Avery-Mitchell Correctional

As of Friday, Sept. 11, 100 of the 856 offenders housed in the prison had active cases of COVID-19 and three staff members were out of work due to COVID-19.

As of Friday, Sept. 11, 100 of the 856 offenders housed in the prison had active cases of COVID-19 and three staff members were out of work due to COVID-19.

Local correctional institution enduring COVID outbreak

Juliana Walker
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
There has been a large COVID-19 outbreak at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine.  Jerry Higgins, a Communications Officer for Adult Correction at the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, said that as of Friday, Sept.