Fountain Correctional Center for Women

Fountain Correctional Center for Women was a women's prison in unincorporated Edgecombe County, North Carolina, near Rocky Mount.^[1] It was operated by the North Carolina Department of Correction and later the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

The prisoners were often used to clean up litter around the Rocky Mount area.^[2]

In May 2014 Governor of North Carolina Pat McCrory passed budget recommendations that asked for the closure of this prison.^[3] This prison and the North Piedmont Correctional Center for Women were to be closed because of a decline in the number of female prisoners.^[4] The women were to be moved to the Eastern Correctional Institution, which was to be converted into a women's facility.^[5]

Fountain closed in December 2014.^[6]

References

^ "Fountain Correctional Center for Women." North Carolina Department of Public Safety. December 20, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015. "Street Address 300 Fountain School Road Rocky Mount, N.C. 27804"
^ "It's Our Responsibility" (Archive). City of Rocky Mount. Thursday, August 13, 2015. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
^ Slipke, Darla. "Governor's budget plan looks to close Fountain prison." Rocky Mount Telegram. Tuesday May 20, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
^ Ignasiak, Darrick. "Women's prison in city facing possible closure" (Archive). The Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina). Thursday May 29, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
^ "Greene County Prison Would Become Women's Facility If Budget Passes" (Archive). WITN-TV. August 1, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
^ "Closed prisons" (Archive). North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.

External links

Girls Behind Bars." WITN. November 29, 2007. Features this prison
"Fountain Correctional Center long overdue for closing" (Opinion). Rocky Mount Telegram. Wednesday June 11, 2014.

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[1] "Fountain Correctional Center for Women." North Carolina Department of Public Safety. December 20, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015. "Street Address 300 Fountain School Road Rocky Mount, N.C. 27804"

[2] "It's Our Responsibility" (Archive). City of Rocky Mount. Thursday, August 13, 2015. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.

[3] Slipke, Darla. "Governor's budget plan looks to close Fountain prison." Rocky Mount Telegram. Tuesday May 20, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.

[4] Ignasiak, Darrick. "Women's prison in city facing possible closure" (Archive). The Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina). Thursday May 29, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.

[5] "Greene County Prison Would Become Women's Facility If Budget Passes" (Archive). WITN-TV. August 1, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.

[6] "Closed prisons" (Archive). North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.

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