List of New York state prisons explained

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 2022.[2]

As of 2016 New York does not contract with private prisons, according to state law.[3]

Facilities

The following list does not include federal prisons, New York City jails, or county jails located in the state of New York.

!Facility!County!Security Level!Opened!Capacity
Adirondack Correctional FacilityEssexMedium1904566
Albion Correctional FacilityOrleansMedium (female)18941,274
Altona Correctional FacilityClintonMedium1983512
Attica Correctional FacilityWyomingMaximum19312,253
Auburn Correctional FacilityCayugaMaximum18181,821
Bare Hill Correctional FacilityFranklinMedium19881,722
Bedford Hills Correctional FacilityWestchesterMaximum (female)1901921
Cape Vincent Correctional FacilityJeffersonMedium1956882
Cayuga Correctional FacilityCayugaMedium1,082
Clinton Correctional FacilityClintonMaximum18452,959
Collins Correctional FacilityErieMedium19821,700
Coxsackie Correctional FacilityGreeneMaximum1935900
Eastern Correctional FacilityUlsterMaximum19001,100
Edgecombe Residential Treatment FacilityNew YorkMinimum (co-ed)200
Elmira Correctional FacilityChemungMaximum18761,350
Fishkill Correctional FacilityDutchessMedium19771,800
Five Points Correctional FacilitySenecaMaximum20001,550
Franklin Correctional FacilityFranklinMedium19861,730
Gouverneur Correctional FacilitySt. LawrenceMedium1990800
Great Meadow Correctional FacilityWashingtonMaximum19111,612
Green Haven Correctional FacilityDutchessMaximum19492,170
Greene Correctional FacilityGreeneMedium19841,813
Groveland Correctional FacilityLivingstonMedium19821,106
Hale Creek Correctional FacilityFultonMedium480
Hudson Correctional FacilityColumbiaMedium402
Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional FacilityChautauquaMinimum (co-ed)19871,100
Marcy Correctional FacilityOneidaMedium19891,522
Mid-State Correctional FacilityOneidaMedium19831,754
Mohawk Correctional FacilityOneidaMedium19881,167
Orleans Correctional FacilityOrleansMedium19861,082
Otisville Correctional FacilityOrangeMedium1976700
Queensboro Correctional FacilityQueensMinimum416
Riverview Correctional FacilitySt. LawrenceMedium1988882
Shawangunk Correctional FacilityUlsterMaximum1983558
Sing Sing Correctional FacilityWestchesterMaximum18261,747
Sullivan Correctional FacilitySullivanMaximum1985763
Taconic Correctional FacilityWestchesterMedium (female)1973387
Ulster Correctional FacilityUlsterMedium882
Upstate Correctional FacilityFranklinMaximum19981,300
Wallkill Correctional FacilityUlsterMedium1933606
Washington Correctional FacilityWashingtonMedium1985882
Wende Correctional FacilityErieMaximum1923961
Woodbourne Correctional FacilitySullivanMedium1933849
Wyoming Correctional FacilityWyomingMedium19841,722

Closed

!Facility!County!Security Level!Opened!Closed
Arthur Kill Correctional FacilityRichmondMedium19762011
Bayview Correctional FacilityNew YorkMedium (female)19702012
Beacon Correctional FacilityDutchessMinimum (female)2013
Buffalo Correctional FacilityErieMinimum2012
Butler Correctional FacilityWayneMedium2014
Camp GabrielsFranklinMinimum19822009
Camp GeorgetownMadisonMinimum2011
Camp PharsaliaChenangoMinimum2010
Chateaugay Correctional FacilityFranklinMedium19902014
Downstate Correctional FacilityDutchessMaximum19792022
Fulton Correctional FacilityFultonMedium2011
Gowanda Correctional FacilityErieMedium19942021
Lincoln Correctional FacilityNew YorkMinimum19762019
Livingston Correctional FacilityLivingstonMedium19912019
Lyon Mountain Correctional FacilityClintonMedium2011
Mid-Orange Correctional FacilityOrangeMedium2011
Monterey Shock Incarceration Correctional FacilitySchuylerMinimum19582014
Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional FacilityEssexMinimum19892022
Mount McGregor Correctional FacilitySaratogaMedium19132014
Ogdensburg Correctional FacilitySt. LawrenceMedium19822022
Oneida Correctional FacilityOneidaMedium2011
Parkside Correctional FacilityNew YorkMedium19561996
Rochester Correctional FacilityMonroeMedium2022
Southport Correctional FacilityChemungMaximum19862022
Summit Shock Incarceration Correctional FacilitySchoharieMinimum2011
Watertown Correctional FacilityJeffersonMedium2021
Willard Drug Treatment CampusSenecaMedium19952022

References

https://nysfocus.com/2024/07/18/great-meadow-prison-closures-new-york

Notes and References

  1. (1). "There shall be in the state government a department of corrections and community supervision. The head of the department shall be the commissioner of corrections and community supervision[...]"
  2. Web site: DOCCS Fact Sheet August 1, 2022 . NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision . 2022-08-23.
  3. Web site: Corrections statue section 121. New York State Senate. 6 August 2016.

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