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Riverview Correctional Facility is a medium-security state prison for men in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, owned and operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Riverview was first opened as a 700-capacity prison in 1988, one of two upstate facilities funded by New York City to house its prisoners, in a special deal between the city and state. Together with Cape Vincent Correctional Facility the construction cost was $90 million. The two were "almost identical" to each other and to the state facilities at Bare Hill and Franklin, built in the same years.

Ownership of both facilities was expected to revert to the state after seven years of operation. As of 2010 Riverview had a working capacity of 882.

References

1. Ravo, Nick (31 August 1988). "It's near Canada, but it's New York's jail". New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
2. Fine, Thomas (4 January 1992). "NYC Offers to Resell Prisons". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
3. "Prison System to Temporarily Consolidate Under-Populated Inmate Housing Units, Providing Taxpayer Savings With No Job Losses or Transfers". NYS DOC press release. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

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Minimum security	Edgecombe Lakeview♂♀ (shock) Queensboro Rochester
Medium security	Adirondack Albion♀ Altona Bare Hill Cape Vincent Cayuga Collins Fishkill Franklin Gouverneur Greene Groveland Hale Creek Hudson Marcy Mid-State Mohawk Orleans Otisville Riverview Taconic♀ Ulster Wallkill Washington Woodbourne Wyoming
Maximum security	Attica Auburn Bedford Hills♀ Clinton Coxsackie Eastern Elmira Five Points Green Haven Shawangunk Sing Sing Upstate Wende
Closed	Arthur Kill Bayview♀ Beacon♀ Buffalo Butler Camp Gabriels Camp Georgetown Chateaugay ASACTC Downstate Fulton Gowanda Great Meadow Lincoln Livingston Lyon Mountain Mid-Orange Monterey Moriah Mt. McGregor Ogdensburg Oneida Southport Sullivan Summit Shock Watertown Willard♂♀
Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex)

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