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To relieve chronic overcrowding, the Legislature approved a second reformatory. 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.
Opened. 1900. Managed by. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Eastern Correctional Facility in 2015. The Eastern Correctional Facility is a state prison for men in Napanoch, Ulster County, New York. Eastern is one of the oldest prison facilities in the state. It has been a maximum security prison for men since 1973.
To relieve chronic overcrowding, the Legislature approved a second reformatory. 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.
The building commissioners were in charged of the facility until 1900. They reported to the legislature. A law of 1900 (Chapter 348) put the superintendent of state prisons in control of the reformatory. When construction was completed, prisoners were to be transferred from the New York State Reformatory at Elmira to relieve the overcrowding there.
The Eastern Story. About 90 miles north of New York City, as you round a bend north of Ellenville on Route 209, and head into the heart of the hamlet of Napanoch, you see a large cornfield to your right. Then looming above the trees at the far edge of the field against the background of the jagged Shawangunk Mountain Ridge, you glimpse ...
Some 45 years later, advances in IQ testing together with a new emphasis on civil liberties closed the Institution for Defective Delinquents, and Napanoch reverted to its original function, a reformatory for younger inmates. Since 1973, it has functioned as a maximum-security correctional facility for adult male felons 16 and older.
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Jun 30, 2019 · Delaware and Hudson Canal Marker. Inscription. The Delaware and Hudson Canal, with 108 locks, operated between Honesdale, Pennsylvania and Kingston, New York, providing service to Napanoch from 1828 to 1901. The Canal enabled materials and supplies to be delivered to help build the Eastern New York Reformatory, which opened October 1, 1900.
