Altona Correctional Facility Explained

Prison Name:	Altona Correctional Facility
Status:	Open
Classification:	Medium
Capacity:	512
Opened:	1983

Altona Correctional Facility is a medium security prison in New York in the United States. The prison is in the Town of Altona in Clinton County. As of 2010 Altona had a working capacity of 512.^[1]

History

Altona Correctional Facility was built using the former Altona Central School building as the central administrative and school building. It wasn't uncommon for corrections officers at the time of the prison's opening to have attended the school as children.

External links

• NY prison information

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Prison System to Temporarily Consolidate Under-Populated Inmate Housing Units, Providing Taxpayer Savings With No Job Losses or Transfers. NYS DOC press release. 2 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160921140600/http://www.doccs.ny.gov/PressRel/2010/Consolidations2010.html. 21 September 2016. dead.