Washington Correctional Facility is a medium security correctional facility that is located in Comstock, a hamlet of Fort Ann, New York

Fort Ann (town), New York

Fort Ann is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 6,417 at the 2000 census...

 in Washington County, New York

Washington County, New York

Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,216. It was named for the Revolutionary War general George Washington...

. It is designated for confinement of males age 16 and older. The facility offers volunteer and counciling services, and educational and vocational programs. As of February 27, 2009, this facility is currently housing Michael Alig

Michael Alig

Michael Alig is the co-founding member of the Club Kids, a group of young clubgoers led by long time best friend James St. James and Alig in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

, a criminal who was convicted of the manslaughter

Manslaughter

Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is said to have first been made by the Ancient Athenian lawmaker Dracon in the 7th century BC.The law generally differentiates...

 of Angel Melendez

Angel Melendez

Andre Melendez , better known as Angel Melendez, was a Club Kid and drug dealer who lived and worked in New York City. Melendez and his family arrived in New York from Colombia when Melendez was eight years old...

on October 24, 1997.