Camp Gabriels News

Local officials question how much effort the Department of Correctional Services put into marketing closed Camp Gabriels prison for reuse.

Three organizations have visited Camp Gabriels considering possible reuse of the closed prison, according to a new reuse report.

Legislators voted for "virtual prison break" and sealing criminal records of drug felons enabling them to work unchecked in day care centers, nursing homes, schools and banks A A North Country prison will officially go into final lockdown and close forever on July 1st A -- a move supported by Assemblywoman Addie Russell in her - yes' vote for this ...

Once the cook, five correction officers and three sergeants move to other state correctional facilities, Camp McGregor will officially close today after at least a decade of talk about its demise.

All the prisoners are gone from Camp Gabriels in the Adirondacks, and 55 corrections officers will leave by the end of the week.

Back in the early 1970s, it seemed that no one in New York state wanted a prison in the neighborhood, or even the region - no one except Sen.

The commissioner for the department of correctional services, Brian Fischer, said Thursday the closure of ten correctional facilities across the New York state will take place by the end of the year and that Camp Gabriels, in Brighton, is slated to shut down July 1. The closings are part of the state's effort to cut it's massive budget deficit.

Despite being relegated to the minority, State Sen. Betty Little says she is still pushing to improve life for North Country residents.

The fate of several prison facilities around New York may be sealed as the state Department of Correctional Services responds to budgetary constraints.

Staff at Camp Gabriels has received official word that the facility will close July 1. This week, the Department of Corrections sent officers and employees a letter announcing the closure date, which earlier was scheduled for between July 1 this year and March 31, 2010.