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Great Meadow Correctional Facility

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Great Meadow Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Washington County, New York. Reported population: 1,649. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

Great Meadow Correctional Facility was a maximum security prison in New York State in the United States. The prison is in Comstock, a hamlet right outside of the village of Fort Ann in Washington County, New York. As of September 3, 2008 it was home to 1,663 inmates. When Great Meadow opened in 1911 it was the fourth prison for adult males constructed in the state of New York. It closed down on November 6, 2024.

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Capacity

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Current population

1,649

Occupancy

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Year opened

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Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

New York

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.

Notable inmates

  • Lucky Luciano
    Lucky Luciano
    1897–1962 · gangster

    Charles "Lucky" Luciano ( LOO-chee-AH-noh; Italian: [luˈtʃaːno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaˈtoːre lukaˈniːa]; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian gangster who operated mainly in the United States.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

11739 State Route 22, Comstock 12821
(518) 639-5516
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

6/100
Low concern6/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
1/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
5/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
  • · In-custody-death signal in sources

This facility scores 6. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 4 points above national average.

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Reports

  • marshall-project8 Jul 2022

    ody, but I was completely alone. And I couldn’t find the words to express my grief, anyway. A fter his suicide attempt, Tori transferred from Coxsackie to a mental health unit in Great Meadow Correctional Facility. Staff from the Office of Mental Health would show up throughout the week, but most of his interactions were with guards who were minimally trained to deal with people who had serious

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Data completeness

68%

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World Prisons. (2026). Great Meadow Correctional Facility. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/great-meadow-correctional-facility
Chicago
"Great Meadow Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/great-meadow-correctional-facility.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-great-meadow-correctional-f,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Great Meadow Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/great-meadow-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}