Chateaugay Correctional Facility (ASACTC) was a medium-security
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, corre ...
and state alcohol and substance abuse Correctional Treatment Center in
Franklin County,
New York, United States. The prison is in the town of
Chateaugay.
The prison opened in 1990. What used to be known as an ASACTC correctional program has now turned into a facility for repeat parole violators as of the mid-2000s. No new prisoners are sent there anymore, just parole violators.
Chateaugay closed on July 26, 2014.
[Rick Karlin, "Prison set to close, but not quietly," Albany Times-Union, July 25, 2014, http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Prison-set-to-close-but-not-quietly-5648057.php, retrieved 2014-08-18]
See also
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List of New York state prisons
This is a list of state prisons in New York.
The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is the department of the New York State government that maintains the state prisons and parole system. There are 44 prisons ...
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Development of the Chateaugay Correctional Facility (ASACTC)
Buildings and structures in Franklin County, New York
Defunct prisons in New York (state)
2014 disestablishments in New York (state)
1990 establishments in New York (state)
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