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
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/
External links
- [https://doccs.ny.gov/location/mid-state-correctional-facility Mid-State Correctional Facility]
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Category:Prisons in New York (state)
Category:Buildings and structures in Oneida County, New York