Mid-State Correctional Facility

Mid-State Correctional Facility is a medium-security state prison located in the town of Marcy, Oneida County, New York.^[2][3] Although classified as medium-security, Mid-State opened a maximum security unit in 1998.^[4] Mid-State is adjacent to the Central New York Psychiatric Center; both occupy the land of the former Marcy Psychiatric Center. Another state prison, Marcy Correctional Facility, sits across the street.^[1]

Mid-State Correctional Facility

Location	9005 Old River Road Marcy, New York
Status	open
Security class	mixed
Capacity	1754
Opened	1983[1]
Managed by	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Abuse

On April 13, 2023, three officers attacked an inmate and conspired to hide the attack. The three, Brandon Montanari, Rohail Kahn, and Michael Williams, pled guilty on April 24, 2025.^[5] Montanari was sentenced to three years in prison.^[6]

In March 2025, 15 Mid-State staffers were placed on leave following the killing of Messiah Nantwi. This came shortly after the killing of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional.^[7] In April, 10 guards in total were charged, 2 with murder, 5 with first-degree manslaughter, 2 with second-degree manslaughter, 6 with gang assault, 8 with conspiracy to cover-up the killing, 4 with tampering with physical evidence and 8 with using a false instrument for filing a report.^[8][9]

Notable prisoners

Inmate Name	Status	Details
Colin Ferguson	Serving a life sentence.[10]	Perpetrator of the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting in which he murdered 6 people on a passenger train.[11][12]
Gerald Garson	Served a 3.5-10 year sentence, paroled in 2009	Former New York Supreme Court Justice, convicted of accepting bribes[13]
Cormega		Hip-hop artist[14]
Prodigy	Served 3 years	Hip-hop artist convicted of criminal possession of a weapon[15]
Dennis Kozlowski	Served a 6 1/2 year sentence	Former CEO of Tyco International[16]
Alan Hevesi	Paroled after serving 20 months[17]	Former Comptroller of the State of New York, convicted of taking bribes in return for investing in firms for the New York State Retirement Fund
Ja Rule	Served an 8 month sentence	Rapper and actor that has sold over 40 million records worldwide. In July 2007, Ja Rule was arrested for gun and drug possession charges.