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Sullivan Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Sullivan County, New York. Rated capacity: 566. Reported population: 439. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
566
Current population
439
Occupancy
78%
Year opened
1985
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1985
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
Ronald DeFeo Jr.1951–2021On November 13, 1974, six members of the DeFeo () family were murdered in their home in Amityville, New York, United States.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
1/100
Low concern1/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 1/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 2 oversight reports in the last 5 years
This facility scores 1. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 1 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 78% · peers avg: 93% (16%)
Capacity (beds)this: 566 · peers avg: 547 (+3%)
Reports
- marshall-project2 Dec 2022
, though. When winter comes, it’s those same jokers who ask for a hat and scarf to keep warm in the yard. A few years ago, one of my old gang associates landed in here with me in Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York. I didn’t recognize him until he approached me in the yard. He let me know he had been watching me for over a week to see how I was moving. “What happened to you?” he
- marshall-project8 Jul 2022
And maybe understanding the struggles of others would help me get out of my own head. I set out to find a fellow prisoner willing to open up about their mental health issues. At Sullivan Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in New York's Catskill mountains, it wasn’t hard. I introduced myself to a prisoner with the nickname “Tori” in the west yard, a small blacktop with two basketball
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q7636398)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Sullivan Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sullivan-correctional-facility
Chicago
"Sullivan Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sullivan-correctional-facility.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-sullivan-correctional-facil,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Sullivan Correctional Facility},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sullivan-correctional-facility},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}