Albion Correctional Facility

Albion Correctional Facility

Location	3595 State School Road Albion, New York
Status	Operational
Security class	Medium Security
Capacity	1,247
Opened	1894
Managed by	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Albion Correctional Facility is a medium security women's prison in Town of Albion,^[1] Orleans County, New York, United States, that is operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services. The site was founded in 1894 as the Western House of Refuge for Women, then later the Albion State Training School. The prison is just outside the village of Albion.^[2]

Albion is one of New York facilities exclusively for women, the others being Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Taconic Correctional Facility. Most famously, Albion housed "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher for 3½ years; she was then transferred to the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, the only maximum security prison for women in New York State and located in Bedford Hills, New York.

As of 2010 Albion had a working capacity of 1247.^[3]

• Amy Fisher, transferred to the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women
• Anna Sorokin, fraudster

• Albion Correctional Facility

43°14′42″N 78°12′55″W / 43.24500°N 78.21528°W / 43.24500; -78.21528

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