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==MID-STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY==
{{Infobox Prison
| prison_name = Mid-State Correctional Facility
| image =
| location = 9005 Old River Road <br> [[Marcy, New York]]
| coordinates =
| status = open
| classification = mixed
| capacity = 1754
| opened = 1983
| closed =
| managed_by = [[New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision]]
| director =
}}


'''Mid-State Correctional Facility''' is located in the Town of [[Marcy, New York|Marcy]], between the cities of [[Rome, New York|Rome]] and [[Utica, New York|Utica]] in [[New York State]]. From about 1912 through 1982 the state ran a state asylum on these grounds. That institution would grow to hold 3,000 patients. Mid-State opened as a correctional institution, in the extensive former hospital buildings, in 1983.{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}


Mid State Correctional Facility is located between the two cities of [[Rome]] and [[Utica]] in [[New York State]]. Before Mid State was even a [[prison]] it was a hospital for both the mentally ill and mentally handicapped. There was a so called “25 year building spree” in the prison system, when the amount of prisoners had dramatically increased*[http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/midstate.html]. This was when Mid State opened in 1983. Mid State has grown and now includes maximum security blocks. These blocks are called "S" blocks and they consist of prisoners living in little box shaped rooms. These prisoners are let out for only 1 hour during the day and remain isolated for the remaining 23*[http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/midstate.html]. The place where they are allowed to go outside mimics their room except for its outside and is surrounded by a fence. Even though, Mid State has a maximum security building it is still considered to only be a medium security prison. Mid State cleared the way for its neighbor, [[Marcy Correctional Facility]] located across the street, and two others the [[Oneida Correctional Facility]] and [[Mohawk Correctional Facility]]. Some of the buildings at Mid State can date back to 70 years ago.
Mid-State has grown and now includes maximum security SHU-200, opened in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=New maximum-security modular unit opens at Mid-State Correctional Facility|url=http://www.doccs.ny.gov/PressRel/1998/midmax2.html|website=NYS Department of Correctional Services press release|accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> These blocks are called "S" blocks, and consist of prisoners living in cells with bunk beds. These prisoners are let out into their porches for several hours, numerous times throughout every day. The place where they are allowed to go outside mimics their room except that it is outside, and surrounded by a fence. Even though Mid-State has a maximum security building it is still classified as a medium security prison. Mid-State cleared the way for its neighbor, [[Marcy Correctional Facility]], located across the street, and two others, the [[Oneida Correctional Facility]], closed about 2011, and [[Mohawk Correctional Facility]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}


==Phase One==
During the first phase of the prison, Mid-State shared its place with a hospital that took care of the criminally insane.<ref>New York State Department of Correctional Services</ref> The hospital was known as the [[Central New York Psychiatric Center]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}


==PHASE 1==
== Phase Two ==
⚫
The second phase took place in 1986. This increased the size of the site that the hospital and Mid-State had to share. Eventually the whole site was left to Mid-State and the [[Central New York Psychiatric Center]]. Since 1983 there have not been any escapes or other troublesome incidents. There are {{convert|87100|ft|m}} of coiled razor sharp wire to prevent prisoners from escaping.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
During the first phase of the prison, Mid State shared its place with a hospital that takes care of the criminally insane*[http://www.docs.state.ny.us/]. The hospital was known as the [[Central New York Psychiatric Center]]. Between these two the hospital and Mid State employees had many fights due to the sharing of the buildings. In fact one night the hospital employees teed off on a nearby golf course and started shooting golf balls into the prison*[http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/midstate.html].


==Notable Prisoners==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!width=13%|Inmate Name
!width=10%|Register Number
!width=28%|Status
!width=35%|Details
|-
|Colin Ferguson
|style="text-align:center;"| C39361
| Serving a life sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=John J. |date=1995-02-19 |title=Suspect Convicted of Killing 6 on Train : New York: Cheers erupt in courtroom packed with victims of Long Island Rail Road shootings and their relatives. Colin Ferguson, who conducted own defense in a bizarre trial, faces a possible maximum life sentence. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-19-mn-33964-story.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
| Perpetrator of the [[1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting]] in which he murdered 6 people on a passenger train.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 5:33 - Legacy of the LIRR Massacre |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/533-legacy-of-the-lirr-massacre/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=Remembering the LIRR massacre and the victims 30 years later |url=https://abc7ny.com/long-island-rail-road-massacre-shooting-colin-ferguson/14150935/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gerald Garson]]
|
|Served a 3.5-10 year sentence, paroled in 2009
|former [[New York Supreme Court Justice]], convicted of accepting bribes<ref name="autogenerated32">{{cite web |author=Daniel Wise |date=August 20, 2009 |title=Early Parole Given to Former N.Y. Justice Convicted of Bribery |url=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202433192020&Early_Parole_Given_to_Former_NY_Justice_Convicted_of_Bribery |accessdate=July 23, 2010 |publisher=Law.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Cormega]]
|
|Served 4 years of a 15-year sentence
|Hip-hop artist falsely convicted of drug possession<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cormega: "When It Comes to Art, What Kind of Artist Are You?" |url=https://jacobin.com/2020/08/cormega-rapper-interview-nas-bernie-sanders |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]]
|
|Served 3 years
|Hip-hop artist convicted of criminal possession of a weapon<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madden |first=Sidney|date=2016-03-07 |title=Prodigy Gets Released From Prison Eight Years Ago Today - XXL |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/today-in-hip-hop-prodigy-released-from-jail/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=XXL Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Dennis Kozlowski]]
|
|Served a 6 1/2 year sentence
|Former CEO of [[Tyco International]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riley |first=Charles |title=Ex-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski denied parole |url=https://money.cnn.com/2012/04/05/news/companies/kozlowski-tyco-parole/index.htm |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=CNNMoney}}</ref>
|-
|[[Alan Hevesi]]
|
|Paroled after serving 20 months<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home for the holidays for Hevesi in pay-to-play pension case |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Home-for-the-holidays-for-Hevesi-in-pay-to-play-4040213.php}}</ref>
|former Comptroller of the State of New York, convicted of taking bribes in return for investing in firms for the New York State Retirement Fund
|-
|[[Ja Rule]]
|
|Served an 8 month sentence
|rapper and actor that has sold over 40 million records worldwide. In July 2007, Ja Rule was arrested for gun and drug possession charges.
|}


==PHASE 2==
== Footnotes ==
<references />
⚫
The second phase took place in 1986. This had increased the size of the site that the hospital and Mid State had to share. Then eventually the whole site was left to Mid State and the [[Central New York Psychiatric Center]]. Since 1983 there have been no escapes or any other troublesome incidents. In helping this case there is 87,100 feet of coiled razor sharp wire to prevent prisoners from escaping*[http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/midstate.html].


== References ==
* ''New York State Department of Correctional Services''. Retrieved October 9, 2006, from https://web.archive.org/web/20060824182749/http://www.docs.state.ny.us/


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== External links ==
==MID-STATE TODAY==
* [https://doccs.ny.gov/location/mid-state-correctional-facility Mid-State Correctional Facility]
Mid State today has provided many jobs to people in [[New York]]. Mid State consists of over 1000 acres of land with buildings dating back to the 1920’s. Amongst these older buildings there are many new and improved facilities as well. The structures of the new buildings maintain the same look as the original consisting of red brick*[http://www.docs.state.ny.us/. There are two new buildings, the medical building and the "S" block, which is the only maximum security part of the prison. There is also a large recreation yard that has a racquetball court, basketball court, football field, and also a gym, which the prisoners use the most. In addition to the outdoor area there are many other things to keep up around the prison, and like a job, it is the inmate’s responsibility to take care of and maintain them all*[http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/midstate.html. For the good prisoners and the ones who are only in for a short time, they are taken out on a prison bus around [[Oneida County]]. They help to clean up the city and surrounding areas by picking up garbage along the sides of the roads, mowing church lawns and helping with other outdoor maintenance.

If driving to Mid State you will enter a long line of trees on both sides of the entrance road. There are also underground tunnels that were once used to transport difficult patients*[http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/midstate.html]. They are no longer used today. Recently in the news there will be 300 dangerous sex offenders of New York transported into the [[Central New York Psychiatric Center]] and Mid State by 2008*[http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=182d5463-c4fc-4a65-bd9c-0298c86c726e&rss=112] .This will then bring even more jobs to [[central New York]].

Mid State Correctional Facility has grown tremendously over the past 23 years. As it continues to grow it may even become a maximum security prison in the future. People in the criminal justice field know how important these facilities and jobs are. They also know that this job force isn’t going anywhere anytime soon as more criminals evolve and more, intense actions are taken against them. More prisoners will come from this and not only will Mid-State thrive but other correctional facilities across the nation as well.


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== External links ==
1. http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/midstate.html

2. http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=182d5463-c4fc-4a65-bd9c-0298c86c726e&rss=112

3. http://www.docs.state.ny.us/

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Latest revision as of 21:43, 28 December 2024

Mid-State Correctional Facility
Map
Location9005 Old River Road
Marcy, New York
Statusopen
Security classmixed
Capacity1754
Opened1983
Managed byNew York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Mid-State Correctional Facility is located in the Town of Marcy, between the cities of Rome and Utica in New York State. From about 1912 through 1982 the state ran a state asylum on these grounds. That institution would grow to hold 3,000 patients. Mid-State opened as a correctional institution, in the extensive former hospital buildings, in 1983.[citation needed]

Mid-State has grown and now includes maximum security SHU-200, opened in 1998.[1] These blocks are called "S" blocks, and consist of prisoners living in cells with bunk beds. These prisoners are let out into their porches for several hours, numerous times throughout every day. The place where they are allowed to go outside mimics their room except that it is outside, and surrounded by a fence. Even though Mid-State has a maximum security building it is still classified as a medium security prison. Mid-State cleared the way for its neighbor, Marcy Correctional Facility, located across the street, and two others, the Oneida Correctional Facility, closed about 2011, and Mohawk Correctional Facility.[citation needed]

Phase One

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During the first phase of the prison, Mid-State shared its place with a hospital that took care of the criminally insane.[2] The hospital was known as the Central New York Psychiatric Center.[citation needed]

Phase Two

[edit]

The second phase took place in 1986. This increased the size of the site that the hospital and Mid-State had to share. Eventually the whole site was left to Mid-State and the Central New York Psychiatric Center. Since 1983 there have not been any escapes or other troublesome incidents. There are 87,100 feet (26,500 m) of coiled razor sharp wire to prevent prisoners from escaping.[citation needed]

Notable Prisoners

[edit]
Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Colin Ferguson C39361 Serving a life sentence.[3] Perpetrator of the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting in which he murdered 6 people on a passenger train.[4][5]
Gerald Garson Served a 3.5-10 year sentence, paroled in 2009 former New York Supreme Court Justice, convicted of accepting bribes[6]
Cormega Served 4 years of a 15-year sentence Hip-hop artist falsely convicted of drug possession[7]
Prodigy Served 3 years Hip-hop artist convicted of criminal possession of a weapon[8]
Dennis Kozlowski Served a 6 1/2 year sentence Former CEO of Tyco International[9]
Alan Hevesi Paroled after serving 20 months[10] former Comptroller of the State of New York, convicted of taking bribes in return for investing in firms for the New York State Retirement Fund
Ja Rule Served an 8 month sentence rapper and actor that has sold over 40 million records worldwide. In July 2007, Ja Rule was arrested for gun and drug possession charges.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "New maximum-security modular unit opens at Mid-State Correctional Facility". NYS Department of Correctional Services press release. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ New York State Department of Correctional Services
  3. ^ Goldman, John J. (1995-02-19). "Suspect Convicted of Killing 6 on Train : New York: Cheers erupt in courtroom packed with victims of Long Island Rail Road shootings and their relatives. Colin Ferguson, who conducted own defense in a bizarre trial, faces a possible maximum life sentence". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  4. ^ "The 5:33 - Legacy of the LIRR Massacre". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  5. ^ "Remembering the LIRR massacre and the victims 30 years later". ABC7 New York. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  6. ^ Daniel Wise (August 20, 2009). "Early Parole Given to Former N.Y. Justice Convicted of Bribery". Law.com. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  7. ^ "Cormega: "When It Comes to Art, What Kind of Artist Are You?"". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  8. ^ Madden, Sidney (2016-03-07). "Prodigy Gets Released From Prison Eight Years Ago Today - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  9. ^ Riley, Charles. "Ex-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski denied parole". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  10. ^ "Home for the holidays for Hevesi in pay-to-play pension case".

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