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Osborn Correctional Institution
Location	Somers, Connecticut
Coordinates	42°1′1″N 72°29′41″W / 42.01694°N 72.49472°W
Status	Open
Security class	Level 3 (medium)
Capacity	2,000
Managed by	Connecticut, Department of Correction
Director	Wardens 1963-1969 Frederick G. Reineke; 1969-1972 Frederick E. Adams; 1972-1983 Carl Robinson; 1984-1989 George D. Bronson; 1989-1993 Lawrence R. Tilghman; 1993-1995 Robert J. Kupec; 1995-2001 Leslie E. Brooks; 2001-2003 Mark W. Strange; 2003-2009 David Strange; 2009-2013 Carol Chapdelaine;

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Osborn Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men in Somers, CT. It was built in 1962 and received its first inmates in 1963.

History[edit]

1963 Opened as State Prison in Somers^[2] 1967 Transfered to new Department of Correction^[2]

1969, "trustee" prisoner David F. Mabery stabbed warden Frederick G. Reineke while on a work assignment at the warden's home. He then forced Reineke and his wife to drive him to Hartford, where he was recaptured a day and a half later^[3]

1969 renamed Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers^[2] 1994 downgraded from maximum security to medium security and renamed Osborn Correctional Institution^[2]

Programs[edit]

Contact[edit]

335 Bilton Road, POB 100 Somers, CT 06071 Phone: (860) 814-4600 Fax: (860) 814-4826

Notable Inmates[edit]

References[edit]

^ Department of Correction, State of Connecticut, Osborn Correctional Institution, Department of Correction, 2013, http://www.ct.gov/doc/cwp/view.asp?a=1499&q=265440, accessed on 6 November, 2013
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Connecticut State Library, State Prison - State Agency, Connecticut State Library, 1999, http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/agencies/stateprison.htm, accessed on 27 October, 2013
^ Staff, "A Rookie Helps to Capture Connecticut Prison Fugitive", The New York Times 16 December 1968, accessed on 6 November, 2013

External Links[edit]

http://www.ct.gov/doc/cwp/view.asp?a=1499&q=265440

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[DOCOsborn-1] Department of Correction, State of Connecticut, Osborn Correctional Institution, Department of Correction, 2013, http://www.ct.gov/doc/cwp/view.asp?a=1499&q=265440, accessed on 6 November, 2013

[CTstatelib-2] Connecticut State Library, State Prison - State Agency, Connecticut State Library, 1999, http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/agencies/stateprison.htm, accessed on 27 October, 2013

[NYTimes1-3] Staff, "A Rookie Helps to Capture Connecticut Prison Fugitive", The New York Times 16 December 1968, accessed on 6 November, 2013

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