Cheshire Correctional Institution

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Cheshire Correctional Institution
Cheshire Correctional Institution
Location900 Highland Avenue
Cheshire, Connecticut
StatusOpen
Capacity1580
Opened1913
Managed by Connecticut Department of Correction
DirectorWarden Scott Erfe

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 Chester Reformatory for male youths ages 16 to 24. In 1982, the state's Manson Youth Institution opened adjacent to the Cheshire Correctional Institution, which was re-designated as an adult prison. [1]

The capacity of Cheshire Correctional Institution is 1580 inmates.

Notable inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Earl Bradley 415266Serving 14 life sentences without parole. [2] [3] Former pediatrician in Delaware who, in 2009, was arrested and convicted for the rape and sexual exploitation of 103 children. [4] [5] [6] [7] Years later, Bradley was moved to Connecticut's department of corrections. [8]
Raymond J. Clark III371189Serving a 44 year sentence. Scheduled for release in 2053. [9] [10] Perpetrator of the 2009 Murder of Annie Le in which Clark killed the Yale University student on campus while he was working as a laboratory technician for the institution at the time. [11] [12] [13] [14]
William Devin Howell 305917Serving 7 life sentences without parole. [15] Murdered 7 people in 2003. [16] [17]
Matthew Steven Johnson 91492Serving a 180-year sentence.Murdered 3 people between 2000-2001. [18] [19]

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