Northern Correctional Institute
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Northern Correctional Institute is a maximum security prison located in the town of Somers in the northern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The prison houses the state's Death Row inmates and convicts serving long sentences for violent crimes. As of July 1, 2007 the prison has 453 inmates. The prison is controlled by 310 personnel from the Connecticut Department of Corrections under the supervision of Warden Jeffrey E. McGill and Deputy Wardens Terence Rose, Valerie Light and Neftali Rodriguez.[1]
[edit] History
It was completed in January of 1995 and received its first inmates in March of 1995.
In 1995, Connecticut's death row inmates were moved to the Northern Correctional Institution from the Osborn Correctional Institution where they were previously housed.
February of 1997 marked the arrival of the Chronic Disciplinary Unit.
November of 1999 marked the arrival of the Special Risk Group Threat population.
In November of 2000, the Chronic Disciplinary Unit was removed from the facility.
In September of 2004, the Chronic Disciplinary Unit was returned to Northern CI.
[edit] List of past wardens
- 1995-1995 David May
- 1995-1996 Robert Kupec
- 1996-1999 Giovanny Gomez
- 1999-2003 Larry J. Myers
- 2003-2006 Wayne Choinski
