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Elmira Correctional Facility, also known as "The Hill", is a maximum security state prison located in Chemung County, in the City of Elmira in the US state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
Elmira Prison was originally a barracks for "Camp Rathbun" or "Camp Chemung", a key muster and training point for the Union Army during the American Civil War, between 1861 and 1864.
The Eastern New York Reformatory at Napanoch opened in 1900, receiving its inmates by transfer from Elmira. Napanoch, still in the building stage, needed construction workers, so Elmira sent on its older and stronger inmates.
History. Elmira Correctional Facility is a maximum security institution receiving first offender male felons 21 to 30 years old by direct commitment from the courts. It also receives youths from the Reception Center, usually ages 18 to 20, who have a more serious background, but who show good potential for rehabilitation.
The Elmira system classified and separated various types of prisoners, gave them individualized treatment emphasizing vocational training and industrial employment, used indeterminate sentences, rewarded good behaviour, and paroled inmates under supervision.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Elmira Correctional Facility is a maximum security level facility for males. Next Section. Continue. Programs. Every facility has a variety of programs to help incarcerated individuals, which can include: Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs. Anger Management Programs. Educational/Vocational Programs. Family Development Programs.
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The prison reformers meeting in Cincinnati urged New York to adopt Brockway’s proposal at Elmira. When the Elmira Reformatory opened in 1876, Brockway was appointed superintendent.
