York Correctional Institution

York Correctional Institution
Location	201 W Main Street Niantic, Connecticut
Status	open
Security class	mixed
Capacity	1151
Opened	1918; reopened October 1994
Managed by	Connecticut Department of Correction

The York Correctional Institution, formally the Janet S. York Correctional Institution, is Connecticut's only prison for women. The facility opened in its current form in October, 1994, and houses a maximum of 1500 at a range of security levels from minimum to super maximum.

The site was first founded in 1918 as the Connecticut State Farm and Reformatory for Women. As of 1930, the facility had expanded, and was renamed the Niantic Correctional Institution. It composes of a minimum side and maximum side. The max side is on lockdown every Tuesday. Average age of women is 35.

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Coordinates: 41°19′23″N 72°14′14″W / 41.32296°N 72.237307°W / 41.32296; -72.237307

Connecticut Department of Correction prisons

State prisons	Bridgeport Correctional Center Brooklyn Correctional Institution Cheshire Correctional Institution Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center Enfield Correctional Institution Garner Correctional Institution Hartford Correctional Center MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution Manson Youth Institution New Haven Correctional Center Northern Correctional Institution Osborn Correctional Institution Robinson Correctional Institution Willard-Cybulski Correctional Institution York Correctional Institution

Defunct	Bergin Correctional Institution Gates Correctional Institution Niantic Annex Old Newgate Prison Webster Correctional Institution Wethersfield State Prison

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