United States · NY · Dannemora
Clinton Correctional Facility
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Superintendent: Mariejosee KingClinton Correctional Facility is a maximum security level facility for males.
Background
Clinton Correctional Facility is a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision maximum security state prison for men located in the Village of Dannemora, New York, United States. The prison is sometimes colloquially referred to as Dannemora (having once served as a massive insane asylum named Dannemora State Hospital for the Criminally Insane), although its name is derived from its location in Clinton County, New York. The southern perimeter wall of the prison borders New York State Route 374. Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief, a church built by inmates, is located within the walls.
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Capacity
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
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Region
NY
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
Inmates reported being beaten and tortured by corrections officers to extract information about a prisoner escape.
Notable inmates
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Lucky Luciano1897–1962 · gangsterCharles "Lucky" Luciano ( LOO-chee-AH-noh; Italian: [luËtÊaËno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaËtoËre lukaËniËa]; November 24, 1897 â January 26, 1962) was an Italian gangster who operated mainly in the United States.
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Shyne1978 · musicianMoses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; November 8, 1978), best known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean politician and former rapper.
Michael Alig1966–2020 · promoterMichael Alig (April 29, 1966 â December 24, 2020) was an American club promoter who was convicted of felony manslaughter.
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Tupac Shakur1971–1996 · rapperTupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shÉ-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 â September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 5/15
- Conditions text
- 3/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
- · In-custody-death signal in sources
- · Severe-conditions keyword in sources
This facility scores 13. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 11 points above national average.
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Reports
- marshall-project23 Aug 2015
se into the backlash inmates say they face behind prison walls even when they are not found to be involved in wrongdoing. After the recent escape of two prisoners from New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility, inmates reported they were beaten and tortured by corrections officers who pressed them for information about the breakout. In a separate instance, inmates who witnessed the April death of
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- NYS DOCCS facility â Clinton Correctional Facility
- NYS DOCCS facility directory
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- New York State DOCCS â facility directory — State of New York
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q1637388)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Clinton Correctional Facility. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/clinton-correctional-facility
"Clinton Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/clinton-correctional-facility.
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