Mid-State Correctional Facility

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Mid-State Correctional Facility
Mid-State Correctional Facility
Location9005 Old River Road
Marcy, New York
Statusopen
Security classmixed
Capacity1754
Opened1983 [1]
Managed by New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Mid-State Correctional Facility is a medium-security state prison located in the town of Marcy, Oneida County, New York. [2] [3] Although classified as medium-security, Mid-State opened a maximum security unit in 1998. [4] Mid-State is adjacent to the Central New York Psychiatric Center; both occupy the land of the former Marcy Psychiatric Center. Another state prison, Marcy Correctional Facility, sits across the street. [1]

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Abuse

On April 13, 2023, three officers attacked an inmate and conspired to hide the attack. They pled guilty on April 24, 2025. [5]

In March 2025, 15 Mid-State staffers were placed on leave following the killing of Messiah Nantwi. This came shortly after the killing of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional. [6] In April, 10 guards in total were charged, 2 with murder, 5 with first-degree manslaughter, 2 with second-degree manslaughter, 6 with gang assault, 8 with conspiracy to cover-up the killing, 4 with tampering with physical evidence and 8 with using a false instrument for filing a report. [7] [8]

Notable prisoners

Inmate NameStatusDetails
Colin FergusonServing a life sentence. [9] Perpetrator of the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting in which he murdered 6 people on a passenger train. [10] [11]
Gerald Garson Served a 3.5-10 year sentence, paroled in 2009Former New York Supreme Court Justice, convicted of accepting bribes [12]
Cormega Hip-hop artist [13]
Prodigy Served 3 yearsHip-hop artist convicted of criminal possession of a weapon [14]
Dennis Kozlowski Served a 6 1/2 year sentenceFormer CEO of Tyco International [15]
Alan Hevesi Paroled after serving 20 months [16] Former Comptroller of the State of New York, convicted of taking bribes in return for investing in firms for the New York State Retirement Fund
Ja Rule Served an 8 month sentenceRapper and actor that has sold over 40 million records worldwide. In July 2007, Ja Rule was arrested for gun and drug possession charges.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Marcy". DOCS Today. December 2001.
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Marcy town, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/3). Retrieved 2024-12-31. Mid-State Correctional Facilty
  3. ↑ "Mid-State Correctional Facility". Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  4. ↑ "New maximum-security modular unit opens at Mid-State Correctional Facility". NYS Department of Correctional Services press release. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Mills, Sean I. (2025-01-08). "Three Mid-State COs plead guilty to attacking inmate in 2023". Rome Sentinel. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  6. ↑ "15 prison staffers placed on leave after the death of a man incarcerated in New York". WRVO Public Media. Associated Press. 2025-03-05. Archived from the original on 2025-03-05. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
  7. ↑ Hill, Michael; Collins, Dave (April 16, 2025). "NY prison guards beat an inmate to death then tried to cover it up, prosecutors say". Associated Press. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Multiple COs Indicted in Death of Mid-State Inmate Messiah Nantwi: Court Video, Indictment Document and Statements". WKTV. April 17, 2025. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  9. ↑ Goldman, John J. (1995-02-19). "Suspect Convicted of Killing 6 on Train : New York: Cheers erupt in courtroom packed with victims of Long Island Rail Road shootings and their relatives. Colin Ferguson, who conducted own defense in a bizarre trial, faces a possible maximum life sentence". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  10. ↑ "The 5:33 - Legacy of the LIRR Massacre". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  11. ↑ "Remembering the LIRR massacre and the victims 30 years later". ABC7 New York. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  12. ↑ Daniel Wise (August 20, 2009). "Early Parole Given to Former N.Y. Justice Convicted of Bribery". Law.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Cormega: "When It Comes to Art, What Kind of Artist Are You?"". jacobin.com. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  14. ↑ Madden, Sidney (2016-03-07). "Prodigy Gets Released From Prison Eight Years Ago Today - XXL". XXL Mag. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  15. ↑ Riley, Charles. "Ex-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski denied parole". CNNMoney. Archived from the original on 2024-09-15. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  16. ↑ Karlin, Rick (November 15, 2012). "Home for the holidays for Hevesi in pay-to-play pension case". Times Union.

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