Northern Correctional Institution was a high-security state prison in Somers, in the northern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Until its closure, the prison housed the state's male convicts serving long sentences for violent crimes; previously, it had also housed the death row for inmates before the abolition of the death penalty in Connecticut. Northern Correctional Institution is situated 2½ miles west of North Somers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Somers and Baptist Village.

Somers

Town

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Somers is a census-designated place comprising the primary village in the town of Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the Somers CDP had a population of 1,990, out of 10,255 in the town of Somers. Somers is situated 2 miles south of North Somers.

Baptist Village

Hamlet

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Baptist Village is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of North Somers.

Somersville

Hamlet

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The Somersville Historic District encompasses the historic components of the mill village of Somersville in western Somers, Connecticut, United States. Somersville is situated 3 miles southwest of North Somers.

North Somers

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Town of Somers, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.01621° or 42° 0′ 58″ north

Longitude

-72.44814° or 72° 26′ 53″ west

Elevation

213 feet (65 metres)

Open location code

87J92H82+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158822562

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4839743

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