Central Prison

Central Prison

Central Prison, 2006
Location	1300 Western Blvd, Raleigh, North Carolina
Security class	Minimum, Medium, Close
Capacity	1104
Opened	December 1884
Managed by	North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Warden	Jamel James

Central Prison is a prison operated by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety in Raleigh, North Carolina. The prison, west of Downtown Raleigh, is on 29 acres (12 ha) of land and is bounded by a double wire fence with a razor ribbon on top. The Department of Public Safety website describes the original building as "castle-like."^[1]