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Old Essex County Jail

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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

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1837

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1837

Region

Security level

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.

Contact & address

271-285 New Street, Newark, NJ, 07103

Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

26%

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