Location Buffalo, New York Security class Maximum State NY Phone +1 716-858-7638 Capacity 680 | Status Operational Street address 134 W Eagle Street Opened 1938 Zip code 14202 | |
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Managed by Erie County Sheriff's Office Address 121 W Eagle St, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA Similar Erie County Medical, Buffalo City Court Building, Edward A Rath County Of, County and City Hall, Robert H Jackson United St | ||
Investigation launched after man released from erie county holding center in error
The Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo, New York is a pre-trial, maximum security, detention facility that serves Erie County. Capable of housing 680 inmates, it is the second largest detention facility in New York State outside of New York City. Inmate "Over-flow" is housed at the Holding Center Annex at the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden, New York. The Jail Management Division of the Erie County Sheriff's Office conducts regularly scheduled tours of the facility for High School and College student groups, Police Academy classes, and groups of "At risk" teens. According to a professor at University at Buffalo Law School, "Erie County continues to operate the Holding Center with indifference to the basic medical needs of inmates."
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Inmate dies at erie county holding center
Complaints
The suicide rate at the Holding Center has brought it unwanted attention. The Erie County Prisoners Rights Coalition demonstrates in front of the Center each Wednesday.