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- Last November, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that her administration would close Southport, along with five other state prisons, on March 10, 2022. New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Services attributed the decision to a number of factors including the passage of the HALT Solitary Act.
Nov 8, 2021 · SOUTHPORT, N.Y. (WETM) – Local leaders expressed shock and anger after learning the Southport Correctional Facility set to close in 2022 after 30 years. The facility is one of six New York st...
- George Stockburger
Mar 11, 2022 · In 1991, Southport Correctional Facility became New York state’s first “supermax”—a prison designed to hold people in near-total isolation. In a 2017 article, Victoria Law reported on the experience of people held there in an article for Solitary Watch.
The Southport Correctional Facility was an ultra-maximum-security, or "supermax", prison, run by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It was located in the town of Southport, in the Southern Tier of New York State, United States.
Mar 10, 2022 · ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – The Southport Correctional Facility officially closed its doors Thursday afternoon, forcing hundreds of inmates and staff to relocate to various prisons across New York...
- Sarah Willson
Nov 18, 2021 · BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG)—The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) announced last week that it will close six prisons statewide, including the Southport Correctional Facility near Elmira. Criminal justice advocates have been glad to see Southport near its close.
Mar 9, 2022 · The decision to close Southport and the other prisons is part of a trend over the past decade, as New York has been closing and consolidating prisons in response to a declining inmate...
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Sep 4, 2024 · More than two years after New York state closed the Southport Correctional Facility along with other prisons, Chemung County is looking for ways to redevelop the 408-acre site.
