Auburn Correctional Facility .::. Our Finger Lakes History

In this episode of Our Finger Lakes History on FingerLakes1.com, Seneca County Historian Walter Gable looks at the history of the Auburn Correctional Facility in Auburn, NY. The prison is among the oldest functional prisons int he United States receiving its first 53 inmates in 1817 and is also the site of the first execution by electric chair.
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Inmates, Inmates, Inmates, Inmates

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I remember D-Block

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More of that history please!! Bravo !! Love the emphasis on vocational rehab.

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I appreciate the prioritization of humanizing language.

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Wow im from Auburn winter Auburn lifer mosty😅 guess what Auburn prison with COOPER JOHN a statue on top of the prison..since I grew up here it just THERE..thevOsbornev family a wealthy family that built mistvtheccidy