New York correctional populations of Census 2000 vintage
| Facility Name | Prisoners | Type | County | City | Zipcode | Population as of | Year facility opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York City | 16,321 | municipal | New York | New York | 10013 | 6/30/1999 | 1957 |
| Fulton Correct Facility Work Release | 258 | state | 10457 | 6/30/2000 | 1976 | ||
| Bronx Community Corr Ctr.- Csc | 71 | private | 10458 | 6/30/2000 | 1935 | ||
| Brooklyn Community Center | 160 | private | 10458 | 6/30/2000 | 1945 | ||
| Putnam County Correctional Facility | 112 | county | Putnam | Carmel | 10512 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Westchester County | 1,498 | county | Westchester | Valhalla | 10595 | 6/30/1999 | 9999 |
| Rockland County Correctional Center | 201 | county | Rockland | New City | 10956 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Le Marquis Community Corr. Center Csc | 45 | private | 11238 | 6/30/2000 | 1911 | ||
| Nassau County Correctional Center | 1,707 | county | Nassau | East Meadow | 11554 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Suffolk County | 1,604 | county | Suffolk | Riverhead | 11901 | 6/30/1999 | 1978 |
| Saratoga County Correctional Facility | 158 | county | Saratoga | Ballston Spa | 12020 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Montgomery County Jail | 162 | county | Montgomery | Fultonville | 12072 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Hale Creek Asactc | 494 | state | 12095 | 6/30/2000 | 1990 | ||
| Hamilton County Jail | 1 | county | Hamilton | Lake Pleasant | 12108 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Schoharie County Jail | 83 | county | Schoharie | Schoharie | 12157 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Rensselaer County Jail | 331 | county | Rensselaer | Troy | 12180 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Schenectady County Jail | 302 | county | Schenectady | Schenectady | 12306 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Ulster County Jail | 258 | county | Ulster | Kingston | 12401 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Eadstern Correctional Facility | 1,203 | state | 12458 | 6/30/2000 | 1900 | ||
| Columbia County Jail | 139 | county | Columbia | Hudson | 12534 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Hudson Correctional Facility | 635 | state | 12534 | 6/30/2000 | 1976 | ||
| Shawangunk Correct Facility | 564 | state | 12589 | 6/30/2000 | 1986 | ||
| Sullivan County Jail | 143 | county | Sullivan | Monticello | 12701 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Warren County Jail | 72 | county | Warren | Lake George | 12804 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Washington County Correctional Facility | 54 | county | Washington | Salem | 12865 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Clinton County Jail | 121 | county | Clinton | Plattsburg | 12901 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Chateaugay Asactd | 251 | state | 12920 | 6/30/2000 | 1990 | ||
| Camp Gabriels | 360 | state | 12939 | 6/30/2000 | 1982 | ||
| Fci Ray Brook, Ny | 1,090 | federal | 12977 | 6/30/2000 | 1980 | ||
| Onondaga County Department Of Corrections | 370 | county | Onondaga | Jamesville | 13078 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Oswego County Correctional Facility | 108 | county | Oswego | Oswego | 13126 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Madison County Jail | 110 | county | Madison | Wampsville | 13163 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Seneca County Jail | 55 | county | Seneca | Waterloo | 13165 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Cayuga County Jail | 109 | county | Cayuga | Auburn | 13201 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Onondaga County Jail | 562 | county | Onondaga | Syracuse | 13202 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Otsego County Jail | 66 | county | Otsego | Cooperstown | 13326 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Lewis County Jail | 22 | county | Lewis | Lowville | 13367 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Jefferson County Jail | 140 | county | Jefferson | Watertown | 13601 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| St. Lawrence County Jail | 102 | county | St Lawrence | Canton | 13617 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Chenango County Jail | 65 | county | Chenango | Norwich | 13815 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Tioga County Jail | 91 | county | Tioga | Owego | 13827 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Erie Couny Correctional Facility | 783 | county | Erie | Alden | 14004 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Niagara County Jail | 416 | county | Niagara | Lockport | 14095 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Orleans County Jail | 95 | county | Orleans | Albion | 14411 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Ontario County Jail | 169 | county | Ontario | Canandaigua | 14424 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Livingston County Jail | 68 | county | Livingston | Geneseo | 14437 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Yates County Jail | 60 | county | Yates | Penn Yan | 14527 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Wayne County Jail | 156 | county | Wayne | Lyons | 14532 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Willard Drug Treatment Center | 879 | state | 14588 | 6/30/2000 | 1995 | ||
| Allegany County Jail | 47 | county | Allegany | Belmont | 14813 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Tompkins County Jail | 79 | county | Tompkins | Ithaca | 14850 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Schuyler County Jail | 16 | county | Schuyler | Watkins Glen | 14891 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Bayfiew Correctional Facility | 443 | state | 10011 | 6/30/2000 | 1974 | ||
| Lincoln Corr Facility | 346 | state | 10026 | 6/30/2000 | 1976 | ||
| Edgecomge Correctional Facility | 389 | state | 10032 | 6/30/2000 | 1974 | ||
| Arthur Kill Correction Facility | 977 | state | 10309 | 6/30/2000 | 1976 | ||
| Bedford Holls Corr Facility | 801 | state | 10507 | 6/30/2000 | 1933 | ||
| Taconic Correctional Facility | 479 | state | 10507 | 6/30/2000 | 1933 | ||
| Sing Sing Correct Facility | 2,252 | state | 10562 | 6/30/2000 | 1825 | ||
| Orange County Correctional Facility | 634 | county | Orange | Goshen | 10924 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Otisville Correctional Facility | 762 | state | 10963 | 6/30/2000 | 1977 | ||
| Fci Otisville, Ny And Camp | 1,016 | federal | 10963 | 6/30/2000 | 1980 | ||
| Mid Orange Correct Facility | 740 | state | 10990 | 6/30/2000 | 1977 | ||
| Queensboro Correct Facility | 643 | state | 11101 | 6/30/2000 | 1976 | ||
| Green Correctional Facility | 1,765 | state | 12051 | 6/30/2000 | 1984 | ||
| Coxsackie Correctional Facility | 1,054 | state | 12051 | 6/30/2000 | 1935 | ||
| Fulton County Jail | 129 | county | Fulton | Johnstown | 12095 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Summit Shock Incareceration Facility | 238 | state | 12175 | 6/30/2000 | 1961 | ||
| Albany County Correctional Facility | 814 | county | Albany | Albany | 12211 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Greene County Jail | 51 | county | Greene | Catskill | 12414 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Ulster Correctional Facility | 649 | state | 12458 | 6/30/2000 | 1990 | ||
| Fishkill Correctional Facility | 2,237 | state | 12508 | 6/30/2000 | 1892 | ||
| Beacon Correctional Facility | 243 | state | 12508 | 6/30/2000 | 1982 | ||
| Downstate Correctional Facility | 1,092 | state | 12524 | 6/30/2000 | 1979 | ||
| Green Haven Correct Facility | 2,208 | state | 12582 | 6/30/2000 | 1949 | ||
| Walkill Correctional Facility | 607 | state | 12589 | 6/30/2000 | 1932 | ||
| Dutchess County Jail | 361 | county | Dutchess | Poughkeepsie | 12601 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Sullivan Correct Facility | 802 | state | 12733 | 6/30/2000 | 1985 | ||
| Woodbourne Correctional Facility | 950 | state | 12788 | 6/30/2000 | 1935 | ||
| Great Meadow Correct Facility | 1,659 | state | 12821 | 6/30/2000 | 1911 | ||
| Washington Correct Facility | 1,076 | state | 12821 | 6/30/2000 | 1985 | ||
| Mt Mcgregor Correctional Facility | 865 | state | 12831 | 6/30/2000 | 1976 | ||
| Altona Correctional Facility | 739 | state | 12910 | 6/30/2000 | 1983 | ||
| Clinton Correct Facility | 2,879 | state | 12929 | 6/30/2000 | 1845 | ||
| Essex County Jail | 25 | county | Essex | Elizabethtown | 12932 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Lyon Mountain Correct Facility | 156 | state | 12952 | 6/30/2000 | 1984 | ||
| Franklin Correctional Facility | 1,668 | state | 12953 | 6/30/2000 | 1986 | ||
| Bare Hill Correctional Facility | 1,732 | state | 12953 | 6/30/2000 | 1988 | ||
| Upstate Correctional Facility | 1,463 | state | 12953 | 6/30/2000 | 1999 | ||
| Franklin County Jail | 87 | county | Franklin | Malone | 12953 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Moriah Shock Incarceration Corr Fac | 292 | state | 12956 | 6/30/2000 | 1989 | ||
| Adirondack Correct Facility | 695 | state | 12977 | 6/30/2000 | 1976 | ||
| Auburn Correct Facility | 1,694 | state | 13021 | 6/30/2000 | 1817 | ||
| Cortland County Jail | 78 | county | Cortland | Cortland | 13045 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Camp Georgetown | 266 | state | 13072 | 6/30/2000 | 1961 | ||
| Cayuga Correctional Facility | 1,330 | state | 13118 | 6/30/2000 | 1988 | ||
| Butler Correctional Facility | 544 | state | 13143 | 6/30/2000 | 1989 | ||
| Herkimer County Correctional Facility | 45 | county | Herkimer | Herkimer | 13350 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Mid-state Correctional Facility | 1,903 | state | 13403 | 6/30/2000 | 1984 | ||
| Marcy Correctional Facility | 1,672 | state | 13403 | 6/30/2000 | 1988 | ||
| Oneida County Correctional Facility | 524 | county | Oneida | Oriskany | 13424 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Oneida Correctional Facility | 1,181 | state | 13440 | 6/30/2000 | 1988 | ||
| Mohawk Correctional Facility | 1,408 | state | 13440 | 6/30/2000 | 1989 | ||
| Watertown Correct Facility | 829 | state | 13601 | 6/30/2000 | 1982 | ||
| Cape Vincent Correct Facility | 1,310 | state | 13618 | 6/30/2000 | 1988 | ||
| Gouverneur Correctional Facility | 1,004 | state | 13642 | 6/30/2000 | 1990 | ||
| Riverview Correctional Facility | 1,302 | state | 13669 | 6/30/2000 | 1992 | ||
| Ogdensburg Correct Facility | 806 | state | 13669 | 6/30/2000 | 1982 | ||
| Delaware County Jail | 25 | county | Delaware | Delhi | 13753 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Camp Pharsalia | 259 | state | 13844 | 6/30/2000 | 1956 | ||
| Broome County Jail | 458 | county | Broome | Binghamtom | 13902 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Buffalo Correctional Facility | 164 | state | 14004 | 6/30/2000 | 1992 | ||
| Wende Correctional Facility | 919 | state | 14004 | 6/30/2000 | 1983 | ||
| Attica Correct Facility | 2,211 | state | 14011 | 6/30/2000 | 1931 | ||
| Wyoming Correctional Facility | 1,796 | state | 14011 | 6/30/2000 | 1984 | ||
| Genesee County Jail | 80 | county | Genesee | Batavia | 14021 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Collins Correctional Facility | 1,530 | state | 14034 | 6/30/2000 | 1982 | ||
| Gowanda Correctional Facility | 2,337 | state | 14070 | 6/30/2000 | 1994 | ||
| Orleans Correctional Facility | 1,491 | state | 14411 | 6/30/2000 | 1985 | ||
| Albion Correct Facility | 1,342 | state | 14411 | 6/30/2000 | 1977 | ||
| Groveland Correctional Facility | 1,535 | state | 14556 | 6/30/2000 | 1982 | ||
| Livingston Correctional Facility | 847 | state | 14556 | 6/30/2000 | 1991 | ||
| Wyoming County Jail | 56 | county | Wyoming | Warsaw | 14569 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Rochester Correct Facility | 95 | state | 14608 | 6/30/2000 | 1973 | ||
| Monroe County Jail | 1,494 | county | Monroe | Rochester | 14614 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Lakeview Shock Incarceration Cf | 1,248 | state | 14716 | 6/30/2000 | 1989 | ||
| Cattaraugus County Jail | 141 | county | Cattaraugus | Little Valley | 14755 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Chautauqua County Jail | 216 | county | Chautauqua | Mayville | 14757 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Steuben County Jail | 134 | county | Steuben | Bath | 14810 | 6/30/1999 | unknown |
| Monterey Shock Incarceration Facil | 299 | state | 14812 | 6/30/2000 | 1958 | ||
| Southport Correctional Facility | 944 | state | 14871 | 6/30/2000 | 1988 | ||
| Elmira Correct Facility | 1,851 | state | 14902 | 6/30/2000 | 1876 | ||
| Chemung County Jail | 170 | county | Chemung | 6/30/1999 | unknown | ||
| Erie County Holding Center | 933 | county | Erie | 6/30/1999 | unknown | ||
| Brooklyn Mdc | 1,692 | federal | 6/2/2000 | ||||
| New York Mcc | 882 | federal | 6/2/2000 | ||||
| Otisville Fci | 992 | federal | 6/2/2000 | ||||
| Otisville-camp | 112 | federal | 6/2/2000 | ||||
| Ray Brook Fci | 1,093 | federal | 6/2/2000 |
Sources
Population counts as of June 30, 1999 are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Jails, 1999, counts as of June 2, 2000 are from the weekly population report of the Bureau of Prisons and counts as of June 30, 2000 are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2000.
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