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Green Haven Correctional Facility

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Green Haven Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Dutchess County, New York. Rated capacity: 2,232. Reported population: 2,038. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

Green Haven Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York, United States. The prison is located in the Town of Beekman in Dutchess County. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision lists the address as Route 216, Stormville, New York 12582. This prison housed New York's execution chamber during the time the state briefly had the death penalty (but never used it) in the post-Furman era. It was originally a federal prison and now houses maximum security inmates.

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Capacity

2,232

Current population

2,038

Occupancy

91%

Year opened

1949

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1949

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

  • Lemuel Smith
    1941 · serial killer

    Lemuel Warren Smith (born July 23, 1941) is an American convicted serial killer who was the first convict to kill an on-duty female corrections officer.

  • Benjamin Smalls
    1947–2020 · inmate

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

594 State Route 216, Stormville 12582
(845) 221-2711
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

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

0/100
Low concern0/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 91% · peers avg: 93% (2%)
Capacity (beds)this: 2232 · peers avg: 547 (+308%)

Data completeness

74%

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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Green Haven Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/green-haven-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-10-21}
}