Lincoln Correctional Facility

Lincoln Correctional Facility

Lincoln Correctional Facility is a minimum-security men's prison located at 31-33 West 110th Street in Manhattan, facing the north side of Central Park.^[1] Since 1991 it has been used primarily as a work-release center for drug offenders, however around 5% of the roughly 275 inmates it houses are white collar criminals.^[2]

History

Before the prison opened in 1976, the building had been built in 1914 as a branch of the Young Women's Hebrew Association (YWHA) and used for housing recently immigrated Jewish women in need of assistance. In 1942 it was sold to the U.S. Army and briefly used as a rest-and-relaxation center for local soldiers during World War II, after which it was occupied by the experimental New Lincoln School, and the Northside Center for Child Development, which conducted research in psychology.^[2]

References

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: 40°47′52″N 73°57′02″W / 40.7977°N 73.9506°W / 40.7977; -73.9506