Correctional Facilities Air Conditioning Upgrades
Correctional Facilities - Air Conditioning Upgrades
A multi-year project is underway to air condition all housing areas in the NCDAC system. This involves upgrading 37 state correctional facilities - including more than 100 buildings and more than 12,000 beds - that lack cooling systems, either partially or entirely. Retrofitting the state’s older correctional facilities with air-conditioning will offer safer and healthier environments for staff and offenders. Air conditioning installation work is expected to be complete in 2027.
News
- NCDAC releases 2025 Heat Stress Management Plan
- Air conditioning work progresses, major project at NCCIW completed - June 2025
- Crews making progress installing air conditioning - NCDAC Press Release, June 2024
- NCDAC releases 2024 Heat Stress Management Plan
- As summer temps rise, DAC makes progress air conditioning prisons - NC Newsline, June 30, 2023
- Air conditioning installation now underway in Caswell prison - The Caswell Messenger, July 19, 2023
- First prison air-conditioning upgrades complete - NCDAC Press Release, June 29, 2023
Prison Air Conditioning Status
Tab/Accordion Items
| FACILITY | CUSTODY LEVEL |
|---|---|
| Albemarle | Medium |
| Alexander | Close |
| Anson | Close/Medium |
| Bertie | Close/Medium |
| Caldwell | Minimum |
| Carteret | Minimum |
| Caswell | Medium |
| Central | Close |
| Craggy | Medium |
| Dan River | Minimum |
| Davidson | Minimum |
| Eastern | Medium |
| Foothills | Close/Medium |
| Forsyth | Medium |
| Greene | Minimum |
| Hyde | Medium |
| Lumberton | Medium |
| Marion | Close |
| Maury | Close/Medium |
| Mountain View | Close/Medium |
| Nash | Medium |
| Neuse | Minimum |
| New Hanover | Minimum |
| Orange | Minimum |
| Pamlico | Medium |
| Pasquotank | Close |
| Randolph | Minimum |
| Rutherford | Close |
| Sampson | Medium |
| Sanford | Minimum |
| Scotland | Close/Medium |
| Southern | Close |
| Tabor | Close |
| Wake | Minimum |
| Western | Minimum |
| FACILITY | CUSTODY LEVEL |
|---|---|
| Avery Mitchell (installation in progress) | Medium |
| Brown Creek (Installation in progress) | Minimum |
| Catawba | Minimum |
| Columbus (Installation in progress) | Medium |
| Craven (Installation in progress) | Minimum |
| Franklin (Installation in progress) | Medium |
| Gaston (Installation in progress) | Minimum |
| Granville | Close |
| Harnett (Installation in progress) | Medium |
| NCCIW (Installation in progress) | Close/Med/Min |
| Pender (Installation in progress) | Medium |
| Piedmont | Medium |
| Richmond | Medium |
| Roanoke River | Close/Med/Min |
| Warren (Installation in progress) | Close/Medium/Minimum |
| Wilkes | Minimum |
| FACILITY | CUSTODY LEVEL |
|---|---|
| Johnston (Installation in progress) | Minimum |
| Lincoln | Minimum |
| Tyrrell (Installation in progress) | Minimum |