Sampson Correctional Institution

Mailing Address: Box 1109, Clinton, NC 28328
Street Address: 700 Northwest Blvd, US 421 North, Clinton, NC 28328
Phone: 910-592-2151 
County: Sampson
Offender capacity: 452
Facility type: Male - Medium and Minimum custody

Sampson Correctional Institution houses male offenders in medium and minimum custody. 

Sampson is home to the largest of seven Correction Enterprise laundries. Offenders may also work Department of Transportation road crews or in maintenance or food service at the prison. The minimum custody offenders may work for the N.C. Justice Academy, Sampson County Parks and Recreation, Agriculture Research Station, Department of Transportation and the town of Faison.

Sampson Community College works with the prison to provide vocational classes in Horticulture, CE Computer Application and Laundry Washroom Technology. Classes are also offered to help offenders prepare for GED tests.

Robert Van Gorder

Warden

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Programs and Activities

Correction Enterprises

  • Sampson Laundry

Education

  • Campbell University - Second Chance Initiative
  • Adult Basic Education / GED
  • Commercial Cleaning
  • Horticulture
  • Laundry Washroom Technician

Work programs

  • Food services
  • Janitorial services
  • Barbers
  • Clerks
  • Canteen operators
  • Laundry / Clothes house

Religious activities

  • Group studies
  • Worship services
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Offenders at Sampson work in the largest of seven Correction Enterprise laundries. Offenders may also be assigned to work on a Department of Transportation road crew or as maintenance or kitchen help at the prison. The minimum custody offenders work for the N.C. Justice Academy, Sampson County Parks and Recreation, Agriculture Research Station, Department of Transportation and the town of Faison.

Sampson Community College works with the prison to provide vocational classes in Horticulture, CE Computer Application and Laundry Washroom Technology. Classes are also offered to help offenders prepare for GED tests.

Sampson was one of 51 county prisons for which the state assumed responsibility with the passage of the Conner Bill in 1931 and was one of 61 field unit prisons renovated or built during the late 1930s to house offenders who worked building roads.

Minimum-custody offenders are housed in the older dormitories of the original prison compound, and medium-custody offenders are in the new dormitories in a more secure compound.