Mid-State Correctional Facility

{{short description|State prison for men located in New York, US}}

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| location = 9005 Old River Road
Marcy, New York

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| status = open

| classification = mixed

| capacity = 1754

| opened = 1983{{cite journal|work=DOCS Today |date=December 2001|url=https://www.geocities.ws/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/marcy.html|title=Marcy}}

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| managed_by = New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

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Mid-State Correctional Facility is a medium-security state prison located in the town of Marcy, Oneida County, New York.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st36_ny/cousub/cs3606545535_marcy/DC20BLK_CS3606545535.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Marcy town, NY|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|page=2 (PDF p. 3/3)|access-date=2024-12-31|quote=Mid-State Correctional Facilty}}{{cite web | title=Mid-State Correctional Facility | website=Department of Corrections and Community Supervision | date=2024-03-29 | url=https://doccs.ny.gov/location/mid-state-correctional-facility | access-date=2025-03-25}} It is adjacent to Marcy Correctional Facility, also a state prison, and to the Central New York Psychiatric Center.{{cite web | title=Central New York Psychiatric Center | website=New York State Office of Mental Health | date=2014-11-07 | url=https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/facilities/cnpc/ | access-date=2025-03-25}} Although classified as medium-security, Mid-State opened a maximum security unit in 1998.{{cite web|title=New maximum-security modular unit opens at Mid-State Correctional Facility|url=http://www.doccs.ny.gov/PressRel/1998/midmax2.html|website=NYS Department of Correctional Services press release|accessdate=2 September 2016|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921135212/http://www.doccs.ny.gov/PressRel/1998/midmax2.html|url-status=live}}

Abuse

On April 13, 2023, three officers attacked an inmate and conspired to hide the attack. They pled guilty on Apr 24, 2025.{{cite web | last=Mills | first=Sean I. | title=Three Mid-State COs plead guilty to attacking inmate in 2023 | website=Rome Sentinel | date=2025-01-08 | url=https://www.romesentinel.com/news/marcy-mid-state-prison-cos-inmate-attack-guilty-plea/article_3b75d694-9ae1-4284-889e-d1be2ff66088.html | access-date=2025-04-27}}

In March 2025, 15 Mid-State staffers were placed on leave following the killing of Messiah Nantwi. This came shortly after the killing of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional.{{cite web | agency=Associated Press | title=15 prison staffers placed on leave after the death of a man incarcerated in New York | website=WRVO Public Media | date=2025-03-05 | url=https://www.wrvo.org/2025-03-05/15-prison-staffers-placed-on-leave-after-the-death-of-a-man-incarcerated-in-new-york | access-date=2025-03-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250305232914/https://www.wrvo.org/2025-03-05/15-prison-staffers-placed-on-leave-after-the-death-of-a-man-incarcerated-in-new-york |archive-date=2025-03-05}} In April, 10 guards in total were charged, 2 with murder, 5 with first-degree manslaughter, 2 with second-degree manslaughter, 6 with gang assault, 8 with conspiracy to cover-up the killing, 4 with tampering with physical evidence and 8 with using a false instrument for filing a report.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/new-york-prison-guards-inmate-death-5ec50359f3168e7115028c26784fc0af|title=NY prison guards beat an inmate to death then tried to cover it up, prosecutors say|first1=Michael|last1=Hill|first2=Dave|last2=Collins|publisher=Associated Press|date=April 16, 2025|accessdate=April 17, 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wktv.com/news/crime/multiple-cos-indicted-in-death-of-mid-state-inmate-messiah-nantwi-court-video-indictment-document/article_26148f6f-9375-48ee-a795-f17b34528dea.html|title=Multiple COs Indicted in Death of Mid-State Inmate Messiah Nantwi: Court Video, Indictment Document and Statements|publisher=WKTV|date=April 17, 2025|accessdate=April 17, 2025}}

Notable prisoners

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Inmate Name

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Colin Ferguson

| Serving a life sentence.{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=John J. |date=1995-02-19 |title=Suspect Convicted of Killing 6 on Train : New York: Cheers erupt in courtroom packed with victims of Long Island Rail Road shootings and their relatives. Colin Ferguson, who conducted own defense in a bizarre trial, faces a possible maximum life sentence. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-19-mn-33964-story.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

| Perpetrator of the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting in which he murdered 6 people on a passenger train.{{Cite web |title=The 5:33 - Legacy of the LIRR Massacre |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/533-legacy-of-the-lirr-massacre/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=Remembering the LIRR massacre and the victims 30 years later |url=https://abc7ny.com/long-island-rail-road-massacre-shooting-colin-ferguson/14150935/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}}

Gerald Garson

|Served a 3.5-10 year sentence, paroled in 2009

|Former New York Supreme Court Justice, convicted of accepting bribes{{cite web |author=Daniel Wise |date=August 20, 2009 |title=Early Parole Given to Former N.Y. Justice Convicted of Bribery |url=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202433192020&Early_Parole_Given_to_Former_NY_Justice_Convicted_of_Bribery |accessdate=July 23, 2010 |publisher=Law.com |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320221957/https://www.law.com/?id=1202433192020&Early_Parole_Given_to_Former_NY_Justice_Convicted_of_Bribery=&slreturn=20220220181957 |url-status=dead }}

Cormega

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|Hip-hop artist{{Cite web |title=Cormega: "When It Comes to Art, What Kind of Artist Are You?" |url=https://jacobin.com/2020/08/cormega-rapper-interview-nas-bernie-sanders |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809182441/https://jacobin.com/2020/08/cormega-rapper-interview-nas-bernie-sanders |url-status=live }}

Prodigy

|Served 3 years

|Hip-hop artist convicted of criminal possession of a weapon{{Cite web |last=Madden |first=Sidney |date=2016-03-07 |title=Prodigy Gets Released From Prison Eight Years Ago Today - XXL |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/today-in-hip-hop-prodigy-released-from-jail/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=XXL Mag |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809183943/https://www.xxlmag.com/today-in-hip-hop-prodigy-released-from-jail/ |url-status=live }}

Dennis Kozlowski

|Served a 6 1/2 year sentence

|Former CEO of Tyco International{{Cite web |last=Riley |first=Charles |title=Ex-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski denied parole |url=https://money.cnn.com/2012/04/05/news/companies/kozlowski-tyco-parole/index.htm |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=CNNMoney |archive-date=2024-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915041226/https://money.cnn.com/2012/04/05/news/companies/kozlowski-tyco-parole/index.htm |url-status=dead }}

Alan Hevesi

|Paroled after serving 20 months{{Cite web |title=Home for the holidays for Hevesi in pay-to-play pension case |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Home-for-the-holidays-for-Hevesi-in-pay-to-play-4040213.php|work=Times Union|first=Rick |last=Karlin|date=November 15, 2012}}

|Former Comptroller of the State of New York, convicted of taking bribes in return for investing in firms for the New York State Retirement Fund

Ja Rule

|Served an 8 month sentence

|Rapper and actor that has sold over 40 million records worldwide. In July 2007, Ja Rule was arrested for gun and drug possession charges.

Footnotes

References

  • New York State Department of Correctional Services. Retrieved October 9, 2006, from https://web.archive.org/web/20060824182749/http://www.docs.state.ny.us/