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Hudson County Correctional Facility (HCCF) is a prison operated by Hudson County, New Jersey located in Kearny, New Jersey. It houses separate wards for women and men. The facility is one of the many regional centers used by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the New York metropolitan area.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1845
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1845
Region
NJ
Security level
Minimum
Death-row facility
No
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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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e stern lawmen of my childhood. I n the ‘90s, my parents moved to the United States to join the rest of our family. In 2002, due to some unlikely circumstances, I found myself in Hudson County Correctional Facility, arrested for murder. At that time, 9/11 was still raw for people, and the so-called War on Terror was raging. As a Pakistani Muslim American, my pleas of innocence went unheard. My
Before I was convicted of a robbery-related double homicide that I have consistently denied, I spent two years in the administrative segregation (ad-seg) unit of New Jersey’s Hudson County Correctional Facility. Those years in solitary confinement were some of the worst I’ve had in my 18 years of incarceration. To pass the time in my cold, cramped cell, I would listen to the New York sports
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World Prisons. (2026). Hudson County Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hudson-county-correctional-facility
"Hudson County Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hudson-county-correctional-facility.
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title = {Hudson County Correctional Facility},
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