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Osborn Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men in Somers, CT. It was built in 1962 and received its first inmates in 1963.

History
1963 Opened as State Prison in Somers 1967 Transfered to new Department of Correction

1969, "trustee" prisoner David F. Mabery stabbed warden Frederick G. Reineke while on a work assignment at the warden's home. He then forced Reineke and his wife to drive him to Hartford, where he was recaptured a day and a half later

1969 renamed Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers 1994 downgraded from maximum security to medium security and renamed Osborn Correctional Institution

Contact
335 Bilton Road, POB 100 Somers, CT 06071 Phone:	(860) 814-4600 Fax:	(860) 814-4826