Garner Correctional Institution
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| Location | Newtown, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°23′58″N 73°16′18″W / 41.39944°N 73.27167°W |
| Status | Open |
| Security class | Level 4 (High) |
| Capacity | 593 |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Managed by | Connecticut, Department of Correction |
| Warden | Jeanette Maldonado[1] |
Garner Correctional Institution is a high-security state prison for men in Newtown, Connecticut. It was built in 1992 and began housing inmates later that year. The facility holds both pre-trial defendants and sentenced offenders, and serves as the Department of Correction's dedicated mental health facility for adult male inmates requiring significant psychiatric treatment.[2][3]
In the late 1980s, Connecticut faced significant prison overcrowding due to rising incarceration rates. To relieve pressure on existing facilities, such as Bridgeport and Cheshire, the Department of Correction launched an expansion program[4] that included the construction of Garner Correctional Institution.[5]
The prison was established in 1992 on land that had previously belonged to the Fairfield Hills Hospital campus.[6] It is named in honor of Ward A. Garner, who served as warden of the Wethersfield State Prison from 1911 to 1918.[1]
