Women's prison in Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Fountain Correctional Center for Women was a women's prison in unincorporated Edgecombe County, North Carolina , near Rocky Mount .[ 1] 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] North Piedmont Correctional Center for Women were to be closed because of a decline in the number of female prisoners.[ 4] [ 5]
Fountain closed in December 2014.[ 6]
^ "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 ^ Ignasiak, Darrick. "Women's prison in city facing possible closure " (Archive ). The Dispatch ^ "Greene County Prison Would Become Women's Facility If Budget Passes " (Archive ). WITN-TV ^ "Closed prisons " (Archive ). North Carolina Department of Public Safety . Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
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Prisons for women in the United States
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