Wyoming Correctional Facility is a medium-security state men's prison in
Town of Attica,
Wyoming County, New York
Wyoming County is a county in the U.S. state of New York in the state's western area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,531. The county seat is Warsaw. The name is modified from a Lenape (Delaware) Native American word meaning "b ...
. The prison is located adjacent to the better-known maximum security
Attica Correctional Facility
Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security campus New York State prison in the Town of Attica, New York, operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It was constructed in the 1930s in response ...
. The Wyoming prison first opened in 1984. As of 2010 Wyoming had a working capacity of 1722 inmates.
The notorious
Attica Prison riot
The Attica Prison Riot, also known as the Attica Prison Rebellion, the Attica Uprising, or the Attica Prison Massacre, took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the high ...
took place in September 1971, thirteen years prior to the construction of the Wyoming prison, in the now adjacent Attica prison. All but four of the 43 men who died in the Attica event, including 10 hostages, were killed by law enforcement gunfire.
References
External links
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Wyoming Correctional Facility webpage
Prisons in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in Wyoming County, New York
1984 establishments in New York (state)
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