Alexander County Correctional Institution

828-632-1331

Alexander Correctional Institution is a single cell, close custody prison facility located in Taylorsville, North Carolina.The prison employs correctional officers, registered nurses, nurse extenders, mental health providers, dental, maintenance and administrative staff. The prison has 128 segregation cells and eight medical infirmary beds. Future expansion plans call for construction of a 252 bed minimum-security dormitory, and construction of an in-patient mental health and medical unit, construction date to be determined.The prison operates under the management concept. Unit management is a method for managing inmates that emphasizes decentralization and delegates decision-making authority to a unit team. Inmates are assigned to one of the four units based on their work, program or control assignment.