United States · NY
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Arthur Kill Correctional Facility was a medium security correctional facility on Arthur Kill Road in Charleston, Staten Island, New York City. It operated from 1976 to 2011, run by what was then the New York State Department of Correctional Services. The prison had a capacity of 931 male inmates. The facility is currently a film set often used for prison scenes. The prison property bordered Arthur Kill, a waterway that separates Staten Island from New Jersey.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
—
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1976
Closed 2011
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Operator
—
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1976
Region
NY
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
No conditions summary available yet.
No visiting information available.
No mailing information available.
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
No major issues documented in our database.
Paul Bateson (August 24, 1940 â September 15, 2012) was an American convicted murderer and radiographer.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
No public contact details available.
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). Arthur Kill Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arthur-kill-correctional-facility
"Arthur Kill Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arthur-kill-correctional-facility.
@misc{worldprisons-arthur-kill-correctional-fa,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Arthur Kill Correctional Facility},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arthur-kill-correctional-facility},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}