Wende Correctional Facility
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Wende Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison
located in Town of Alden
in Erie County, New York
. The prison is named for this region of Alden. Notorious gangster Jimmy Burke, mastermind of the Lufthansa Heist
, was imprisoned in this facility until his death in 1996.
The prison was formerly the site of a county jail operated by Erie County, New York
and sold to the state to further its need for a maximum security state prison. Erie County built a new jail nearby.
The Buffalo Correctional Facility
is adjacent to the Wende facility.
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...
located in Town of Alden
Alden (town), New York
Alden is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 10,470 at the 2000 census. The town is derived from a family name known to early settlers....
in Erie County, New York
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...
. The prison is named for this region of Alden. Notorious gangster Jimmy Burke, mastermind of the Lufthansa Heist
Lufthansa heist
The Lufthansa heist was a robbery at John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 11, 1978. An estimated $5 million in cash and $875,000 in jewels were stolen, at the time making it the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil...
, was imprisoned in this facility until his death in 1996.
The prison was formerly the site of a county jail operated by Erie County, New York
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...
and sold to the state to further its need for a maximum security state prison. Erie County built a new jail nearby.
The Buffalo Correctional Facility
Buffalo Correctional Facility
The Buffalo Correctional Facility is a minimum security prison for males in New York, USA. The prison is located in Town of Alden, east of the City of Buffalo, adjacent to the Wende Correctional Facility.- Location :Buffalo Correctional Facility...
is adjacent to the Wende facility.