Caledonia State Prison Farm

Caledonia State Prison Farm

Caledonia State Prison Farm was a maximum security prison in North Carolina from 1876 present and it has been in operation for 130 years. The prison is mostly for men serving a life sentence or are on death row. The prisoners work either in a workshop or in a chain gang. The prison is made up of a prison building and some camps outside. Inmates would travel trhough Sampson County to railroads tracks to work long hours.

According to the North Carolina Department of Corrections, http://www.doc.state.nc.us/DOP/prisons/Caledoni.htm Caledonia Correctional Institution is located in Halifax County, NC, and has been operated as a prison farm since 1892.


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