Kings County Hospital Prison Ward (New York City, New York)

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Prior to the City Charter of 1938 taking effect, police had custoday of the various hospital prison wards. But Section 623.1 gave their control to the Department of Correction; thus on Jan. 1 of that year, DOC took over the prison wards then in Bellevue, Kings County and Fordham Hospitals.

The Kings County Hospital Prison Ward in Brooklyn houses male inmates requiring acute psychiatric or medical treatment.

www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/nycdoc/html/bks...
The place is located in King's County Hospital Center
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Coordinates:   40°39'24"N   73°56'36"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago