Mid-Orange Correctional Facility was an all-male, medium security prison located in the town of Warwick, New York. It closed in 2011. The site of Mid-Orange Correctional Facility was between 1932 and 1977 the home of the New York State Training School for Boys. The facility was constructed on May 19, 1932 for the care of delinquent boys. The school had a c…
Mid-Orange Correctional Facility was an all-male, medium security prison located in the town of Warwick, New York. It closed in 2011. The site of Mid-Orange Correctional Facility was between 1932 and 1977 the home of the New York State Training School for Boys. The facility was constructed on May 19, 1932 for the care of delinquent boys. The school had a capacity of 500, housing those primarily between the ages of 13 and 15. The school attracted the attention of Eleanor Roosevelt, and she wrote four My Day columns about the experiences of the boys in the school. In 1971, the school, as well as others in the state, were transferred from Department of Social Services to the Division for Youth, which had a focus on deinstitutionalisation. The school was closed in 1976.
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