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Fishkill Correctional Facility

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Superintendent: Michael Daye Fishkill Correctional Facility is a medium security level facility for males.

Background

Fishkill Correctional Facility is a multi-security level prison in New York, United States. The prison is located in both the Town of Fishkill and the City of Beacon in Dutchess County. Fishkill was constructed in 1896. It began as the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. As a minimum security facility, it houses both inmates that work outside the facility on behalf of the prison and inmates that are in the work release temporary release program.

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Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1977

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Population held

male

Opened

1977

Region

NY

Security level

Medium

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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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.

Contact & address

18 Strack Drive, (Incarcerated Individual Mail: 271 Matteawan Road, P.O. Box 1245), Beacon 12508-0307

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Data completeness

62%

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