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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 11, 2022 · This is the reality inside Southport Correctional Facility, New York’s first supermax prison. Located four hours west of New York City near the Pennsylvania border, Southport holds roughly 350 people in Special Housing Units (SHUs), or specially-designed solitary confinement units, on any given day.
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...
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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 · Southport is one of six state prisons that will close March 10, and the state has already been transferring staff and inmates to other facilities.
Feb 24, 2023 · The Southport Correctional Facility remains dormant after its abrupt closing last year. It left hundreds of staff members without employment, and inmates displaced to prisons across the state.
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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.
