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Anthony Annucci, acting commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, stopped short of putting a number on how many state prisons might be mothballed under the governor s downsizing plan. But he argued more closures are warranted, after the prison system shed more than 11,000 inmates since January 2020, leaving fewer than 33,200 inmates in 52 facilities spread across the state.
A Cuomo administration representative revealed plans Wednesday to shutter additional state prisons by early 2023. As the result of budget decisions made by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year, the state is now in the process of decommissioning three prisons: Gowanda, Watertown and the Clinton Annex in Dannemora.
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Gray skies hang above the Clinton Correctional Facility Annex, Monday, in Dannemora. News emerged Monday morning that the Annex along with medium security facilities in Gowanda and Watertown were slated for closure.
(Press Republican - Joey LaFranca) ALBANY The Clinton Correctional Facility Annex in Dannemora is one of three state prisons slated for closure. The Annex was tabbed along with medium security facilities in Gowanda and Watertown. The closures are expected to be completed by March 30, 2021. The administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the move as the state’s fiscal crisis deepens and the population of inmates wanes, according to people familiar with the plan.
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GOWANDA â Assemblyman Joseph Giglio, the ranking minority member of the Assembly Committee on Corrections, was critical of the governorsâs plan to close three Upstate prisons â including the Gowanda Correctional Facility.
Gov. Andrew Cuomoâs administration will close the Gowanda facility, the Clinton Correctional Facility Annex in Dannemora and the Watertown Correctional Facility by March 30 as the stateâs fiscal crisis deepens and the population of inmates wanes.
More than 900 members of the New York State Corrections Officers Police Benevolent Association, the union for corrections officers, will be displaced, said Michael Powers, the NYSCOPBA president.
Giglio, R-Gowanda, called the news the âgovernorâs attempts to systematically dismantle the corrections system in New York state, which he has done since day one.â
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