Albion Correctional Facility is a medium security women's

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in Town of Albion, Orleans County,

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, United States, that is operated by the

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. The site was founded in 1894 as the Western House of Refuge for Women, then later the Albion State Training School. The prison is just outside the village of Albion. Albion is one of New York facilities exclusively for women, the others being

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. Most famously, Albion housed "Long Island Lolita"

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for 3½ years; she was then transferred to the

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, the only

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prison for women in New York State and located in

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. As of 2010 Albion had a working capacity of 1247.

Notable inmates

, transferred to the

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Albion Correctional Facility
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