List of New York state prisons

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Locations of state prisons within New York

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 42 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

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Sing Sing Correctional Facility Attica Correctional Facility Edgecombe Correctional Facility

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

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Adirondack Correctional Facility | Essex | Medium  | 1904  | 566
Albion Correctional Facility | Orleans | Medium (female)  | 1894  | 1,274
Altona Correctional Facility | Clinton | Medium  | 1983  | 512
Attica Correctional Facility | Wyoming | Maximum  | 1931  | 2,253
Auburn Correctional Facility | Cayuga | Maximum  | 1818  | 1,821
Bare Hill Correctional Facility | Franklin | Medium  | 1988  | 1,722
Bedford Hills Correctional Facility | Westchester | Maximum (female)  | 1901  | 921
Cape Vincent Correctional Facility  | Jefferson | Medium  | 1956  | 882
Cayuga Correctional Facility | Cayuga | Medium  | 1988  | 1,082
Clinton Correctional Facility | Clinton | Maximum  | 1845  | 2,959
Collins Correctional Facility | Erie | Medium  | 1982  | 1,700
Coxsackie Correctional Facility | Greene | Maximum  | 1935  | 900
Eastern Correctional Facility | Ulster | Maximum  | 1900  | 1,100
Edgecombe Residential Treatment Facility  | New York | Minimum (co-ed)  |  | 200
Elmira Correctional Facility | Chemung | Maximum  | 1876  | 1,350
Fishkill Correctional Facility | Dutchess | Medium  | 1977  | 1,800
Five Points Correctional Facility | Seneca | Maximum  | 2000  | 1,550
Franklin Correctional Facility | Franklin | Medium  | 1986  | 1,730
Gouverneur Correctional Facility | St. Lawrence | Medium  | 1990  | 800
Green Haven Correctional Facility | Dutchess | Maximum  | 1949  | 2,170
Greene Correctional Facility | Greene | Medium  | 1984  | 1,813
Groveland Correctional Facility | Livingston | Medium  | 1982  | 1,106
Hale Creek Correctional Facility  | Fulton | Medium  | 1990  | 480
Hudson Correctional Facility  | Columbia | Medium  |  | 402
Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility | Chautauqua | Minimum (co-ed)  | 1987  | 1,100
Marcy Correctional Facility | Oneida | Medium  | 1989  | 1,522
Mid-State Correctional Facility | Oneida | Medium  | 1983  | 1,754
Mohawk Correctional Facility | Oneida | Medium  | 1988  | 1,167
Orleans Correctional Facility | Orleans | Medium  | 1986  | 1,082
Otisville Correctional Facility | Orange | Medium  | 1976  | 700
Queensboro Correctional Facility  | Queens | Minimum  | 1975  | 416
Riverview Correctional Facility | St. Lawrence | Medium  | 1988  | 882
Shawangunk Correctional Facility | Ulster | Maximum  | 1983  | 558
Sing Sing Correctional Facility | Westchester | Maximum  | 1826  | 1,747
Taconic Correctional Facility | Westchester | Medium (female)  | 1973  | 387
Ulster Correctional Facility  | Ulster | Medium  | 1990  | 882
Upstate Correctional Facility | Franklin | Maximum  | 1998  | 1,300
Wallkill Correctional Facility | Ulster | Medium  | 1933  | 606
Washington Correctional Facility | Washington | Medium  | 1985  | 882
Wende Correctional Facility | Erie | Maximum  | 1923  | 961
Woodbourne Correctional Facility | Sullivan | Medium  | 1933  | 849
Wyoming Correctional Facility | Wyoming | Medium  | 1984  | 1,722

## Closed

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Facility  | County  | Security Level  | Opened  | Closed

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Arthur Kill Correctional Facility | Richmond | Medium  | 1976  | 2011
Bayview Correctional Facility | New York | Medium (female)  | 1970  | 2012
Beacon Correctional Facility | Dutchess | Minimum (female)  | 1991  | 2013
Buffalo Correctional Facility | Erie | Minimum  |  | 2012
Butler Correctional Facility  | Wayne | Medium  | 1989  | 2014
Camp Gabriels | Franklin | Minimum  | 1982  | 2009
Camp Georgetown  | Madison | Minimum  | 1961  | 2011
Camp Pharsalia  | Chenango | Minimum  |  | 2010
Chateaugay Correctional Facility | Franklin | Medium  | 1990  | 2014
Downstate Correctional Facility | Dutchess | Maximum  | 1979  | 2022
Fulton Correctional Facility  | Fulton | Medium  | 1975  | 2011
Gowanda Correctional Facility | Erie | Medium  | 1994  | 2021
Great Meadow Correctional Facility | Washington | Maximum  | 1911  | 2024
Lincoln Correctional Facility | New York | Minimum  | 1976  | 2019
Livingston Correctional Facility | Livingston | Medium  | 1991  | 2019
Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility | Clinton | Medium  | 1984  | 2011
Mid-Orange Correctional Facility | Orange | Medium  |  | 2011
Monterey Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility | Schuyler | Minimum  | 1958  | 2014
Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility | Essex | Minimum  | 1989  | 2022
Mount McGregor Correctional Facility | Saratoga | Medium  | 1913  | 2014
Ogdensburg Correctional Facility | St. Lawrence | Medium  | 1982  | 2022
Oneida Correctional Facility  | Oneida | Medium  |  | 2011
Parkside Correctional Facility  | New York | Medium  | 1956  | 1996
Rochester Correctional Facility  | Monroe | Minimum  |  | 2022
Southport Correctional Facility | Chemung | Maximum  | 1988  | 2022
Sullivan Correctional Facility | Sullivan | Maximum  | 1985  | 2024
Summit Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility  | Schoharie | Minimum  | 1961  | 2011
Watertown Correctional Facility  | Jefferson | Medium  |  | 2021
Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Seneca | Medium  | 1995  | 2022
Long Island Correctional Facility (Brentwood)[4] | Suffolk | Medium Security  | 1982  | 1985

## References

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1. ^ Correction Law § 5(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. ^ "DOCCS Fact Sheet August 1, 2022" (PDF). NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
3. ^ "Corrections statue section 121". New York State Senate. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
4. ^ McQuiston, John T. (February 10, 1985). "After Prison Closes, What Use For Sight?". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

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