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A map of North Carolina, with its existing state prisons marked by black dots and under-construction state prisons marked by red dots. The size of each dot is based on the size of the prison.

Data Source: North Carolina Department of Corrections. (Map: Rose Heyer, 2003)

This map originally appeared in North Carolina prison construction.

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