Groveland Correctional Facility is a medium-security New York State Department of Correctional Services prison located in the Town of Groveland in Livingston County, New York, in the United States. The facility is located next to the community of Sonyea in Groveland on the site of a former Shaker community. The town is south of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, near Interstate 390.
History
The Shakers owned this land after 1836, when they moved from Sodus in Wayne County, New York to escape worldly influences. When the membership of the sect declined, the Shakers sold the land to the state after they were assured it would be used for good purpose.
At the end of the 19th century, the state opened a facility for epileptics here. The name Sonyea is an acronym for State of New York Epileptic Asylum. Later the building were taken over by the state prison system.
In the past, female prisoners were held at Groveland, but it is currently a facility for men.
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Coordinates: 42°40′56″N 77°50′10″W / 42.68222°N 77.83611°W
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Site of two state prisons - Groveland and Livingston correctional facilities
Sonyea is in Livingston County, in the Rochester metro area.
[[The community name Sonyea derives from Iroquoian for "sunny place"
The latitude of Sonyea is 42.678N. The longitude is -77.827W.
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 656 feet.
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