Sullivan Correctional Facility

Sullivan Correctional Facility
	Sign outside the prison
Location	325 Riverside Drive ; Fallsburg, New York
Coordinates	41°44.5′N 74°35.367′W / 41.7417°N 74.589450°W
Status	Operational
Security class	Maximum security prison
Capacity	763 (as of 2006)
Opened	1985
Managed by	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

The prison annex

Sullivan Correctional Facility is a New York State maximum security prison correctional facility for male prisoners located in Fallsburg, New York. It is operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services.

Sullivan is located on an 850-acre (3.4 km²) stretch of land that also contains Woodbourne Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison. The state appropriated funding for Sullivan after the loss of Rikers Island as a state facility in 1980 (the facility was returned to New York City). The buildings were built on a sharp upslope overlooking the Neversink River valley.

In order to build access roads to the prison, the New York State Department of Correctional Services purchased the Lebowitz Pine View Hotel, the 62 acre (0.25 km²) adjoining property, in 1983. Originally, some prisoners from the Woodburne facility were transferred and housed in the hotel buildings, which were operated as a Woodburne annex until the completion of Sullivan in 1985. It operated as a minimum security Sullivan annex until 2010 when the annex portion was closed.

Sullivan currently houses between 560 and 580 inmates in four pods, arranged in a circle. Eighty-six percent of those inmates are being incarcerated for committing violent felonies, and 60% are serving life sentences

Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, a not-for-profit organization was founded to provide college education to incarcerated people in an effort to help reduce recidivism and poverty, while strengthening families and communities. In 1998, as part of the get-tough-on-crime campaign, state and federal funding for college programs inside prison was stopped. Understanding the positive effects of education in the transformation and rehabilitation of incarcerated people, inmates at Sing Sing Correctional Facility reached out to religious and academic volunteers to develop a college-degree granting program. Under the leadership of Dr. Anne Reissner, Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison was founded to restore college education at Sing Sing through private funding. Hudson Link now runs pre-college and college degree programs at Fishkill, Greene, Sing Sing, Sullivan, and Taconic Correctional Facilities.

Notable Inmates[]

Among the more infamous inmates at Sullivan are:

David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" serial killer who terrorized New York City in 1977, currently serving 6 life sentences in Shawangunk Correctional Facility
Robert Chambers - the "Preppie Killer."
Arthur Shawcross, the Genesee River Killer (died November 10, 2008)
Joe "Mad Dog" Sullivan, a mob hitman
Glen D. Race, Canadian serial killer
Ronald DeFeo, Jr. killed his entire family and sparked the writing of The Amityville Horror. He was serving 6 concurrent sentences of 25 years to life. He died on March 15th, 2021.
Bernard (Dovie) Mutterperl - attempted to kidnap and sexually assault an underage girl. Sentenced to 10 years; released in 2017.
Abraham Hirschfeld, the New York parking garage magnate who was convicted of hiring a hitman to kill his business partner of 40 years. Sentenced to 3 years, serving 2. Released in 2002.
Nicholas Brooks, killed his girlfriend Sylvie Cachay. He was sentenced to 25 years to life.^[2]

References[]

^ "Sullivan Correctional Facility" (PDF). Correctional Association of New York. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
^ Kahn, Robert. "Murder at Soho House: How NYC Trust Fund Kid Nicholas Brooks Killed Sylvie Cachay in Cold Blood". A&E. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

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[1] "Sullivan Correctional Facility" (PDF). Correctional Association of New York. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[2] Kahn, Robert. "Murder at Soho House: How NYC Trust Fund Kid Nicholas Brooks Killed Sylvie Cachay in Cold Blood". A&E. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

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v t New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision prisons
Minimum security	Edgecombe Queensboro Rochester
Medium security	Adirondack Albion♀ Altona Bare Hill Cape Vincent Cayuga Collins Fishkill Franklin Gouverneur Greene Groveland Hale Creek Hudson Marcy Mid-State Mohawk Ogdensburg Orleans Otisville Riverview Taconic♀ Ulster Wallkill Washington 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 Gowanda Lincoln Livingston Lyon Mountain Mid-Orange Monterey Mt. McGregor Watertown
Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex)

Sign outside the prison

Location	325 Riverside Drive Fallsburg, New York
Coordinates	41°44.5′N 74°35.367′W / 41.7417°N 74.589450°W / 41.7417; -74.589450
Status	Operational
Security class	Maximum security prison
Capacity	763 (as of 2006)^[1]
Opened	1985
Managed by	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision