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Otis Bantum Correctional Center is a local jail located in Bronx County, New York. Rated capacity: 2,000. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
2,000
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Operator
East Elmhurst local correctionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
New York
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
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No major issues documented in our database.
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What the score is responding to:
This facility scores 1. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 1 points below national average.
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
but when The Marshall Project spoke to him four days later, he was still in jail. He got out on Sept. 29. W hen I got to Rikers, me and my parole officer waited outside of the [ Otis Bantum Correctional Center ] building for three hours. When we finally got inside, we stepped over a puddle of blood. We learned that some guy beat another guy up so bad, his eyeball popped out of his head. About 15
, it shows no signs of leaving. — Noreen Malone (Senior editor, New York) and Raha Naddaf (News editor, The Marshall Project) RIKERS ISLAND Population 9,790 1 2 3 4 2 5 Otis Bantum Correctional Center The 1,647-bed unit contains the 400-bed unit for punitive solitary confinement (known as the bing, and for being particularly violent), plus a new super-max unit where inmates have to be escorted
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World Prisons. (2026). Otis Bantum Correctional Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/otis-bantum-correctional-center
"Otis Bantum Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/otis-bantum-correctional-center.
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title = {Otis Bantum Correctional Center},
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