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adolce@observertoday.com An empty parking lot is pictured at the Gowanda Correctional Facility following its official closure this week. All of the remaining inmates have been relocated to other facilities. Photo by Anthony Dolce GOWANDA — As Wednesday came and went, so did the remaining inmates and staff at the Gowanda Correctional Facility. Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year named the Gowanda facility as one of three statewide to close due to, among other reasons, a decline in the prison population. Over the course of the last few months, inmates and staff at the prison have been relocated to o...

Gowanda Correctional Facility closes its doors Community concerns loom about economic impact. Gowanda Correctional closes its doors. and last updated 2021-03-31 18:53:55-04 GOWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Gowanda Correctional Facility has closed its doors. Tuesday was its last day operating, after Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in December the facility would be shutting down. The closure takes more than 600 jobs from the Gowanda area, and shifts positions to other correctional facilities across the state. The Governor's Office cited financial reasons and declining prison population for the ...

USA Today Network The Gowanda Correctional Facility in Cattaraugus County, seen on Feb. 2, will close at the end of March. (Provided photo — (Rochester) Democrat & Chronicle) The Clinton Annex prison in Dannemora, seen in June 2015, will close at the end of March. (Enterprise photo — Tom Salitsky) The Clinton Annex prison in Dannemora, seen in June 2015, will close at the end of March. (Enterprise photo — Tom Salitsky) Four days before Christmas last year, Jamie Richmond learned the prison in Watertown near her home would be closing. Richmond and her husband own Carso...

New York State Team One of the entrances at Livingston Correctional Facility in Sonyea. The medium-security prison opened in 1991 and closed in 2019. Photo: Democrat & Chronicle Four days before Christmas last year, Jamie Richmond learned the prison in Watertown near her home would be closing. Richmond and her husband own Carson's Pizzeria and Bar in Adams Center, a small hamlet about 10 miles south of Watertown. Prison employees are a huge part of their regular customer base. And sure, she said, the closure will affect their business. But it affects her family, too, because her two brother...

The closures will save the state $89 million annually, and eliminate about 2,750 beds. More than 1,200 employees are being relocated.