Mid-State Correctional Facility is located in the Town of Marcy, between the cities of

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. From about 1912 through 1982 the state ran a state asylum on these grounds. That institution would grow to hold 3,000 patients. Mid-State opened as a correctional institution, in the extensive former hospital buildings, in 1983. Mid-State has grown and now includes maximum security SHU-200, opened in 1998. These blocks are called "S" blocks, and consist of prisoners living in cells with bunk beds. These prisoners are let out into their porches for several hours, numerous times throughout every day. The place where they are allowed to go outside mimics their room except that it is outside, and surrounded by a fence. Even though Mid-State has a maximum security building it is still classified as a medium security prison. Mid-State cleared the way for its neighbor,

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Phase One

During the first phase of the prison, Mid-State shared its place with a hospital that took care of the criminally insane.New York State Department of Correctional Services The hospital was known as the Central New York Psychiatric Center.

Phase Two

The second phase took place in 1986. This increased the size of the site that the hospital and Mid-State had to share. Eventually the whole site was left to Mid-State and the Central New York Psychiatric Center. Since 1983 there have not been any escapes or other troublesome incidents. There are of coiled razor sharp wire to prevent prisoners from escaping.

Notable prisoners

* Gerald Garson, former

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Footnotes

References

1. ''New York State Department of Correctional Services''. Retrieved October 9, 2006, from https://web.archive.org/web/20060824182749/http://www.docs.state.ny.us/ {{Coord, 43, 10, 03, N, 75, 17, 52, W, display=title Prisons in New York (state) Buildings and structures in Oneida County, New York 1983 establishments in New York (state)