List of jail facilities in New York City explained

This is a list of jail facilities in New York City. It includes federal prisons, county jails, and city jails run by the New York City Department of Corrections.^[1]

Current facilities

• Elmhurst Hospital Prison Ward
• Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn
• Rikers Island
  • Anna M. Kross Center
  • Benjamin Ward Visit Center
  • Eric M. Taylor Center
  • George Motchan Detention Center
  • George R. Vierno Center
  • North Infirmary Command
  • Otis Bantum Correctional Center
  • Robert N. Davoren Complex
  • Rose M. Singer Center
  • West Facility

Defunct facilities

• Arthur Kill Correctional Facility
• 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
• Queens Detention Complex
• Raymond Street Jail
• Spofford Juvenile Center
• Sugar house prisons (New York)
• Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center
• Walter B. Keane

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Correction .