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State Prison Facility
Now Minimum Security

Inside the Lincolnton Department of Corrections, which recently became a minimum security facility. The prison camp is located on Roper Drive off East Main Street.

LINCOLNTON -- The Carolina Scoop has learned there has been a recent change at the North Carolina Department of Corrections facility in Lincolnton.

According to longtime employee Tim Scronce, the prison recently became a minimum security facility.

Scronce is the correctional case manager and volunteer coordinator for the Lincolnton Department of Corrections.

For many years, the guard tower was occupied at the Lincolnton DOC facility. Since the prison is now minimum security, the tower sits empty.

“The inmates that are here are within five years of being released,” said Scronce.
Besides housing felons, now people convicted of misdemeanors are housed at the Lincolnton facility.

The Lincolnton Department of Corrections currently houses 202 inmates. Recent closures of prisons across the state mean some inmates will be relocating to Lincolnton.

“We’ll get some of the prisoners from the Shelby facility,” said Scronce. “Some of the inmates here would be moving east.”

After working at the Lincolnton facility for more than 19 years, Scronce said he is still amazed at one statement he frequently hears on the street.

"Many people here don't realize there is a prison facility in Lincolnton," said Scronce.

Corrections employee Tim Scronce said many people do not realize there is a state prison in Lincolnton. The facility has been around for more than 50 years.

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