The Gowanda Correctional Facility is a medium security prison for males located in 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...

, United States. The prison is located in the south part of Erie County

Erie County, New York

Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie...

 in the Town of Collins

Collins, New York

Collins is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The town is on the south border of the county and is considered to be one of the "Southtowns" of Erie County. The population indicated by the 2000 census was 8,307. The population for 2007 is estimated at 7,092, a loss of 1,215...

. It is co-located with the Collins Correctional Facility

Collins Correctional Facility

Collins Correctional Facility is a medium security prison in New York in the USA. The prison is in the Town of Collins in Erie County, New York.- External links :*...

, another medium security prison. Both prisons are located north of Village of Gowanda

Gowanda, New York

Gowanda is a village in New York in the United States and lies partly in Erie County and partly in Cattaraugus County. The population was 2,842 at the 2000 census. The name is a local native term meaning "almost surrounded by hills" or "beautiful place among the hills...

 at the southern end of Erie County.

History

Already part of the property had been taken for the Collins C.F. in 1982. In 1994, the remainder of the property was taken for the newer Gowanda C.F. The two prisons are separated by a fence and are administered independently.

History

Gowanda Correctional Facility was developed from the former Gowanda State Hospital, which itself was constructed on the former property of Quaker missionaries to the Seneca tribe.

External links

• History of Gowanda C.F
• Additional information