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This is a list of state prisons in New York. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is the department of the New York State government that maintains the state prisons and parole system. [1] There are 44 prisons funded by the State of New York, and approximately 28,200 parolees at seven regional offices as of ...
ZIP Code. 10474. Country. United States. The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center ( VCBC; also known as the Vernon C. Bain Maritime Facility[ 2] and nicknamed "The Boat" [ 3]) was an 800-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections. The barge was anchored off the Bronx 's southern shore, across from Rikers ...
Attica Correctional Facility. / 42.8500°N 78.2717°W / 42.8500; -78.2717. Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison campus in the Town of Attica, New York, [ 2][ 3] operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It was constructed in the 1930s in response to earlier riots within the ...
The New York State prison system had its beginnings in 1797 with a single prison called Newgate located in New York City. A second state prison opened 20 years later in Auburn in 1817, and in 1825 a group of Auburn prisoners made the voyage across the Erie Canal and down the Hudson River to begin building Sing Sing in the village of Ossining ...
Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) [ 1][ 2] prison island in the East River in the Bronx [ 3] that contains New York City 's largest jail. [ 4][ 5] Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha).
Bayview Correctional Facility. Bridewell (New York City jail) Brooklyn Detention Complex. Harold A. Wildstein. James A. Thomas Center. Ludlow Street Jail. Manhattan Detention Complex. Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (may reopen) New York Women's House of Detention.
Managed by. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Great Meadow Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York State in the United States. The prison is in Comstock, a hamlet right outside of the village of Fort Ann in Washington County, New York. As of September 3, 2008 it was home to 1,663 inmates.
Green Haven Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York, United States. The prison is located in the Town of Beekman in Dutchess County. [ 2] The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision lists the address as Route 216, Stormville, New York 12582. This prison housed New York's execution chamber during ...