[DOC Manhattan Map]

Off-Rikers Jails:
Manhattan

Except for Staten Island, the Department has a major detention center for male inmates in each of the boroughs. Included is the:
Bernard B. Kerik Complex (formerly the Manhattan Detention Complex) aka The Tombs
The Department maintains secure facilities in three City hospitals, and a small unit at a fourth hospital for terminally-ill inmates. They include: In Manhattan (New York County) as in the other boroughs/counties, DOC transports inmate to and from the courts. The holding facilities for inmates making court appearances are located in or connected to the courthouses. These include the Supreme Courts, the Criminal Courts, and the Family Courts. Manhattan also is home to most of Department's central administrative offices. They situated at three main locations downtown.

Bernard B. Kerik Complex (formerly the Manhattan Detention Complex)

Address:
125 White Street,
New York, N.Y.
10013


The Bernard B. Kerik Complex, in lower Manhattan, consists of two buildings designated the North and South Towers, connected by a bridge. The North Tower was opened in 1990. The South Tower, formerly the Manhattan House of Detention, or the Tombs, was opened in 1983 after a complete remodeling. The complex has a 881-bed capacity for male detainees. Its name was changed from the Manhattan Detention Complex in a rededication ceremony Dec. 12, 2001, in recognition of NYPD Commissioner Kerik whose leadership as First Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of DOC was a major factor in the department's historic reduction of inmate violence.



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.

Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward

Address:
1st Avenue and 27th Street,
New York, N.Y.
10016


Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan houses male inmates requiring psychiatric or medical treatment.


Goldwater Memorial Hospital Unit

Address:
Roosevelt Island,
New York, N.Y.
10044


The Goldwater Memorial Hospital Unit on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, is a minimum security area maintained for terminal-care inmates and is under yhe supervision of the Rikers Island North Infirmary Command.


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