Cheshire Correctional Institution

Cheshire Correctional Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men located in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut. The facility was built beginning in 1910, partly by the inmates of the Wethersfield State Prison, and opened in 1913 as the Chester Reformatory for male youths ages 16 to 24. In 1982, the state's Manson Youth Institution opened adjacent to the Cheshire Correctional Institution, which was re-designated as an adult prison.[1]

Cheshire Correctional Institution
Location900 Highland Avenue
Cheshire, Connecticut
StatusOpen
Capacity1580
Opened1913
Managed byConnecticut Department of Correction
DirectorWarden Scott Erfe

The current capacity of Cheshire Correctional Institution is 1580 inmates.

Notable inmates
  • Frank Vandever – housed here after his 1991 New Year's Eve escape from Somers, (now Osborn) Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut.
  • Earl Bradley – rapist of children, moved from Vaughn Correctional Center in Delaware as part of an interstate agreement[2]
  • Michael Gentile – appeared on Hansen vs. Predator.
  • Raymond J. Clark III – convicted for the murder of Annie Le. Due to be released on 16 September 2053.
  • William Devin Howell - Serial Killer.

References
  1. http://www.ct.gov/doc/lib/doc/pdf/PREAAuditorCheshire.pdf
  2. "Revealed: Earl Bradley now incarcerated in Cheshire Connecticut". 105.9 FM. Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

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