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| Location | 3040 Wende Road Alden, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°55′49″N 78°32′32″W / 42.93036°N 78.54221°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum/Supermax |
| Capacity | 961 |
| Opened | 1923 (as county jail) 1983 (as state prison) |
| Managed by | New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision |
Wende Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison located in the town of Alden in Erie County, New York, east of Buffalo. The prison is named for this region of Alden. The prison was formerly the site of an Erie County jail and was sold to the state to fulfill the need for a maximum security state prison. The Erie County Correctional Facility was built adjacent to Wende.