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    Photo by George Eisenman via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Warden's Administration Building in Old Essex County Jail.jpg

    Photo by Historical American Building Survey via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1837

Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1837

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

271-285 New Street, Newark, NJ, 07103
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World Prisons. (2026). Old Essex County Jail. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/old-essex-county-jail
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"Old Essex County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/old-essex-county-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-old-essex-county-jail,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Old Essex County Jail},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/old-essex-county-jail},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}