Mohawk Correctional Facility
{{short description|State prison for men located in New York, US}}
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| prison_name = Mohawk Correctional Facility
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| location = 6514 New York 26
Rome, New York
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| status = Operational
| classification = Mixed
| capacity = 1167
| opened = 1989
| closed =
| managed_by = New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
| director =
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Mohawk Correctional Facility is a prison for men in Rome, Oneida County, New York, US, owned and operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The facility is classified as medium security but also has a maximum security medical unit and a special housing unit. Mohawk opened as a prison in 1989. As of September 2023, the facility held 1,141 inmates.{{Cite web|date=September 2023|access-date=November 14, 2023|title=Facility Profile - Mohawk |url=https://www.correctionalassociation.org/data |website=Correctional Association of New York}}
History
Like Mid-State Correctional Facility nearby, Mohawk was converted to a prison from a psychiatric institution.{{cite journal|work=DOCS Today |date=December 2001|url=https://www.geocities.ws/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/marcy.html|title=Marcy}} Originally it was the Oneida County Poorhouse, founded in 1827. It became "The New York State Custodial Asylum for Un-Teachable Idiots" in 1893, changing its scope to "unteachable mental defectives", and taking some patients from the New York State Asylum for Idiots in Syracuse. It was later known as the Oneida State Custodial Asylum and Rome State Custodial Asylum, and was the Rome Developmental Center at its closing in October of 1989.{{cite web | title=Early State Schools of New York | website=Museum of disABILITY History | date=2011-11-16 | url=https://www.museumofdisability.org/blog/entry/early-state-schools-of-new-york | access-date=2025-04-27}}{{cite web | title=Rome | website=Museum of disABILITY History | url=https://www.museumofdisability.org/virtual-museum/new-york-wing/new-york-state-map-exhibit/rome/#&gid=1&pid=3 | access-date=2025-04-27}} One half of the site became Mohawk, while the other half became Oneida Correctional Facility, which closed in 2011.{{cite web | last=Breidenbach | first=Michelle | title=Inside an abandoned New York state prison for sale in Oneida County | website=syracuse | date=2014-08-26 | url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2014/08/for_sale_abandoned_new_york_state_prison_in_oneida_county_photo_gallery.html | access-date=2025-04-27}}
Serial kidnapper and rapist John Jamelske was housed at the medical unit within Mohawk.{{Cite web|access-date=November 14, 2023|title=Inmate Lookup |url=https://nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov/ |website=New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision}} Harvey Weinstein was an inmate for about a year until his release in April 2024.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-11 |title=Harvey Weinstein moved to Rome prison |url=https://www.wktv.com/video/harvey-weinstein-moved-to-rome-prison/video_d3a02393-c911-5685-aab5-c2223eeb57d7.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=WKTV NewsChannel2 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-27 |title=Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison |url=https://apnews.com/article/weinstein-hospital-rikers-bellevue-conviction-12b765ba6ec3b9522d2ff5ed46cc7af6 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=AP News |language=en|first=Larry|last=Neumeister}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Oneida County, New York
Category:Prisons in New York (state)