Groveland Correctional Facility is a medium security prison located in the Town of Groveland in

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, in the

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. The facility is located next to the community of Sonyea in Groveland on the site of a former

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community. The town is south of

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, near

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. The prison is divided into 2 parts, upper and lower, with a fence and

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to restrict movement between the two. Dorms C-J, the prison hospital and food service are on the upper. Dorms K and L, as well as the commissary, school, church and recreation yards are on the lower. The recreation yards feature 3 softball diamonds, a weight yard and horseshoe pits. In the past, female prisoners were held at Groveland, but it is currently a male facility. As of 2010 Groveland had a working capacity of 1106.

History

The

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owned the

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after 1836, when they moved from Sodus in

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to escape worldly influences. When the membership of the sect declined, the Shakers sold the land to the state after they were assured it would be used for good purpose. Several of the Shaker buildings are still used today. In 1896, the state opened a facility for

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on 1900 acres of land in Sonyea. The institution was known first as the Sonyea Colony, before being renamed as the

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after

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, who at the time served as president of New York's State Board of Charities. The facility closed in 1968, and the land and buildings were later repurposed by the state prison system.

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