Groveland Correctional Facility
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Groveland Correctional Facility is a medium security prison located in Livingston County, New York, United States. The facility is located next to the community of Sonyea in the Town of Groveland on the site of a former Shaker community.
[edit] Location
Groveland is south of Rochester, NY near Interstate 390.
Groveland Correctional Facility
Route 36, Sonyea Road
Sonyea, NY 14556-0001
Telephone Number: (585) 658-2871.
[edit] History of facility
The Shakers owned this land after 1836, when they moved from Sodus in Wayne County to escape worldly influences. When the membership of the sect declined, the Shakers sold the land to the state, after they were assured it would be used for good purpose. At the end of the 19th Century, the state opened a facility for epileptics here. The name Sonyea is an acronym for State Of New York Epileptic Asylum. As the need for this type of facility declined, the building were taken over by the state prison system.
In the past, female prisoners were held at Groveland, but it is currently a facility for men.
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