Cheshire Correctional Institution

Cheshire Correctional Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men located in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut. The facility was built beginning in 1910, partly by the inmates of the Wethersfield State Prison, and opened in 1913 as the Cheshire Reformatory for male youths ages 16 to 24.

Type: Prison
Description: Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men located in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut
Also known as: “Connecticut Correctional Institution at Cheshire”, “Connecticut State Reformatory”, and “Correctional Institution at Cheshire”
Address: CT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Manson Youth Institution and Peck Mountain.

Manson Youth Institution

Prison

Manson Youth Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men under the age of 21. It is located in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut. Although it has a capacity of 679, it currently houses less than half that. Manson Youth Institution is situated 2,500 feet north of Cheshire Correctional Institution.

Peck Mountain

Peak

Peck Mountain of south-central Connecticut, 371 feet, is a traprock mountain ridge located in Cheshire, Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border.

Mixville Park

Park

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Mixville Park is situated 2 miles west of Cheshire Correctional Institution.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheshire and Milldale.

Cheshire

Town

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Cheshire, is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Cheshire was 28,733. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. Cheshire is situated 1½ miles south of Cheshire Correctional Institution.

Milldale

Village

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Milldale is a neighborhood in the incorporated town of Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Milldale is situated 3 miles north of Cheshire Correctional Institution.

Marion

Hamlet

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Marion is a neighborhood in the town of Southington, Connecticut, United States. It is generally the area in the vicinity of the intersection of Route 322 and Marion Avenue, just North of the Cheshire Town line. Marion is situated 3 miles north of Cheshire Correctional Institution.

Cheshire Correctional Institution

Category: government building
Location: Town of Cheshire, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.52322° or 41° 31′ 24″ north

Longitude

-72.90353° or 72° 54′ 13″ west

Elevation

253 feet (77 metres)

Operator

Connecticut State Department of Correction

Open location code

87H9G3FW+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1021289742

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=prison

GeoNames ID

5284453

Wikidata ID

Q16890304

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