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Cheshire Correctional Institution
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Cheshire Correctional Institution is a state prison located in New Haven County, Connecticut. Reported population: 1,270. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Cheshire Correctional Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men located in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut. The facility was built beginning in 1910, partly by the inmates of the Wethersfield State Prison, and opened in 1913 as the Cheshire Reformatory for male youths ages 16 to 24. In 1982, the state's Manson Youth Institution opened adjacent to the Cheshire Correctional Institution, which was re-designated as an adult prison. The capacity of Cheshire Correctional Institution is 1580 inmates.
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Capacity
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Current population
1,270
Occupancy
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Year opened
1913
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1913
Region
Connecticut
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
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Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- Wikidata (Q16890304)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Cheshire Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cheshire-correctional-institution
"Cheshire Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cheshire-correctional-institution.
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