Wende Correctional Facility

Wende Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison located in Town of Alden in Erie County, New York. The prison is named for this region of Alden. The prison was formerly the site of a county jail operated by Erie County, New York and sold to the state to further its need for a maximum security state prison. Erie County built a new jail nearby. The Buffalo Correctional Facility is adjacent to Wende.

Notable inmates

• Jack Abbott - criminal and author. He committed suicide at Wende in 2002.^[1]
• Jimmy Burke - mastermind of the Lufthansa Heist. Burke was imprisoned in Wende until his death in 1996.
• Mark David Chapman - the killer of former Beatles member John Lennon. Chapman was transferred from the Attica Correctional Facility to Wende on May 15, 2012.
• Robert Chambers - the "Preppie Killer." He was imprisoned in Wende in 2008 and remains there.

External links

• Development of Wende
• 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: 42°55′49″N 78°32′32″W / 42.93036°N 78.54221°W / 42.93036; -78.54221