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The 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) of land that Great Meadow Correctional Facility sits on was purchased by the state of New York in 1905 from Isaac Baker. A mountain lake 2 mi (3.2 km) from the prison was the main source of water for the facility. The lake sat higher than the prison grounds allowing the transfer of water to be efficient.
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 ...
New York will close six prisons, adding to the 18 prisons that the state has closed since October of 2011.
In response to falling crime rates and declining prison populations in New York State, the department has closed many facilities since 2009. [7] Between 2011 and 2022 nearly 20 prisons were closed, with plans for additional facility closures based on the continued decline in the number of incarcerated individuals in the state.
New York's state prison system has been holding inmates in solitary confinement for too long, in violation of state law, a state judge ruled this week. State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant ...
One shuttered prison in Connecticut has been repurposed for document storage. With the state's inmate population down by more than half from its peak of almost 20,000 in 2008, decisions will need ...
Transferred to Great Meadow Correctional Facility in March 2021. Jamir Thompson-Thompson, of Yonkers, has been sentenced to nine years to life in state prison. Thompson pled guilty on July 8 to Murder in the Second Degree, a felony, for the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Marilyn Cotto-Montanez.
The Lassen County prison closure is expected to produce an estimated $142.8 million in annual savings. It’s unclear exactly how much CDCR will save with the Riverside County prison closure.