Osborn Correctional Institution

The Osborn Correctional Institution, formerly known as the Connecticut Correctional Institution – Somers, is a medium-security state prison that includes a high-security mental health unit for men of the Connecticut Department of Correction located in Somers, Connecticut.

Type: Prison
Description: state prison for men located in Somers, Connecticut
Also known as: “OCI”
Address: 335 Bilton Road, Somers, CT 06071

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Northern Correctional Institution and Robinson Correctional Institution.

Northern Correctional Institution

Prison

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 1,000 feet northeast of Osborn Correctional Institution.

Robinson Correctional Institution

Prison

The Carl Robinson Correctional Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men located in Enfield, Connecticut. The facility was opened in 1985 for medium-security inmates with a capacity of 880. Robinson Correctional Institution is situated 1 mile west of Osborn Correctional Institution.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Enfield Shakers Historic District and Somersville.

Enfield Shakers Historic District

Neighborhood

The Enfield Shakers Historic District encompasses some of the surviving remnants of a former Shaker community in Enfield, Connecticut. Founded in the 1780s, the Enfield Shaker community remained active until 1917.

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 2½ miles south of Osborn Correctional Institution.