Groveland Correctional Facility
- Groveland Correctional Facility
Groveland Correctional Facility is a medium security prison located in Livingston County, New York, United States. The facility is located next to the community of Sonyea in the Town of Groveland on the site of a former Shaker community.
Location
Groveland is south of Rochester, NY near Interstate 390.
Groveland Correctional Facility
Route 36, Sonyea Road
Sonyea, NY 14556-0001
Telephone Number: (585) 658-2871.
History of facility
The Shakers owned this land after 1836, when they moved from Sodus in Wayne County to escape worldly influences. When the membership of the sect declined, the Shakers sold the land to the state, after they were assured it would be used for good purpose. At the end of the 19th Century, the state opened a facility for epileptics here. The name Sonyea is an acronym for State Of New York Epileptic Asylum. As the need for this type of facility declined, the building were taken over by the state prison system.
In the past, female prisoners were held at Groveland, but it is currently a facility for men.
External links
* [http://www.docs.state.ny.us/faclist.html NY prison information]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Clinton Correctional Facility — Location Dannemora, New York Coordinates … Wikipedia
Auburn Correctional Facility — is a state prison located on State Street in Auburn, New York, built on land that was once a Cayuga Indian Village.[1] It is classified as a maximum security facility. Constructed in 1816 as Auburn Prison, it was the second state prison in New… … Wikipedia
Adirondack Correctional Facility — The Adirondack Correctional Facility is a 700 man medium security prison in Ray Brook, New York in the Adirondack Mountains between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid; it employs 311. Contents 1 History 2 Literary connections 3 References … Wikipedia
Coxsackie Correctional Facility — Location Coxsackie, New York, USA Status Operational Security class Maximum Managed by New York State Department of Correctional Services Coxsackie Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York in the USA. The prison is in the … Wikipedia
Ogdensburg Correctional Facility — is a medium security state prison for male prisoners, located in the northern part of St. Lawrence County, New York, USA. The prison is located in the northwest corner of the Town of Lisbon near the St. Lawrence River. The facility is also used… … Wikipedia
Chateaugay Correctional Facility — (ASACTC) is a medium security prison and state Alcohol Substance Abuse Correctional Treatment Center in Franklin County, New York, USA. The prison is in the town of Chateaugay. Chateaugay C.F. along with other upstate facilities, provide… … Wikipedia
Marcy Correctional Facility — is located in Marcy, New York, USA; it is a medium security prison in Oneida County, New York. The prison is co located with the Central New York Psychiatric Center , where incarcerated prisoners from state and local jurisdictions can be held and … Wikipedia
Orleans Correctional Facility — The Orleans Correctional Facility is a state prison in New York, USA. OCF is a medium security prison for males and is located in Orleans County in Western New York. It is located near the Albion Correctional Facility. Address Orleans… … Wikipedia
Otisville Correctional Facility — is a medium security state prison located in Orange County, New York, USA. Its location in Otisville facilitates transfers to the federal system prison (Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville), also in Otisville a quarter mile away. Both are … Wikipedia
Collins Correctional Facility — Location Collins, New York, USA Status Operational Collins Correctional Facility is a medium security prison in New York in the USA. The prison is in the Town of Collins in Erie County, New York. External links NY prison information … Wikipedia
