New York State is home to a wide range of detention facilities, including federal immigration detention centers, state prisons, county jails, and city correctional facilities. These institutions serve various purposes — from holding individuals awaiting trial to housing those serving sentences or awaiting immigration proceedings. Below is a comprehensive overview of notable detention facilities across New York State.
Federal Detention Facilities
Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn
- Address: 290 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11201
- Operator: Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
- Type: Federal detention center
- Population: Holds pre-trial and sentenced male and female inmates
- Notable: One of the largest federal detention facilities in the Northeast
Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) Manhattan
- Address: 150 Park Row, New York, NY 10007
- Operator: Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
- Type: Federal detention center
- Population: High-security facility for pre-trial detainees
- Notable: Located in Lower Manhattan; houses high-profile federal defendants
Buffalo Federal Processing Center
- Address: 4250 Federal Drive, Batavia, NY 14020
- Operator: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Type: Immigration detention facility
- Notable: Processes immigration cases for Western New York region
Otisville Federal Correctional Institution
- Address: Two Mile Road, Otisville, NY 10963
- Operator: Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
- Type: Medium-security federal prison with minimum-security satellite camp
- Notable: Located in Orange County, approximately 70 miles northwest of NYC
New York City Correctional Facilities
Rikers Island
- Address: 14-14 Hazen Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11370
- Operator: New York City Department of Correction
- Type: City jail complex
- Capacity: Approximately 10,000 inmates across multiple facilities
- Notable: One of the largest correctional institutions in the world; scheduled for closure by 2027
Vernon C. Bain Center (“The Boat”)
- Address: 1 Halleck Street, Bronx, NY 10474
- Operator: New York City Department of Correction
- Type: Floating jail barge
- Capacity: Approximately 800 inmates
- Notable: A converted barge anchored in the East River near the Bronx; used to alleviate overcrowding
Manhattan Detention Complex (The Tombs)
- Address: 125 White Street, New York, NY 10013
- Operator: New York City Department of Correction
- Type: City jail
- Notable: One of the oldest correctional facilities in NYC; currently being replaced by a new borough-based jail
Brooklyn Detention Center
- Address: 275 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201
- Operator: New York City Department of Correction
- Type: City jail
- Notable: Houses pre-trial detainees for Kings County
Queens Detention Facility
- Address: 126-01 82nd Avenue, Kew Gardens, NY 11415
- Operator: New York City Department of Correction
- Type: City jail
Bronx Criminal Facility (Bronx House of Detention)
- Address: 215 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451
- Operator: New York City Department of Correction
- Type: City jail
- Notable: Being replaced under the borough-based jail plan
Notable New York State Prisons
Attica Correctional Facility
- Address: 639 Exchange Street, Attica, NY 14011
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison
- Notable: Site of the 1971 Attica Prison uprising; one of the most infamous prisons in American history
Sing Sing Correctional Facility
- Address: 354 Hunter Street, Ossining, NY 10562
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison
- Notable: Opened in 1826; one of the oldest and most well-known prisons in the United States
Clinton Correctional Facility
- Address: 1156 Cook Street, Dannemora, NY 12929
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison
- Notable: Located in the Adirondacks near the Canadian border; houses some of NY’s most serious offenders
Auburn Correctional Facility
- Address: 7322 State Street Route 34, Auburn, NY 13021
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison
- Notable: One of the oldest operating prisons in the US; opened in 1816
Eastern Correctional Facility
- Address: 30 Institution Road, Napanoch, NY 12458
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison
Fishkill Correctional Facility
- Address: 181 Beacon Street, Beacon, NY 12508
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Multi-level security state prison
Great Meadow Correctional Facility
- Address: 11739 State Route 22, Comstock, NY 12821
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison
Green Haven Correctional Facility
- Address: Route 216, Stormville, NY 12582
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison
Sullivan Correctional Facility
- Address: 325 Riverside Drive, Fallsburg, NY 12733
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Medium-security state prison
Wallkill Correctional Facility
- Address: 50 McKendrick Road, Wallkill, NY 12589
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Medium-security state prison
Washington Correctional Facility
- Address: 72 Lockbox Road, Comstock, NY 12821
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Medium-security state prison
Downstate Correctional Facility
- Address: 121 Red Schoolhouse Road, Fishkill, NY 12524
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison
Elmira Correctional Facility
- Address: 201 East 2nd Street, Elmira, NY 14901
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison with reception center
Southport Correctional Facility
- Address: 236 Bob Masia Drive, Pine City, NY 14871
- Operator: New York State Department of Corrections
- Type: Maximum-security state prison
County Jails
Orange County Correctional Facility
- Address: 110 Wells Farm Road, Goshen, NY 10924
- Operator: Orange County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Suffolk County Correctional Facility
- Address: 100 Center Drive, Riverhead, NY 11901
- Operator: Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Nassau County Correctional Center
- Address: 100 Carman Avenue, East Meadow, NY 11554
- Operator: Nassau County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Westchester County Jail
- Address: 214 Central Avenue, Valhalla, NY 10595
- Operator: Westchester County Department of Correction
- Type: County jail
Erie County Holding Center
- Address: 30 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Operator: Erie County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Monroe County Jail
- Address: 130 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620
- Operator: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Albany County Correctional Facility
- Address: 840 Albany Shaker Road, Albany, NY 12211
- Operator: Albany County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Oneida County Jail
- Address: 6075 Judd Road, Oriskany, NY 13424
- Operator: Oneida County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Dutchess County Jail
- Address: 230 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
- Operator: Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Onondaga County Justice Center
- Address: 491 Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13202
- Operator: Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Sullivan County Jail
- Address: 4 Bushville Road, Monticello, NY 12701
- Operator: Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Ulster County Jail
- Address: 381 Boulevard, Kingston, NY 12401
- Operator: Ulster County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Broome County Correctional Facility
- Address: 1440 Upper Front Street, Binghamton, NY 13901
- Operator: Broome County Sheriff’s Office
- Type: County jail
Immigration Detention
Varick Street Federal Detention Facility
- Address: 201 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014
- Operator: U.S. Marshals Service / ICE
- Type: Immigration detention
- Notable: Located in Manhattan; processes immigration cases for the NYC area
Bergen County Jail (ICE Contract)
- Address: 160 South River Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
- Operator: Bergen County Sheriff (ICE contract)
- Type: Immigration detention (used by ICE for NY-area detainees)
Youth Detention Facilities
Horizon Juvenile Center
- Address: 560 Brook Avenue, Bronx, NY 10455
- Operator: NYC Administration for Children’s Services
- Type: Youth detention
Crossroads Juvenile Center
- Address: 17 Bristol Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212
- Operator: NYC Administration for Children’s Services
- Type: Youth detention
Notable Historical Facilities
Ellis Island Immigration Station
- Location: New York Harbor
- Operational: 1892–1954
- Type: Immigration processing and detention
- Notable: Processed over 12 million immigrants; detained those deemed unfit to enter the country
Hart Island
- Location: Long Island Sound, Bronx
- Operator: NYC Department of Correction
- Type: Potter’s field / indigent burial ground
- Notable: Burial site for unclaimed inmates who died in NYC correctional facilities
Borough-Based Jail Plan
New York City is currently undertaking a massive correctional reform: the closure of Rikers Island and its replacement with four smaller, borough-based jails in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. The plan, approved in 2019, aims to close Rikers by 2027 and replace it with modern, humane facilities closer to the communities where detainees’ families live. This represents the most significant transformation of NYC’s correctional system in decades.
For authoritative information on New York State facilities, visit the NYS Department of Corrections website and the NYC Department of Correction page.
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