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York Correctional Institution

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188:—and kept separate from the male prisoners. In 1911, the Connecticut Prison Association proposed creating a commission to study establishing a reformatory for women, an effort that was supported by suffragists and members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It was not until 1917 that the General Assembly approved a bill to establish the Connecticut State Farm and Reformatory for Women. According to the law, the site had to be at least 200 acres, with woodland, tillable pasture, and a natural water supply. It also had to be close to a railroad. The law also stipulated that girls aged sixteen years and over could be committed to the State Farm for up to three years. 2530: 717: 241:
assumed management of the Niantic Correctional Institution in 1968. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the prison faced overcrowding. In 1983, five female inmates sued the Commissioner of the Department of Correction for not providing several services. As a result of the settlement, a 20-bed mental health
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The Connecticut State Farm and Reformatory for Women opened in 1918, with 12 inmates. It was a working farm, and the incarcerated women worked on the farm and engaged in recreational activities, such as square dancing and hobby classes; they also had the use of a library and worship room. A hospital
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In 1930, after an addition was constructed, the facility was renamed the Niantic Correctional Institution. There were opportunities for the incarcerated women to engage with the local community. To celebrate Connecticut's tercentenary in August 1935, there was a fair, which included a dance floor,
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The State Farm was a more comfortable place than the Wethersfield State Prison, in that hygiene and privacy were taken seriously, there was less risk of physical or sexual attack, and the staff and administration were mostly female. However, sexism and racism still prevailed.
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unit and halfway house was set up in Waterbury for female offenders and their children. Women also would have a space to meet privately with their children. In 1991, Doe v. Meachum required Connecticut's prison officials to provide AIDS education to inmates.
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In the 1960s, the state stopped farming operations in order to save money. Then, the facility began to focus more on educational programs. During the 1960s and 1970s, psychology researcher conducted studies at the prison, including Harvard psychologist
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The facility is now named after Janet S. York, who served as the prison's superintendent from 1960 to 1968 and later became deputy commissioner of women's services for the Connecticut Department of Correction.
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was built at the facility during World War I, motivated in part by the increase in sexually transmitted diseases. The State Farm also had a nursery to care for the children of the incarcerated women.
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wheels of fortune, and displays of livestock and vegetables. The State Farm also sold milk, butter, and cheeses to Seaside, Mystic Oral school, and Norwich State Hospital.
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appointed a commission to select a site, construct buildings, and start the State Farm. The committee selected a location of 700 acres surrounding Bridge Lake in
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Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut State Farm for Women to the Governor for the Period Between July 1, 1917, and September 30, 1918
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has taught writing workshops to inmates at York and has edited and published three collections of their works:
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Adults who commit felonies in the District of Columbia are sent to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities
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Throughout the 1800s in Connecticut, women who committed crimes were imprisoned at the same prisons as men--
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include facilities for post-trial long-term confinement of adult females and juvenile females
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You don't know me : the incarcerated women of York Prison voice their truths
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Above currently open facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female-only)
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You Don't Know Me: The Incarcerated Women of York Prison Voice Their Truths
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Couldn't keep it to myself : testimonies from our imprisoned sisters
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The Connecticut Prison Association and the search for reformatory justice
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I'll fly away : further testimonies from the women of York Prison
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Gloria McDonald Awaiting Trial Maximum and Medium Security Facility
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Couldn't Keep It To Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters
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Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters
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I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison
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Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
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Dorothea Dix Minimum Security Facility / Bernadette Building
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Buildings and structures in New London County, Connecticut
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Dakota Women's Correctional and Rehabilitation Center
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Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Framingham
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Niantic, Connecticut
Coordinates
41°19′23″N 72°14′14″W / 41.32296°N 72.237307°W / 41.32296; -72.237307
Connecticut Department of Correction
Connecticut
Niantic
Old Newgate Prison
Granby
State Prison
Wethersfield
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb
East Lyme, Connecticut
Lawrence Kohlberg
Department of Correction
Wally Lamb
"York Correctional Institution"





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"The State's Only Prison For Women Began as a Working Farm"
"History of the Movement to Establish a State Reformatory for Women in Connecticut, A"
doi
10.2307/1134611

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