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| Location | Somers, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 42°1′24.87″N 72°30′23.66″W / 42.0235750°N 72.5065722°WNorthern CT |
| Status | Closed |
| Security class | Level 5 (Maximum) |
| Capacity | 500 |
| Opened | March 1995 |
| Closed | June 2021[1] |
| Managed by | Connecticut Department of Correction |
| Warden | [2]
1995-1995 David May 1995-1996 Robert Kupec 1996-1999 Giovanny Gomez 1999-2003 Larry J. Myers 2003-2006 Wayne Choinski 2006-2009 Jeffrey McGill 2009-2011 Angel Quiros 2011-2014 Edward Maldonado 2014-2016 Anne Cournoyer 2016-2017 William Mulligan 2017 William Faneuff 2017-2019 Nick Rodriquez 2019-2021 Roger Bowles |
Northern Correctional Institution (NCI) was a high-security state prison in Somers,[3][4] in the northern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Until its closure, the prison housed the state's male convicts serving long sentences for violent crimes; previously, it had also housed the death row for inmates before the abolition of the death penalty in Connecticut.
It was the designated restrictive housing facility for the Connecticut Department of Correction, managing those inmates who had demonstrated a serious inability to adjust to confinement, particularly those that posed a threat to the safety and security of the community, staff, and other inmates.
The institution Group Safety Threat Member program was relocated from the Garner Correctional Institution in order to centralize restrictive housing functions. In response to this, and with a commensurate increase in the number of young offenders, the facility more than doubled the size of its educational staff in order to serve those inmates who fell under federal mandates and require special education.
The prison's inmate population reached a peak of 510 in January 2003. With the state's incarcerated population at a 32-year low, Northern was found by the state to be cost-ineffective and unnecessary, and was closed in June 2021. Remaining inmates were transferred to other prisons within the state.[5]
- ^ "Governor Lamont Announces Closure of Northern Correctional Institution". CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website.
- ^ "Northern CI".
- ^ "Somers town, Connecticut Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
- ^ "Zoning Map." Somers, Connecticut. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
- ^ Chaisson, Joe (12 June 2021). "Northern officially closed, sooner than planned". Journal Inquirer. Manchester, Connecticut. Retrieved 14 June 2021.