forest land, parks and lakes all across North Carolina.
Piedmont Community College offers a variety of educational and vocational programs.
Programs and Activities
Education
- Adult Basic Education / GED
- Carpentry/Light construction
- Computer Information Systems
- Electrical wiring
- Focus on Freedom
- Horticulture
- Masonry
Work programs
- Wildlife Inmate Services (WISe) with NC Wildlife Resources Commission
- Food services
- Janitorial services
- Canteen operators
- Barbers
- Laundry/clothes house
- Maintenance
Religious activities
- Group studies
- Worship services
Dan River Prison Work Farm is located on a 187.5-acre site in the west-central area of Caswell County, near Yanceyville. The prison was officially dedicated on March 25, 1996.
The modern architecture of this facility differs markedly from traditional prisons and was designed to be built and maintained at less cost. The facility has an administration building, central complex building comprised of food service, staff offices, visiting area, clothes house and central control office, and segregation building. The dormitory building is 60,000 square feet that contains 10 offender housing areas, 10 day rooms, two canteens, 10 shower and lavatory areas, medical and program departments, barber shop, library, classroom, chaplain's office and two control rooms.
Dan River houses minimum custody adult male offenders. Work assignments include food service, maintenance, janitorial and other institutional jobs.
Other assignments include maintenance work at Caswell Correctional Center and the offender construction program.
A joint venture with the N.C. Wildlife Commission and Dan River has offenders working restoring forest land, parks and lakes all across North Carolina.
In cooperation with Piedmont Community College, the facility operates the Roxboro Satellite Training Center, which uses the building that once housed Person Correctional Center. The Training Center's programs include carpentry, masonry, information systems technology, horticulture, basic electricity, and human resource development for 130 offenders.