Beacon Correctional Facility
Beacon Correctional Facility was a female minimum security state prison, located in Beacon, New York, and operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. .[1]
Despite community opposition, Beacon Correctional Facility closed in September 2013 as a result of NYS Assembly budget cuts. It was the state's only minimum security facility for women.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Beacon Correctional Facility (Beacon, New York)". Wikimapia. Wikimapia. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ Williams, Tanique (8 April 2013). "Prisoner advocates foresee problems after shuttering Bayview and Beacon". Correctional Association of New York. (New York) Legislative Gazette. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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