Bertie Correctional Institution is a state men's prison in

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, first opened in August 2006, and operated by the

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. As one of the state's four largest prisons, the official capacity is 1,400 prisoners, all held in Close Custody. The site is near the

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. As of March 2012 Bertie was one of six state prisons put on lockdown to squelch gang fights and coordinated gang activity. In May 2015 an excessive-force lawsuit brought by a Bertie inmate, Sammy Ussery, reached the

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. The court held that the officers' claim of

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did not entitle them to a summary judgment.

Notable Inmates

*Craig Hicks - Perpetrator of the 2015 Chapel Hill shooting. *Je'Michael Malloy - killed ex-girlfriend Danielle Locklear in Hope Mills, North Carolina

References

{{State prisons in North Carolina Prisons in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Bertie County, North Carolina 2006 establishments in North Carolina