Elmira Correctional Facility

Elmira Correctional Facility is a maximum security institution receiving first offender male felons 21 to 30 years old by direct commitment from the courts. It also receives youths from the Reception Center, usually ages 18 to 20, who have a more serious background, but who show good potential for rehabilitation.

Construction of this institution was approved by the legislature in 1871 (Chapter 715), and it opened in 1876 as the New York State Reformatory at Elmira. Elmira's authority and functions were established by the legislature in the Laws of 1877, Chapter 173. The institution maintained its original name until 1933 when it was changed to the Elmira Reformatory (Ch. 151). In 1970, the name of the institution was changed to its present name of Elmira Correctional Facility.

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