The Eastern Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York in the USA. The prison is in Ulster County, New York. The prison was at one time called the "State Institution for Male Defective Delinquents". The Delaware and Hudson Canal, and later the New York, Ontario and Western Railway, ran past the front of the prison. The prison opened October 1, 1900. You may contact the facility at 845-647-7400 to obtain a copy of a video of the facility's history, from 1895 until 2000. The cost of the video is about $10.00, available through the Superintendent's Office.
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