Bare Hill Correctional Facility
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| Location | 181 Brand Road Malone, New York |
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| Status | open |
| Security class | medium |
| Capacity | 1722 |
| Opened | 1988 |
| Managed by | New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision |
Bare Hill Correctional Facility is a medium security state prison in Franklin County, New York, United States. The prison in the Town of Malone.[1]
Bare Hill C.F. is located by Franklin Correctional Facility, a medium security prison and Upstate Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison.[1]
The prison opened in 1988, and as of 2010 had a working capacity of 1722. [2]
Among the programs offered to the inmates is participation in social programs to aid residents of the region. Almost every prisoner has a work assignment, either within or outside the prison.
In 2025, the US National Guard came to assist the understaffed facility amid protests by staff, who demanded safer working conditions.[3] That November, Governor Kathy Hochul ordered the prison to be shut down on March 11, 2026 amid struggles with low staffing.[4]
Notable inmates
[edit]- Richard Delage - serving a life term for shooting and killing a schoolteacher in Mount Kisco in 1960. At the time of the crime, he was only 15 years old.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Malone town, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/7). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
Bare Hill Corr Facility
- ^ "Prison System to Temporarily Consolidate Under-Populated Inmate Housing Units, Providing Taxpayer Savings With No Job Losses or Transfers". NYS DOC press release. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Nezaj, Benny (2025-02-21). "New York State Police, National Guard respond to Bare Hill in Malone". WPTZ. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ Rayman, Graham (2025-11-18). "N.Y. governor orders closure of upstate prison amid staffing strain". Corrections1. Corrections1 Media. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
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