Wende Correctional Facility

Wende Correctional Facility
Location	3040 Wende Road Alden, New York
Status	open
Security class	maximum
Capacity	961
Opened	1923 (as county jail) 1983 (as state prison)
Managed by	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Wende Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison located in Town of Alden in Erie County, New York. The prison is named for this region of Alden. The prison was formerly the site of a county jail operated by Erie County, New York and sold to the state to further its need for a maximum security state prison. The Erie County Correctional Facility was built adjacent to Wende.

Notable inmates

Jack Abbott - criminal and author. He committed suicide at Wende in 2002.^[1]
Jimmy Burke - mastermind of the Lufthansa Heist. Burke was imprisoned in Wende until his death in 1996.
Mark David Chapman - the killer of former Beatles member John Lennon. Chapman was transferred from the Attica Correctional Facility to Wende on May 15, 2012.
Robert Chambers - the "Preppie Killer." He was imprisoned in Wende in 2008 and remains there.

External links

New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision prisons

Minimum Security	Edgecombe Lincoln Queensboro Rochester

Medium Security	Adirondack Albion♀ Altona Bare Hill Cape Vincent Cayuga Collins Fishkill Franklin Gouverneur Gowanda Greene Groveland Hale Creek Hudson Livingston Marcy Mid-State Mohawk Ogdensburg Orleans Otisville Riverview Taconic♀ Ulster Wallkill Washington Watertown Woodbourne Wyoming

Maximum Security	Attica Auburn Bedford Hills♀ Clinton Coxsackie Downstate Eastern Elmira Five Points Great Meadow Green Haven Shawangunk Sing Sing Southport Sullivan Upstate Wende

Drug Treatment Centers	Willard♂♀

Shock Facilities	Lakeview♂♀ Moriah

Closed (partial list)	Arthur Kill Bayview♀ Beacon♀ Buffalo Camp Gabriels Chateaugay ASACTC Lyon Mountain Mid-Orange Monterey Mt. McGregor

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex)

↑ http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/celebrity/jack_abbott/13.html

Coordinates: 42°55′49″N 78°32′32″W / 42.93036°N 78.54221°W / 42.93036; -78.54221

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