Downstate Correctional Facility

Downstate Correctional Facility is a maximum-security prison in the Town of Fishkill in the Hudson Valley region of New York.^[1] It should not be confused with nearby Fishkill Correctional Facility.

Downstate is a maximum-security prison located along the north side (i.e. westbound) of Interstate 84. Downstate serves primarily as a classification center, as it is, along with Elmira Correctional Facility and Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (women), a reception facility for new inmates entering the New York State prison system. New inmates typically wait at Downstate for a few weeks before they are assigned to a permanent facility. The "permanent" prisoners - those who work in the kitchens, laundry, etc., which those in transit cannot do - are referred to as the "cadre" and are all maximum-security prisoners (sentenced to seven years or more). As the vast majority of inmates in New York State come from New York City, the Town of Fishkill (in southern Dutchess County) was chosen due to its proximity to the greater New York metropolitan area. It opened in 1979.

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• NY prison information

New York State Department of Correctional Services prisons Drug Treatment Centers Willard♂♀ Shock Facilities Lakeview♂♀ Moriah Minimum Security Butler Camp Georgetown Camp Pharsalia Edgecombe Lincoln Queensboro Rochester Medium Security Adirondack Albion♀ Altona Bare Hill Cape Vincent Cayuga Collins Fishkill Franklin Gouverneur Gowanda Greene Groveland Hale Creek ASACTC Hudson Livingston Marcy Mid-State Mohawk Ogdensburg Orleans Otisville Riverview Taconic♀ Ulster Wallkill Washington Watertown Woodbourne Wyoming Maximum Security Attica Auburn Bedford Hills♀ Clinton Coxsackie Downstate Eastern Elmira Five Points Great Meadow Green Haven Shawangunk Sing Sing Southport Sullivan Upstate Wende Closed Arthur Kill Bayview♀ Beacon♀ Buffalo Butler ASACTC Camp Gabriels Chateaugay ASACTC Fulton Lyon Mountain Mid-Orange Monterey Mt. McGregor Oneida Summit Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex)

Coordinates: 41°31′58″N 73°56′42″W / 41.53278°N 73.94500°W / 41.53278; -73.94500