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2. List of New York state prisons - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. New York State Department of Corrections and Community ...

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   The New York State prison system had its beginnings in 1797 with a single prison called Newgate located in New York City. A second state prison opened 20 years later in Auburn in 1817, and in 1825 a group of Auburn prisoners made the voyage across the Erie Canal and down the Hudson River to begin building Sing Sing in the village of Ossining ...

4. List of jail facilities in New York City - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of jail facilities in New York City. It includes federal prisons , county jails, and city jails run by the New York City Department of Corrections . [ 1 ]

5. New York City Department of Correction - Wikipedia

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   The New York City Department of Correction was first founded as a separate entity in New York City in 1895 after a split from the Department of Public Charities and Correction. [2] Roosevelt Island, then called Blackwell's Island, was the main penal institution under the jurisdiction of the DOC until the 1930s when it was closed.

6. Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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   The Board of Corrections is an independent body that monitors city-owned jails. [4] By the time the Bain Center opened, the inmate population of New York City's jail system had started to decline. [9] The jail barge was temporarily closed in August 1995 due to less crowded city jails, caused by a decline in arrests and inmate transfers.

7. Elmira Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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   It is operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. A supermax prison, Southport Correctional Facility, is located 2 miles (3.2 km) away from Elmira. [citation needed] The facility was founded in 1876 as the Elmira Reformatory and run by its controversial superintendent Zebulon Brockway. Acting with ...