Arthur Kill Correctional Facility

Arthur Kill Correctional Facility is a closed medium security correctional facility opened in 1976 operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services. Arthur Kill is located in New York City in the Borough of Staten Island. The prison held approximately 900 male inmates.

Although the correctional facility is situated within New York City, it is located in Charleston, one of the most remote and sparsely populated areas on Staten Island. The prison borders Arthur Kill Road and the Arthur Kill, a waterway that separates Staten Island from New Jersey. The 260-acre (1.1 km²) Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve is also located across from the prison.

The site formerly served as a 650-bed drug rehabilitation center.^[1] In the summer of 2006, the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility was used to shoot scenes for the juvenile detention center shown in the film Tenderness.^[2]

The facility was closed in 2011 as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo's prison closing program.^[3]

References

External links

	New York portal
	New York City portal
	Criminal justice portal

• NY prison information

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Coordinates: 40°33′02″N 74°13′43″W / 40.55056°N 74.22861°W / 40.55056; -74.22861