Beacon Correctional Facility Explained

Beacon Correctional Facility was a female minimum security state prison, located in Beacon, New York, and operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. .[1]

Despite community opposition, Beacon Correctional Facility closed in September 2013 as a result of New York state budget cuts passed by the governor and the New York State Legislature. It was the state's only minimum security facility for women.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beacon Correctional Facility (Beacon, New York). Wikimapia. Wikimapia. 7 April 2013.
  2. News: Williams. Tanique. Prisoner advocates foresee problems after shuttering Bayview and Beacon. 7 August 2016. (New York) Legislative Gazette. Correctional Association of New York. 8 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810081531/http://www.correctionalassociation.org/press/prisoner-advocates-foresee-problems-after-shuttering-bayview-and-beacon. 10 August 2016. dead.

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