Clinton County Correctional Facility Housing Report (2024)

FAQs

Who was the notable inmate in Clinton Correctional Facility? ›

Heriberto Seda: Also known as "The New York Zodiac" or "The Brooklyn Sniper". He was convicted of murdering three people and attempting to murder another six people. Tupac Shakur: served 7 months on a sexual-abuse conviction from March to October 1995 before being released on appeal.

Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison, is located near the Canadian boarder and is the largest prison in the New York system. With approximately 2,900 inmates, and being one of the oldest prisons, having opened in 1845, the buildings were in dire need of new, energy efficient security windows.

Money may be deposited into an Inmate's Trust Account, commonly referred to as their “Commissary Account.” Funds are accepted in the form of cash, credit cards, money orders or cashier's checks. Money orders/Cashier's Checks must be mailed in to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office.

Call 719-267-3548 ext. 23898 - Thursday through Monday - 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Email the request to crowleyvisitation@corecivic.com (include: visitors names, inmate name and CDOC#, date of visit requested) a verification email will be returned to the sender's email confirming the visit.

Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz, was surely the prison's most famous inmate. He even had a film made about him, which earned Burt Lancaster an Oscar nomination.

The 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape was a jailbreak that took place on June 6, 2015, when two inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat, were discovered missing during a 5:17 a.m. bed check at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, United States.

Number of prisoners in the U.S. 2022, by state

As of December 2022, there was a total of 139,631 prisoners in the state of Texas, the most out of any state. California, Florida, Georgia, and Ohio rounded out the top five states with the most prisoners in the United States.

Los Angeles County Jail is the largest prison in the whole of America. The inmate population is just under 20,000. The huge size of Los Angeles County Jail means it requires a lot of care and management. Its budget is over $700m and there are 1,500 inmates transported to court each day.

Prisons seldom allow crayon, glitter, permanent marker, colored pencils, stickers, paint, or perfume in the letters they receive. It's best to stick to black or blue ink (typed or handwritten) on plain white paper, mailed in a plain white envelope. You can enclose photos or drawings that are 8 x 10 inches or smaller.

How many pictures can inmates receive? ›

Although it is important to double check with your incarcerated loved one's specific facility, most jails and prisons allow inmates to have up to 50 photos in their possession. As the sender, you should keep track of the number of photographs you send to make sure they get to keep the pictures that are most important.

We recommend to write your first letter on plain or lined white paper, with a blue or black ink pen. Avoid colored paper, including colored envelopes. Note that greeting cards are also banned in some facilities.

If you want to write to someone you know who is incarcerated, be sure to address the envelope using the person's full name, their Department of Corrections ID number, and the full name and address of the facility in which they are being held.

All visitors, including attorneys and official visitors, must be fully dressed in appropriate, conventional, relaxed-fit clothing which is not unduly provocative, suggestive, or revealing and does not resemble offender attire or present adornments which could be used as a weapon.

Federal inmates can utilize the TRULINCS computers in their housing units to send and receive emails through www.Corrlinks.com. The system allows inmates to correspond with a maximum of 30 email contacts in the outside world at any one time. Inmates can, of course, delete existing contacts and add new ones.

Notable Inmates

Ralph "Bucky" Phillips- Sentenced to life without parole for the shooting of three New York State Troopers in 2006 after escaping from jail.

“No Human Contact” by Pete Earley explores the American prison system's use of solitary confinement through the story of Thomas Silverstein, who spent over three decades in isolation.

Built in 1844, Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora is New York state's largest maximum security prison. The institution has been home to the likes of David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz, Charles “Lucky” Luciano, and serial killer Carl Panzram.

It includes the Bureau's largest medical complex, which operates a drug treatment program and specializes in oncology and behavioral science. Among its inmates was Bernie Madoff, who was convicted for perpetrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history.