Women's prison in Albion, New York
Albion Correctional Facility is a medium security women's prison in Town of Albion ,[ 1] Orleans County , New York , United States, that is operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services . The site was founded in 1894 as the Western House of Refuge for Women, then later the Albion State Training School. The prison is just outside the village of Albion .[ 2]
Albion is one of New York facilities exclusively for women, the others being Bedford Hills Correctional Facility , Taconic Correctional Facility . Most famously, Albion housed "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher for 3½ years; she was then transferred to the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women , the only maximum security prison for women in New York State and located in Bedford Hills, New York .
As of 2010 Albion had a working capacity of 1247.[ 3]
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Minimum security
Edgecombe
Lakeview ♂♀ (shock)
Queensboro
Rochester
Medium security Maximum security Closed Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex)
Prisons for women in the United States
This list template only include facilities for post-trial long-term confinement of adult females and juvenile females sentenced as adults , of one or two years or more (referred to as "prisons" in the United States, while the word "jail" normally refers to short-term confinement facilities)
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District of Columbia
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