Address: 545 Amity Park Road, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Phone: 828-592-3000
County: Avery/Mitchell
Offender capacity: 884
Facility type: Male - Medium Custody
Mountain View Correctional Institution houses male offenders in medium custody, in single cells.
Mountain View Correctional Institution opened in December 1998 as a private prison owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America. In October 2000 the state assumed operating control of the prison, and the state later purchased the facility from CCA.
Mountain View Correctional Institution opened in December 1998 as a private prison owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America. On October 1, 2000, the state assumed operating control of the prison, and the state later purchased the facility from CCA.
Mountain View Correctional Institution has been designated to accommodate adult male offenders in a single-cell setting, a segregation unit and an Intensive Control unit.