Elmira Correctional Facility

Elmira Correctional Facility

Location	Elmira, New York
Coordinates	42°6′53.03″N 76°49′44.64″W / 42.1147306°N 76.8290667°W / 42.1147306; -76.8290667
Status	Operational
Security class	Maximum security
Opened	1876 (as Elmira Reformatory)
Managed by	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Elmira Correctional Facility, also known as "The Hill", is a maximum security state prison located in Chemung County, in the City of Elmira in the US state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. A supermax prison, Southport Correctional Facility, is located 2 miles (3.2 km) away from Elmira.^{[citation needed]}

The facility was founded in 1876 as the Elmira Reformatory and run by its controversial superintendent Zebulon Brockway. Acting with rehabilitative aims, Brockway instilled strict discipline along the lines of military training. Although accused of brutality for his corporal punishment in 1893, Brockway was an acknowledged leader in his field. At his retirement in 1900, the Elmira System had been adopted by the states of Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Minnesota.^[1]

Elmira is a major stop in the New York State Department of Corrections bus network, with a large enclosed yard that holds many, and inmate transfers.^{[citation needed]}