Springfield Prison
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Charlestown /
Charlestown Road, 700
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Officially, Vermont's Southern State Correctional Facility, but known informally as Springfield Prison. Construction of this 350-bed facility was controversial, but for an unconventional reason: A prison's 24-hour high-intensity security lighting could cause massive light pollution, with harmful effects on the dark skies of nearby Stellafane Observatory, a National Historic Site and host of the annual Stellafane Convention, whose visitors provide a major economic boost to the town of Springfield. Faced with petitions signed by Stellafane supporters from across the world, Vermont governor Howard Dean agreed to a compromise, and had the prison lighting designed by experts recommended by the International Dark Sky Association. Springfield prison is now a model for low-impact (and energy efficient!) outdoor lighting.
The controversy: query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9A07...
The compromise: www.newrules.org/environment/sprvtmit.html
The IDA: www.darksky.org/
Stellafane: www.stellafane.com/
The prison: www.doc.state.vt.us/facilities_and_offices/sscf/
The controversy: query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9A07...
The compromise: www.newrules.org/environment/sprvtmit.html
The IDA: www.darksky.org/
Stellafane: www.stellafane.com/
The prison: www.doc.state.vt.us/facilities_and_offices/sscf/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 43°16'15"N 72°26'17"W
- Southeast State Correctional Facility sescf 26 km
- Massachuchets Correctional Institution 104 km
- Bridgewater State Hospital Correctional Facility 189 km
- Woodburne Correctional Institution 245 km
- Otisville Correctional Facility 263 km
- Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution 299 km
- Collins Bay Institution and Prison Farm 349 km
- Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex 440 km
- Southern Michigan Correctional Facility 982 km
- Fox Lake Correctional Institution 1331 km
- Springfield, Vermont 3.4 km
- Charlestown 4.4 km
- Rockingham, Vermont 11 km
- Chester, Vermont 15 km
- Grafton, Vermont 18 km
- Walpole, New Hampshire 20 km
- Westminster, Vermont 23 km
- Townshend, Vermont 29 km
- Londonderry, Vermont 30 km
- Jamaica, Vermont 34 km
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