Lincoln Correctional Center Releases
Lincoln Correctional Center is operated by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. It is not the sheriff’s jail, even though both facilities are in Lincolnton. The center holds sentenced adult men in minimum custody and carries an official reentry-facility designation. County booking numbers and the sheriff’s current roster do not control its records.
A person can leave this prison in several ways. An actual prison release may lead to the community with post-release supervision or parole. A completed custody term may later be followed by final discharge from supervision. A move to another NC DAC prison remains active incarceration. The facility field alone therefore does not answer whether the person left state custody.
| DAC event | Record clue | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Prison transfer | Active inmate with a new location | Still in state custody |
| Physical release | Actual Release Date | Left prison, possibly to supervision |
| Parole or PRS | Active supervision episode | In the community under conditions |
| Discharge | Completed supervision/history | State episode may be closed |
Confirm Lincoln Correctional Releases
Use the NC DAC Offender Public Information search. Its history reaches back to 1972 and covers state prisoners and people in the state probation, parole, and post-release-supervision system. DAC warns that county-jail data is outside its scope, which is why the Harven A. Crouse roster cannot substitute for this search.
- Select “All” or “Inactive” so a past prison release is not filtered out.
- Enter the seven-digit DAC offender number when available, or narrow a name with date of birth.
- Compare identity fields and sentence records before choosing a match.
- Open incarceration history and locate the Actual Release Date for the correct episode.
- Review the most recent parole, probation, or post-release-supervision history.
- Check for a newer admission that may follow the older release.
The DAC offender number stays with a person across state episodes. It is not the same as a Lincoln County jail ID. An old Actual Release Date can be accurate for one term while the same person is again incarcerated under a later record.
Lincoln Correctional Release Fields
DAC public displays vary with the record and sentencing era. They may show incarceration status, total term, conviction date, primary offense, admission date, present or past locations, sentence start, minimum and maximum terms, Projected Release Date, Actual Release Date, sentence type, parole dates, supervision status, county of conviction, docket, offense date, and sentence number. A blank field should not be filled by inference.
- Projected Release Date
- An administrative estimate based on the sentence and current credits. It can change and does not confirm departure.
- Actual Release Date
- The date DAC records the prison release for that custody episode.
- Post-release supervision
- The supervised community portion of many modern Structured Sentencing prison terms.
- Parole
- Conditional release for eligible cases, mainly under older sentencing rules.
- Discharge
- The end of the relevant custody or supervision obligation shown by the record.
DAC makes basic conviction, time-served, term, admission, and release-date information public. Internal classification, behavior, and many supervision details can remain confidential, so the online record is a useful official summary rather than the complete institutional file.
Lincoln Correctional Center Contact
The facility is at 464 Roper Drive, Lincolnton, NC 28092, and its published telephone is 704-735-0485. Call the facility for current operational questions. Individual release history should be checked through DAC’s statewide system or its public-record channel, not requested from the Lincoln County Sheriff.
464 Roper Drive
Lincolnton, NC 28092
704-735-0485
Operator: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction
For a formal statewide record, the NC DAC public-records office asks requesters to be specific and use complete fields and date ranges. Its central address is 214 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, with mail directed to 5201 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-5201. The central telephone is 919-733-2126.
Lincoln Correctional Reentry Facility
DAC describes Lincoln Correctional Center as a 202-capacity, minimum-custody adult male reentry facility. “Reentry” identifies its program role; it does not prove that any person has been approved for release or will return to Lincoln County. State placement is statewide, and a person housed in Lincolnton may have been convicted elsewhere or may return to another community.
The official Lincoln Correctional Center page documents the facility rather than individual custody. Its current description can verify type, location, and capacity, while the offender search provides the person-specific history. Keep those two records separate.
DAC’s official facility page shows the state prison and its current description.
The page confirms which agency operates the facility but does not show whether a named offender was released.
Lincoln Correctional Center History
The center began in 1939 as one of 61 field-unit prisons built or renovated for road work. A new dormitory was authorized in 1985 and completed in 1987. Current road squads serve Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland, and Mecklenburg counties. This local history distinguishes the state facility from the county jail and explains why its operations extend beyond Lincoln County.
History and work assignments are not release indicators. A road assignment remains a custody activity, and service in another county does not alter the controlling DAC record. Likewise, the facility’s reentry label is not a projected release date. Use those facts only to understand the institution; use the individual’s DAC history for release.
Lincoln Correctional Release Supervision
Physical prison release and sentence completion are not always the same event. Post-release supervision, often shortened to PRS, is a statutory community-supervision period for many Structured Sentencing terms. Parole is discretionary conditional release for eligible cases, mainly older sentences and limited categories. Probation may be ordered by a court without any release from Lincoln Correctional Center at all.
Search DAC with “Active Probationer/Parolee” to test current supervision, then use “All” to see its history. Match the stable offender number and inspect dates carefully. The Lincoln County Probation & Parole page explains the Commission’s role and why North Carolina has no public formal offender-hearing calendar. An active supervision result supports community status but does not prove the person was released from this particular facility.
Use Actual Release Date for a completed prison exit. A Projected Release Date is an estimate, not proof that the gate event occurred.
Lincoln Correctional Release Dates
A projected date may reflect the judicial minimum and maximum, sentence credits, the applicable sentencing era, and the statutory point where community supervision begins. North Carolina does not use one reliable “85 percent” shortcut. Credits cannot be calculated safely from a brief web summary, and a detainer, consecutive term, disciplinary change, or later judgment can affect the result.
When exact timing matters, compare the DAC computation with the judgment and confinement credit recorded by the court. The Projected Release page explains why minimum, maximum, projected, actual, parole-eligibility, and supervision-end dates answer different questions. SAVAN/VINELink may provide a status notice, but it is a notification layer rather than a certified release order.
After Lincoln Correctional Release
A released person may live under supervision anywhere authorized by the state, not necessarily in Lincolnton. Lincoln County’s Community-Centered Court combines court, treatment, peer support, and probation/parole participants for its local program, but that program is not a locator and does not establish participation by someone leaving this prison. Confirm the actual supervision record.
When the custody chain is uncertain, work backward from the last known DAC offender number and the latest incarceration entry. Pair the Actual Release Date with any supervision start, then check for a newer admission. For a fully closed event, the later history should support discharge rather than merely physical release to PRS or parole. That complete timeline prevents a prison transfer from being mislabeled as freedom and a supervised release from being mislabeled as final sentence completion.