Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility

Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility is a New Jersey Department of Corrections state prison young adult offenders ages 18-30, located in the Annandale section of Clinton Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The present-day facility has a maximum capacity of 808 juvenile inmates.[1]

Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility
Location31 Petticoat Lane
Annandale, New Jersey
StatusOpen
Security classMixed (youth facility)
Capacity808
Opened1929
Managed byNew Jersey Department of Corrections

The grounds encompass "747 acres of rolling hills", first used by the state in 1913 for a farm facility for the mentally ill. It was redesignated as a corrections site for males between 16 and 26, "Annandale Farms", in 1929.

From at least 2008, Mountainview has had a difficult history. Two inmates have been murdered inside in recent years (Carl J. Epps, Jr. in August 2010, and Joshua Jones in August 2012), amid a long litany of assaults, drugs offenses, and inappropriate romantic relationships.[2]

References
  1. "Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility". New Jersey Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. Graziano, Sallie (5 February 2016). "Incidents prompt changes at N.J. correctional facility". NewJersey.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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