The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for

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in the

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Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

. The agency operates 18 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield.

History

The correctional system in Connecticut began with the Old Newgate Prison in East Granby. It was an unprofitable copper mine that opened in 1705. The state began to use the tunnels as a prison during the Revolutionary War. In 1790 Old Newgate became the state prison for men and served in that capacity until 1827 when a new state prison was opened in Wethersfield.

Fallen officers

Prior to the establishment of the modern Connecticut Department of Correction in 1968, 5 officers died in the line of duty, all at the former state prison in Wethersfield.

Death row

Prior to the complete abolishment of capital punishment in 2015, the male death row was located at the

Northern Correctional Institution Northern Correctional Institution (NCI) was a high-security state prison in Somers, in the northern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Until its closure, the prison housed the state's male convicts serving long sentences for violent crimes; ...

. In 1995 the male death row moved from Osborn Correctional Institution to Northern. The execution chamber was located at Osborn. The York Correctional Institution houses all female pretrial and sentenced prisoners in the state, regardless of security status, so a woman classified as a death row inmate would be housed in that prison. York Correctional Institution
" Connecticut Department of Correction. Retrieved on November 9, 2010. "The York Correctional Institution is a high-security facility. It serves as the state's only institution for female offenders. It serves all superior courts in Connecticut and manages all pretrial and sentenced female offenders, whatever their security level."

References

External links

Connecticut DOC Website

Connecticut DOC History page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Connecticut Department Of Correction State corrections departments of the United States State agencies of Connecticut 1968 establishments in Connecticut Government agencies established in 1968

History

Fallen officers

Death row

See also

References

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