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| Location | 1100 Woodbridge Road Avenel, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°35′28.7″N 74°16′02.7″W / 40.591306°N 74.267417°W |
| Status | Open |
| Security class | Mixed |
| Capacity | 1227 |
| Opened | 1901 |
| Managed by | New Jersey Department of Corrections |
East Jersey State Prison (formerly "Rahway State Prison") is a medium-security prison operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections in Avenel, Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. It was established in 1896 as Rahway State Prison, and was the first reformatory in New Jersey, officially opening in 1901.[1] It housed 1,227 inmates as of 2020[update].[2]
- ^ Cox, William, Lovell Bixby and William Root, "Handbook of American Prisons and Reformatories," Vol. 1, NY: The Osborne Assoc., 1933
- ^ "TOTAL INMATES IN NEW JERSEY STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND SATELLITE UNITS" (PDF). State of New Jersey. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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