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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] Inmate population ...
The correctional system in Connecticut began with the Old Newgate Prison in East Granby. It was an unprofitable copper mine that opened in 1705. The state began to use the tunnels as a prison during the Revolutionary War.
Hartford Correctional Center is one of 18 correctional facilities in Connecticut, United States.The correctional center is located in Hartford, Connecticut.The facility was opened in 1977, with its first warden being Richard Wezowicz.
Women's prisons in Connecticut (2 P) Pages in category "Prisons in Connecticut" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center is a Level 3 & 4 high-security prison with two facilities for male offenders, in the Uncasville section of Montville, Connecticut. The prison was opened on December 30, 1994. [citation needed] It is a part of the Connecticut Department of Correction.
The Osborn Correctional Institution (OCI), formerly known as the Connecticut Correctional Institution – Somers, [1] is a medium-security state prison that includes a high-security mental health unit for men of the Connecticut Department of Correction located in Somers, Connecticut. It has capacity of 1900 inmates, making it amongst the ...
Northern Correctional Institution (NCI) was a high-security state prison in Somers, [3] [4] in the northern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut.Until its closure, the prison housed the state's male convicts serving long sentences for violent crimes; previously, it had also housed the death row for inmates before the abolition of the death penalty in Connecticut.
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 ...