Cateret Correctional Center | Newport, North_Carolina

1084 Orange St
Newport, NC 28570-9677

(252) 223-5100

Cateret Correctional Center

The Cateret Correctional Center in Carteret County serves as a prison facility for the city of Newport and other smaller towns surrounding Carteret. As well as inmates awaiting transfer to other prisons, jails and State penitentiaries. In order to visit inmates at Cateret Correctional Center, you'll be traveling to Newport, NC, 28570-9677 in Carteret. The address of this facility is listed as 1084 Orange St. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.

Prisons in NC, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Cateret Correctional Center. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here: jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here: send postcards. Calling your inmate is the best way to get details about mail and visitation rules for Cateret Correctional Center. They can provide you with their individual allowed prison call times and visitation hours and open days. Every prison facility in NC has its own rules. Your loved one will generally be informed of the rules for that facility and any individual restrictions applied.

Prison is expensive. Even public prison facilities appear to be operating like for-profit prisons these days. Long distance phone calls are a favorite way for jails to make money. Charging inmates for everything from soap to toothpaste is another. Even sending your inmate money to buy these things will come with an added fee. The first thing to do is set up an economical line of communication as suggested above. Then you can communicate with the inmate to discuss a reasonable budget and how the family can work together to pay and keep it.

Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Cateret Correctional Center by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Cateret Correctional Center. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.
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