Riverview Correctional Facility Explained

Prison Name:Riverview Correctional Facility
Location:1110 Tibbitts Drive
Ogdensburg, New York
Status:open
Classification:medium
Capacity:882
Opened:1988
Managed By:New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Riverview Correctional Facility is a medium-security state prison for men in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, owned and operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Riverview was first opened as a 700-capacity prison in 1988, one of two upstate facilities funded by New York City to house its prisoners, in a special deal between the city and state. Together with Cape Vincent Correctional Facility the construction cost was $90 million.[1] The two were "almost identical" to each other and to the state facilities at Bare Hill and Franklin, built in the same years.[2]

Ownership of both facilities was expected to revert to the state after seven years of operation. As of 2010 Riverview had a working capacity of 882. [3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ravo. Nick. It's near Canada, but it's New York's jail. 2 September 2016. New York Times. 31 August 1988.
  2. News: Fine. Thomas. NYC Offers to Resell Prisons. 2 September 2016. Syracuse Post-Standard. 4 January 1992.
  3. 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.