Franklin Correctional Facility
Location | Malone, New York |
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Status | open |
Security class | medium |
Capacity | 1730 |
Opened | 1986 |
Managed by | New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision |
Franklin Correctional Facility is a medium security state prison in Franklin County, New York, United States. The prison is in the Town of Malone. Franklin C.F. is located near Bare Hill Correctional Facility and Upstate Correctional Facility, medium and maximum security prisons, respectively. All three prisons, along with other upstate facilities, provide employment in an otherwise depressed economic area of the state.
Franklin Correctional prison opened in 1986. Among the programs offered to the inmates is participation in social programs to aid residents of the region. Almost every prisoner has a work assignment, either within or outside the prison.
As of 2010 Franklin had a working capacity of 1730. [1]
References
- ^ "Prison System to Temporarily Consolidate Under-Populated Inmate Housing Units, Providing Taxpayer Savings With No Job Losses or Transfers". NYS DOC press release. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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