Prison Name: | Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility |
Location: | 75 Burhart Lane Mineville, New York |
Status: | closed |
Classification: | minimum / mixed |
Capacity: | 300 |
Opened: | 1989 |
Closed: | March 10, 2022[1] [2] |
Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility was a minimum security New York State prison, located in Mineville, Town of Moriah, Essex County, New York, in a remote part of the Adirondack Mountains. The facility - established in former mine buildings - was home to SHOCK and intensive ASAT programs. It usually housed about 300 inmates.