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This is a list of current and former state prisons in Connecticut. [1] These prisons are overseen by the Connecticut Department of Correction. This list does not include federal prisons located in the state of Connecticut. There are no county jails in Connecticut, all inmates are in custody of the Department of Correction. [2]
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After 1960, when Connecticut dissolved county governance, the jail property was absorbed and operated by the State of Connecticut. The prison held British people during the War of 1812. [3] In the early 20th century an addition was built joining Litchfield Jail to the First National Bank of Litchfield, an 1816 structure. [2]
The Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury (FCI Danbury) is a low-security United States federal prison for male and female inmates in Danbury, Connecticut. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum ...
The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the government agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The agency operates 18 correctional facilities. The agency operates 18 correctional facilities.
Surviving records from the Wethersfield State Prison are maintained by the Connecticut State Library. [3] The Wethersfield prison was never a part of the Connecticut Department of Correction. Demolition of Wethersfield was completed by 1966, a year before the State Prison in Somers was transferred to the new Department of Correction. [1]
Cheshire Correctional Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men located in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut.The facility was built beginning in 1910, partly by the inmates of the Wethersfield State Prison, and opened in 1913 as the Chester Reformatory for male youths ages 16 to 24.
Janet S. York Correctional Institution is Connecticut's only state prison for women, located in Niantic. The facility opened in its current form in October, 1994, and houses a maximum of 1500 at a range of security levels from minimum to super maximum. [1] The site was first founded in 1918 as the Connecticut State Farm and Reformatory for ...