- State Prison
- North Carolina
- Box 155, Bunnn, NC 27508
- 919-496-6119
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NCDPS – Franklin Correctional Center basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 919-496-6119
This facility is for adult inmates.
The inmates housed at NCDPS – Franklin Correctional Center located at 5918 Hwy 39 South in Bunn, NC are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.
NCDPS – Franklin Correctional Center – Inmate Rule Book
NCDPS – Franklin Correctional Center – Offender Family Services
NCDPS – Franklin Correctional Center – Visitation
NCDPS – Franklin Correctional Center – Inmate Programs
Local calls will be a flat rate of $1.25
All long distance calls will be a flat rate of $3.40
The prison’s original dormitory still houses inmates. In the 1970’s, inmates built a recreation building and a unit with 28 single cells for putting inmates in administrative and disciplinary segregation. In 1988, lawmakers provided a 104 bed dormitory for Franklin as part of a $17.4 million prison construction program. Another 104 bed dormitory was added as part of the $55 million prison construction program authorized in 1989. Another 104 bed dormitory was provided as part of the $87.5 million prison construction program in 1993.
Two of the 104 bed dormitories began housing inmates in 1991.
In 1987, Correction Enterprises opened a plant to make highway and interstate signs at Franklin. It is the largest facility of its kind in the U.S. Forty-eight Enterprise employees supervise 210 inmates at the plant.
Classes in adult education and preparation for the GED tests are also available.
Franklin Correctional Center is located in Bunn North Carolina. It is a medium security prison that houses 452 adult male. Offenders at Franklin Correctional Center are housed in open dormitories. Inmates can receive classes in adult basic education and earn a GED. Additionally, inmates can work through the Correctional Enterprise program creating highway and road signs. Inmates at Franklin Correctional Center are secured by perimeter razor wire fencing and several armed guard towers.
visitation Info
Visitation for regular population is on an alphabetical rotation schedule on Saturdays and Sundays.
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
No visits are scheduled on Christmas Holiday.
Segregation/Non-Contact/Attorney Visit/ are by appointment only Monday-Friday.
Appointments may be made by contacting Program Staff at (919) 496-6119.
