Erie County Holding Center

Erie County Holding Center
Location Buffalo, New York
Coordinates 42°53′06″N 78°52′47″W / 42.885°N 78.879722°W / 42.885; -78.879722Coordinates: 42°53′06″N 78°52′47″W / 42.885°N 78.879722°W / 42.885; -78.879722
Status Operational
Security class Maximum
Capacity 680
Opened 1938 (1938)
Managed by Erie County Sheriff's Office
Street address 134 W Eagle Street
City Buffalo
County Erie
State NY
ZIP code 14202
Country US
Website http://www2.erie.gov/sheriff/index.php?q=jail-management-division.html

The Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo, New York is a pre-trial, maximum security, detention facility that serves Erie County. Capable of housing 680 inmates, it is the second largest detention facility in New York State outside of New York City. Inmate "Over-flow" is housed at the Holding Center Annex at the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden, New York. The Jail Management Division of the Erie County Sheriff's Office conducts regularly scheduled tours of the facility for High School and College student groups, Police Academy classes, and groups of "At risk" teens.[1] According to a professor at University at Buffalo Law School, "Erie County continues to operate the Holding Center with indifference to the basic medical needs of inmates."[2]

Complaints

The suicide rate at the Holding Center has brought it unwanted attention. The Erie County Prisoners Rights Coalition demonstrates in front of the Center each Wednesday.

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