Woodbourne Correctional Facility

Woodbourne Correctional Facility

Location	99 Prison Road Woodbourne, New York
Status	open
Security class	medium
Capacity	849
Opened	1933
Managed by	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Woodbourne Correctional Facility is a medium security men's prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in Woodbourne, New York of Sullivan County. It is located on the same tract of land as maximum security Sullivan Correctional Facility.

The prison opened in 1933, designed by Alfred Hopkins, an estate architect with a sideline in prisons such as Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. Hopkins also designed Wallkill Correctional Facility and Coxsackie Correctional Facility for the state. ^[1]

Notable inmates

Juvenile murderer Willie Bosket, serving three consecutive sentences of 25 years to life for offenses committed while in the Shawangunk Correctional Facility and at Woodbourne. He is housed in a specially-constructed plexiglass-lined cell in complete isolation. He is no longer housed at Woodbourne prison.
Rapper Shyne of New York City served a 10-year sentence in The Woodbourne Facility after being convicted of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment

↑ Joseph F., Spillane (9 May 2014). Coxsackie: The Life and Death of Prison Reform. JHU Press. p. 48. Retrieved 3 September 2016.

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)

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