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Location | Somers, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 42°1′1″N 72°29′41″W / 42.01694°N 72.49472°W |
Status | Open |
Security class | Level 3 (medium) |
Capacity | 2,000 |
Managed by | Connecticut, Department of Correction |
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Osborn Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men in Somers, CT. It was built in 1962 and received its first inmates in 1963.
History
[edit]1963 Opened as State Prison in Somers[2] 1967 Transfered to new Department of Correction[2]
1969, "trustee" prisoner David F. Mabery stabbed warden Frederick G. Reineke while on a work assignment at the warden's home. He then forced Reineke and his wife to drive him to Hartford, where he was recaptured a day and a half later[3]
1969 renamed Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers[2] 1994 downgraded from maximum security to medium security and renamed Osborn Correctional Institution[2]
Programs
[edit]Contact
[edit]335 Bilton Road, POB 100 Somers, CT 06071 Phone: (860) 814-4600 Fax: (860) 814-4826
Notable Inmates
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References
[edit]- ^ Department of Correction, State of Connecticut, Osborn Correctional Institution, Department of Correction, 2013, http://www.ct.gov/doc/cwp/view.asp?a=1499&q=265440, accessed on 6 November, 2013
- ^ a b c d Connecticut State Library, State Prison - State Agency, Connecticut State Library, 1999, http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/agencies/stateprison.htm, accessed on 27 October, 2013
- ^ Staff, "A Rookie Helps to Capture Connecticut Prison Fugitive", The New York Times 16 December 1968, accessed on 6 November, 2013