Sullivan Correctional Facility is a New York State correctional facility located in Fallsburg, New York. It is operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services. It is a maximum security prison for male inmates.
Sullivan Correctional Facility 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 Liebowitz 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 currently operates as a minimum security Sullivan annex.
Sullivan Correctional 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.
Among the more infamous inmates at Sullivan are:
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