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Osborn Correctional Institution

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Status
  
Open

Phone
  
+1 860-814-4600

Opened
  
1963

Security class
  
Level 3 (Medium)

Capacity
  
1,900

Location
  
335 Bilton Road, Somers, Connecticut 06071

Managed by
  
Connecticut Department of Correction

Address
  
100 Bilton Rd, Somers, CT 06071, USA

Similar
  
Ctworks Center, Hampden County Sheriff's, Hampden County Sheriff's, Harmon Shawna DDS, Connecti Redempti Center

Osborn Correctional Institution (OCI) is a state prison for men of the Connecticut Department of Correction located in Somers, Connecticut. It has capacity of 1900 inmates, making it amongst the largest prisons in the state.

It housed the state's execution chamber from 1994 to 2015 when was capital punishment was declared unconstitutional. It also housed the male death row inmates until 1995 when they were transferred to the nearby Northern Correctional Institution.

Notable inmates

  • Michael Bruce Ross, convicted serial killer, was executed there by lethal injection on May 13, 2005.
  • References

    Osborn Correctional Institution Wikipedia