Green Haven Correctional Facility
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Green Haven Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York, United States. The prison is located in the Town of Beekman in Dutchess County. The New York State Department of Correctional Services lists the address as Route 216, Stormville, NY 12582. This prison housed New York's death row during the time the state briefly had the death penalty in the post-Furman era. New York's electric chair "old sparky" was moved here from the Ossining prison.
It was originally a federal prison and now houses maximum security inmates.
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[edit] Notable Inmates
- Ronald Defeo Jr., tried and convicted of killing his parents and four siblings at their home in Amityville, NY. The case inspired Jay Anson's novel The Amityville Horror.
[edit] Correction Officer's Death
On January 31, 2007, a Correction Officer in Tower One was found dead due to an apparent gun shot wound to the head. Fire and police were dispatched around 10:30 PM, when they found the hatch to the ladder blocked, they used a Beekman Fire Department ladder truck to break in and get access. The tower was closed for investigation, and the death was deemed a suicide.[1]
[edit] Successes
- The Alternatives to Violence Project was conceived at the prison in 1975 as a workshop.
[edit] References
- ^ "Green Haven guard commits suicide at work", Poughkeepsie Journal, 2007-02-01. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07EFDE123FF931A35751C0A9619C8B63 NY Times Article On Guard Suicide.
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