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Central Prison
State prisonCloseOvercrowded (147%)LowHigh
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Central Prison is a state prison located in Wake County, North Carolina. Rated capacity: 752. Reported population: 1,104. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Central Prison is a prison operated by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The prison, west of Downtown Raleigh, is on 29 acres (12 ha) of land and is bounded by a double wire fence with a razor ribbon on top.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
752
Current population
1,104
Occupancy
147%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
North Carolina
Security level
Close
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Henry Louis Wallace1965 · serial killer
Henry Louis Wallace (born November 4, 1965), also known as the "Taco Bell Strangler", is an American serial killer who killed eleven women in South Carolina and North Carolina from March 1990 to March 1994.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
12/100
Low concern12/100
- Overcrowding
- 12/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 147% of design capacity
This facility scores 12. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 10 points above national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Ga Diagnostic & Classification State PrisonJacksonCloseState prison136% occupancy
- Mat-Su PretrialPalmerCloseState prison100% occupancy
- Franklin Medical Center (Zone B)ColumbusCloseState prison101% occupancy
- Florida State Prison - West UnitRaifordCloseState prison103% occupancy
- Reception And Medical Center, West UnitLake ButlerCloseState prison107% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 147% · peers avg: 93% (+58%)
Capacity (beds)this: 752 · peers avg: 547 (+37%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5061708)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Central Prison. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-prison
Chicago
"Central Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-central-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Central Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-23}
}