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- Southport Correctional Facility set to close in 2022 The department says the closure is due to a measure in the New York State budget “to close state prisons as the incarcerated population continues to decline and as a fiscally prudent and safe way to save taxpayer dollars.”
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
Nov 18, 2021 · Criminal justice advocates have been glad to see Southport near its close. It was built in the 1980s as the state’s first supermax security prison. But some local leaders are worried about potential economic consequences.
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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Mar 9, 2022 · Correctional facilities in Rochester, Fishkill and Southport are among six New York prisons shuttering Thursday, amid diminishing prison populations and the implementation of key reforms...
