Brooklyn Correctional Institution

Address:	59 Hartford Road Brooklyn , CT 06234 Directions.
Phone:	(860) 779-4500
Fax:	(860) 779-4557
Security:	Level 3

Warden:                 Ronald Cotta
Deputy Warden:    Brian Perez

Visiting Information:

Effective July 24, 2021:

Contact visits will be One Hour in length.

Effective August 1, 2021: 

• Contact visits will no longer need to be pre-scheduled on the website.
• Inmates may have 2 virtual visits and 2 contact visits per week.
• Masks are required to be worn by both visitors and inmates during contact visits.

 

Please review the following information before scheduling a visit: Brooklyn CI Visiting Policies (rev. 06/01/2021)

Visiting Schedule Brooklyn CI - DEC 2021

 

Updates:  All in person visits have been suspended until further notice (due to an increase in the Covid-19 positivity rate in the community).

Video Visits are available and must be scheduled 72 hrs. in advance.

Please complete the following form to request a scheduled in-person or video visit: Visit Request Form

Note: A visit is not scheduled until you receive confirmation from the facility. Check your junk mail folder for confirmations or emails regarding visits.

Visits are scheduled according to the inmates housing location. If an inmate moves to another housing location, the visit will be cancelled and needs to be rescheduled. It is the inmate’s responsibility to notify the visitor that their visit will need to be rescheduled.

Any individual who attempts to visit a facility without a pre-scheduled, confirmed appointment will not be accommodated.

For all general visiting information refer to https://portal.ct.gov/DOC/Miscellaneous/Visiting

Population Information:

See data available regarding Connecticut Department of Correction's supervised population.

General Information:

The Brooklyn Correctional Institution endeavors to hold offenders accountable, while offering developmental opportunities through sound educational, vocational and cognitive programming that subsequently facilitates successful reintegration into the community.

The Brooklyn Correctional Institution is a level 3 medium-security facility. It offers extensive programming to assist offenders with the successful law abiding return to the community. The programming includes: Educational Services with GED, English as a Second Language, and Special Education; Vocational Programs, Business Education, Computer Skills; Literacy Volunteers; Sex Offender Programming; Anger Management and Substance Abuse Programming.

The Brooklyn Correctional Institution maintains a high standard of professionalism, dignity, and respect that fosters safety and security balanced with compassion toward the inmate population. 

The facility assists surrounding communities with various public service projects and coordinating charitable contributions with an emphasis on those combating domestic violence. Offenders also speak to high school and at-risk youth concerning the importance of positive choices in decision making and the negative impact of incarceration.

Present staffing: 123.

Listing of the inmate programs available at this facility (PDF, 518 KB).

PREA Auditor's Summary Report - 2015

PREA Auditor's Summary Report - 2017

History:

The Brooklyn Correctional Institution, formerly known as the Windham County Jail was built in 1820 and served as both town hall and jail.

In 1842, a new jail was constructed adding barns, outbuildings and in 1863 a section for female prisoners. The mission during this time was employing prisoners as common laborers.

By 1847, offenders outside jobs grew extensively to include such labor as digging, carting, woodcutting, and harvesting.

In the late 1800's subsequent changes were incorporated into the initial mission, incarcerating inmates on charges such as drunkenness, theft and bootlegging.  A prison library was established along with religious services, including monthly meetings run by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Statistics from 1887 reflect a total of 225 inmates committed to the jail.

In the 1940's to the 1970's offenders were committed for crimes such as grand theft, drug possession, and even murder.

In 1990 the new dormitory style facility was built and the institution changed from a pretrial level 4 to a sentenced level 3 facility. In 1994 programming for the sex offender population began. The facility confines level 3, medium-security inmates in a dormitory setting. 

List of past wardens:

1962-1987	Richard Hills
1988-1990	David Brown
1990-1992	Carol Dunn
1992-1993	Hector Rodriguez
1993-1995	Mary Marcial
1995-1996	Remi Acosta
1996-1997	L. Gurukaur Khalsa
1997-2001	Rosetta Jones
2001-2003	David Marcial
2003-2005	Daniel W. Martin
2005-2006	Giovanny Gomez
2006-2008	Robin H. Sutherland
2008-2009	Anthony Coletti
2009-2011	Valerie Light
2011-2011 2011-2012 2012-2016	Monica Rinaldi Stephen Faucher Jonathan Hall
2016-2019	Robert Martin
2019-2020	Stephen Faucher