Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville
Encyclopedia
The Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville is located in Orange County
, New York
, USA. The federal prison, which opened in 1977, is a medium security facility, located in the Town of Mount Hope
a quarter mile from the Otisville Correctional Facility
, a New York
medium security prison
, thus facilitating transfers between systems. It is the only prison in New York State that still utilizes an active horse perimeter patrol.
The prison is collocated with a minimum security prison camp. Both minimum and medium security parts are for male prisoners.
and New Jersey
border. It is northwest of New York City
.
The prison has been mentioned in popular culture twice. In the movie "25th Hour
", Otisville is the prison to which the main character gets sentenced for 7 years. George Jung
, the basis for the movie "Blow
", was sentenced to Otisville until 2015.
is released after serving an eight year term for insider trading
and securities fraud
. Although the scene was shot at Sing Sing
state prision, Gekko mentions in the film that he served his time in Otisville.
Orange County, New York
Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located at the northern reaches of the New York metropolitan area. The county sits in the state's scenic Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA. The federal prison, which opened in 1977, is a medium security facility, located in the Town of Mount Hope
Mount Hope, New York
Mount Hope is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 6,639 at the 2000 census.The Town of Mount Hope is in the northwestern part of the county, west of Middletown...
a quarter mile from the Otisville Correctional Facility
Otisville Correctional Facility
Otisville Correctional Facility is a medium-security state prison located in Orange County, New York, USA. Its location in Otisville facilitates transfers to the federal system prison , also in Otisville a quarter mile away...
, a New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
medium security prison
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
, thus facilitating transfers between systems. It is the only prison in New York State that still utilizes an active horse perimeter patrol.
The prison is collocated with a minimum security prison camp. Both minimum and medium security parts are for male prisoners.
Background
The Otisville facility is located in the southeast part of New York, close to the PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
and New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
border. It is northwest of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
The prison has been mentioned in popular culture twice. In the movie "25th Hour
25th Hour
25th Hour is a 2002 American drama film directed by Spike Lee and is based on the novel The 25th Hour written by David Benioff, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin, and Brian Cox...
", Otisville is the prison to which the main character gets sentenced for 7 years. George Jung
George Jung
George Jacob Jung , nicknamed "Boston George", was a major player in the cocaine trade in the United States in the 1970s and early 1980s. Jung was a part of the Medellín Cartel which was responsible for up to 85 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States . He specialized in the...
, the basis for the movie "Blow
Blow (film)
Blow is a 2001 biopic about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All for the screenplay. It is based on the real...
", was sentenced to Otisville until 2015.
Notable inmates
| Name | Number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sholom Rubashkin Sholom Rubashkin Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin , an ultra-Orthodox Jew of the Lubavitcher Hasidic movement, is a former executive officer and vice president of Agriprocessors, a now-bankrupt slaughterhouse and meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa formerly owned by his father, Aaron Rubashkin... |
Money launderer, ran larger kosher meat operation | ||
| Zvonko Bušić Zvonko Bušić Zvonko Bušić is a Croatian emigrant known for hijacking TWA Flight 355 in September 1976. He was subsequently convicted of air piracy, spending 32 years in prison before being released on parole in July 2008.-Background:... |
The Croatian hijacker of TWA Flight 355 TWA Flight 355 TWA Flight 355 was a domestic Trans World Airlines flight which was hijacked by five terrorists, all members of the Croatian National Resistance which was a terrorist Croatian Ustaše emigrant organization, on September 10, 1976.... (NY–Chicago, September 10, 1976) |
||
| Ronald Pelton Ronald Pelton Ronald William Pelton was an National Security Agency intelligence analyst who was convicted in 1986 of spying for and selling secrets to the Soviet Union. He reportedly has a photographic memory as he passed no documents to the Soviets... |
a former NSA employee and a Soviet spy | ||
| George Jung George Jung George Jacob Jung , nicknamed "Boston George", was a major player in the cocaine trade in the United States in the 1970s and early 1980s. Jung was a part of the Medellín Cartel which was responsible for up to 85 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States . He specialized in the... |
Played a major role in the cocaine Cocaine Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic... drug trade in the 1970s and the early 80s |
In Popular Culture
In the 2010 film Wall Street Money Never Sleeps Gordon GekkoGordon Gekko
Gordon Gekko is the main antagonist of the 1987 film Wall Street and the antihero of the 2010 film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, both by director Oliver Stone...
is released after serving an eight year term for insider trading
Insider trading
Insider trading is the trading of a corporation's stock or other securities by individuals with potential access to non-public information about the company...
and securities fraud
Securities fraud
Securities fraud, also known as stock fraud and investment fraud, is a practice that induces investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information, frequently resulting in losses, in violation of the securities laws....
. Although the scene was shot at Sing Sing
Sing Sing
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services in the town of Ossining, New York...
state prision, Gekko mentions in the film that he served his time in Otisville.