Davidson Correctional Center Releases
Davidson Correctional Center is an operating North Carolina Department of Adult Correction prison for minimum-custody adult men. NCDAC identifies it as a designated reentry facility. A 2024 agency announcement described roughly 250 men in the final stages of incarceration who were due for release, and some people participate in work release. Those details make the institution release-focused, but they do not make every departure a community release.
A person can leave the facility because the state sentence reaches a release point, because parole applies to an eligible older-law sentence, or because NCDAC transfers the person to another prison. A transfer changes location while state custody continues. Read current location, status, Last Movement, and sentence history together before describing the event.
When state prison custody ends, post-release supervision may begin. The NCDAC record separates Inmate Status from Probation/Parole/Post Release Status. An inactive inmate field paired with active PRS supports release from prison with continued state control. Final discharge is a later and separate event.
Confirm Davidson Correctional Release
Start with NCDAC Offender Public Information. Search by the seven-digit offender number whenever possible. Name, birth date, descriptors, conviction county, docket, and sentence details help distinguish candidates, but residence in Davidson County does not prove custody at this prison.
- Search OPI by offender number or a carefully refined name query.
- Match identifiers before opening or relying on the selected profile.
- Read Inmate Status and the separate Probation/Parole/Post Release Status.
- Review current location, previous location, Last Movement and its date.
- Inspect sentence history for Projected Release Date and Actual Release Date.
- Search the dedicated NCDAC Inmate Release Search by name or suitable county and month.
- Use SAVAN for notice and District 22 for an active local supervision question.
The Davidson County released-inmate guide covers other custody systems, but the sheriff active roster is the wrong source for this facility. Both the jail and prison are in Lexington, yet they have different operators and records. County jail removal cannot establish a state-prison release, and NCDAC does not hold the county jail booking file.
Davidson Correctional Release Fields
NCDAC profiles can display many fields, but no record is guaranteed to contain every one. Most-recent incarceration may include Incarceration Status, Total Incarceration Term, Conviction Date, Projected Release Date, Primary Crime and type, Current Status, Admission Date, Admitting Location, custody information, current and previous locations, plus Last Movement and its date. Sentence history may add Service Status, Sentence Begin Date, Actual Release Date, punishment type, minimum and maximum term, parole dates, conviction county, docket, and offense information.
| Field | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Projected Release Date | Current NCDAC forecast, not a guarantee |
| Actual Release Date | Completed state release entry when read with status |
| Last Movement | Could be admission, transfer, or release |
| Current location | Helps distinguish prison custody from departure |
| Supervision status | Shows whether PRS, parole, or probation continues |
| Offender number | Stable identifier for matching and agency contact |
Total term may summarize multiple sentences and should not be casually recalculated. Conviction county identifies the judgment source, not necessarily the institution or release site. Preserve the exact field labels and access date because current records change.
Davidson State Inmate Release Search
NCDAC also operates a dedicated Inmate Release Search. The research observed county plus year and month searches, as well as name searching. Results columns include Offender Number, Last Name, First Name, Middle Name, Release Date, Primary Offense with qualifier, and Type of Release.
Selecting Davidson in this state tool refers to a release county field in NCDAC data. It is not a Davidson Sheriff query and does not produce county-jail-only releases. Options for “Release County Not Reported” and “Released To Other State(s)” also show why a county-only query may miss a known release. Search the person’s offender profile as the second route.
Match by offender number rather than name alone. Then compare the release row with the profile’s sentence history, inmate status, supervision status, and Last Movement. If a projected date and actual date both appear, chronology controls: the projection was a forecast, while the actual date records a completed state event.
Davidson Correctional Center Contact
The official NCDAC facility page supplies the operating address, mailing address, and main telephone. Use the facility for an institution-specific operational question and NCDAC’s public-record channel for public admission, sentence, and release information. Do not send a Davidson County Jail booking request to this prison.
Davidson Correctional Center
1400 Thomason Street
Lexington, NC 27292
336-249-7528
Mail: PO Box 1977
Lexington, NC 27293-1977
NCDAC Public Records
Request public state conviction, time-served, sentence-length, admission, and release basics.
Identify the seven-digit offender number and date range.
NCDAC says basic conviction, time served, sentence length, admission, and release dates are generally public. Much internal behavior, classification, and Community Supervision material is confidential. A focused request is more accurate than demanding a complete file that the agency cannot release.
Davidson Correctional Reentry Role
The official facility page identifies Davidson Correctional Center as a designated reentry facility. That mission and the minimum-custody setting explain why the prison is closely tied to people approaching state release. Work release can form part of the transition, but work activity does not itself prove that prison custody has ended.
The facility’s official role is visible in this NCDAC capture.
After release, an offender may report to Community Supervision. Davidson County is served by District 22 at 507-C West Center Street in Lexington, telephone 336-249-9332. Verify the public supervision status in OPI first, then contact the official district office when the assigned office or status needs clarification.
North Piedmont CRV Center is another Lexington state-system path, but it serves Community Supervision violation responses and is not this prison. Completion of a CRV term can return a person to supervision rather than terminate it. The Davidson County sheriff roster is not definitive for either state path.
Davidson Correctional Center Profile
NCDAC lists a capacity of 258. Capacity is an institutional measure, not a count of current residents or releases. The 2024 warden announcement described roughly 250 men near the end of incarceration and due for release. That dated statement provides reentry context, not a permanent population or a list of named release events.
The agency announcement can be reviewed in this official capacity and near-release context capture.
Use person-specific OPI fields for an individual. Facility-wide figures cannot predict a date or establish that someone was released.
Davidson Correctional Center History
NCDAC traces the institution to county prisons assumed by the state under the 1931 Conner Bill. The facility was converted in June 1964 from an honor-grade facility to a work-release unit. Dormitories were added in 1988 and 1993. This history helps explain the present reentry and work-release emphasis.
Historical institutional changes do not alter the current verification rule. The person-specific state record controls. Search OPI and the Inmate Release Search, then ask NCDAC for public release basics when the fields are unclear. An old facility description cannot prove current custody, movement, or release.
Likewise, a work-release participant remains within the state correction path until NCDAC reports the relevant release. Do not count outside work activity as community discharge. The actual release entry, present status, and any supervision record distinguish the stages.
Davidson Correctional Movement or Release
Last Movement is a useful field only when read in context. It can represent admission, transfer, or release. If the current location changes to another prison while inmate status remains active, custody continued. If an Actual Release Date appears and inmate status becomes inactive, examine the separate supervision field for PRS or parole.
A SAVAN notice can alert a registered person to a projected or actual custody change, but transfer and release are different event types. Use the state offender history for confirmation. If another agency assumes custody, release from NCDAC is limited to the state event and should not be described as unrestricted community freedom.
When two sources conflict, write the exact claim, match the offender number, record access times, and favor the current custodian record and filed court authority over an old capture. That discipline keeps Davidson Correctional Center release reporting tied to the right state system.
Davidson County Facility Planning
Davidson County planning records trace a proposed detention-center project from a 2021 services request through later expansion discussion and an FY2027 proposed plan that anticipated a new center in FY2029. Those records concern county detention planning, not a replacement or opening announcement for Davidson Correctional Center. The state prison remains the NCDAC facility identified on its official page.
This distinction matters because the word “Davidson” can lead readers to combine unrelated facilities. A proposed county detention center would remain a sheriff custody path, while Davidson Correctional Center remains a state-prison path. Use current agency directories and person-specific records. Do not infer a move, closure, new release door, or new search system from a budget proposal.