Five Points Correctional Facility

Five Points Correctional Facility
Location	6600 State Route 96 Romulus, New York
Status	open
Security class	maximum
Capacity	1550
Opened	2000
Managed by	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Five Points Correctional Facility ^[1] (FPCF) is a maximum security men's prison located in Romulus, NY and operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services.

History

The prison was built in 2000 with a capacity of 1,500 inmates, as well as a Special Housing Unit (SHU) for up to 50 inmates in disciplinary confinement. As of 2008, 71% of the inmates were convicted of a violent crime, including serial killer Lemuel Smith, and 16% of the inmates were being treated for mental health issues. FPCF's academic courses included Adult Basic Education (ABE) and Pre-General Equivalency Diploma (Pre-GED), and General Equivalency Diploma (GED). Vocational courses included appliance repair, building maintenance, cabinet making, millworking, custodial maintenance, general business, electrical trades, horticulture/ agriculture, small engine repair, masonry, and plumbing/heating. The library contained approximately 3,000 books and periodicals.

Notable inmates

Willie Bosket - Adult repeat offender who, in 1978, received the maximum 5-year sentence for multiple murder as a (fifteen year old) juvenile, causing New York to become the first state to change its laws so that juveniles as young as 13 could be tried as an adult for murder.
Lemuel Smith - Serial killer and rapist. Convicted of killing six people between 1958 and 1981, including the first ever murder (1981) of an on-duty female corrections officer by an inmate at a prison.
David Sweat - Transferred here after 2015 escape from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York.^[2]

References

↑ "Prison Website".
↑ Stanforth, Lauren (5 July 2015). "Sweat to be placed in solitary, on suicide watch". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 6 July 2015.

External links

New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision prisons

Minimum Security	Edgecombe Lincoln Queensboro Rochester

Medium Security	Adirondack Albion♀ Altona Bare Hill Cape Vincent Cayuga Collins Fishkill Franklin Gouverneur Gowanda Greene Groveland Hale Creek Hudson Livingston Marcy Mid-State Mohawk Ogdensburg Orleans Otisville Riverview Taconic♀ Ulster Wallkill Washington Watertown Woodbourne Wyoming

Maximum Security	Attica Auburn Bedford Hills♀ Clinton Coxsackie Downstate Eastern Elmira Five Points Great Meadow Green Haven Shawangunk Sing Sing Southport Sullivan Upstate Wende

Drug Treatment Centers	Willard♂♀

Shock Facilities	Lakeview♂♀ Moriah

Closed (partial list)	Arthur Kill Bayview♀ Beacon♀ Buffalo Camp Gabriels Chateaugay ASACTC Lyon Mountain Mid-Orange Monterey Mt. McGregor

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex)

Coordinates: 42°42′43″N 76°50′24″W / 42.71194°N 76.84000°W / 42.71194; -76.84000

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