Auburn Correctional Facility

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correctional facility maximum-security prison state prison

Auburn Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Auburn, New York, known as one of the oldest continuously operating prisons in the United States.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Auburn Prison	4
Auburn Correctional Facility canonical	3
Auburn Prison, Auburn, New York, United States	2
Auburn Prison, New York	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3268217 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Auburn Correctional Facility
Context triple: [Auburn, New York, hasLandmark, Auburn Correctional Facility]

A. Clinton Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Dannemora, New York, known for housing high-profile inmates and its long-standing role in the New York prison system.
B. Two Rivers Correctional Institution
Two Rivers Correctional Institution is a state prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the management of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
C. Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility is a California state prison located near San Diego that houses medium- to maximum-security inmates, including several high-profile prisoners.
D. Holman Correctional Facility
Holman Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Alabama known for housing the state's death row and execution chamber.
E. Fountain Correctional Facility
Fountain Correctional Facility is a state prison in Alabama that houses adult inmates and is operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Auburn Correctional Facility
Target entity description: Auburn Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Auburn, New York, known as one of the oldest continuously operating prisons in the United States.

A. Clinton Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Dannemora, New York, known for housing high-profile inmates and its long-standing role in the New York prison system.
B. Two Rivers Correctional Institution
Two Rivers Correctional Institution is a state prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the management of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
C. Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility is a California state prison located near San Diego that houses medium- to maximum-security inmates, including several high-profile prisoners.
D. Holman Correctional Facility
Holman Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Alabama known for housing the state's death row and execution chamber.
E. Fountain Correctional Facility
Fountain Correctional Facility is a state prison in Alabama that houses adult inmates and is operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	correctional facility ⓘ maximum-security prison ⓘ state prison ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
governingBody	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ⓘ
hasCategory	1810s establishments in New York State ⓘ Buildings and structures in Cayuga County, New York ⓘ Maximum security prisons in the United States ⓘ Prisons in New York State ⓘ
hasFeature	administration building ⓘ cell blocks ⓘ chapel ⓘ dining hall ⓘ educational facilities ⓘ guard towers ⓘ medical unit ⓘ perimeter walls ⓘ prison yard ⓘ recreation facilities ⓘ visiting area ⓘ workshops ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	early 19th-century American penal reform ⓘ model for other U.S. prisons in the 19th century ⓘ
hasInmatePopulationType	adult males ⓘ
hasPrisonManagementSystem	Auburn system ⓘ
inception	1817 ⓘ
isPartOf	New York state prison system ⓘ linked to: New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
jurisdiction	State of New York ⓘ linked to: New York State
locatedIn	Auburn, New York ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Cayuga County, New York ⓘ New York State ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	North America ⓘ
notableFor	congregate labor by day and solitary confinement by night ⓘ development of the Auburn system of prison discipline ⓘ
oneOfOldest	continuously operating prisons in the United States ⓘ
operator	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ⓘ
ownedBy	State of New York ⓘ linked to: New York State
primaryFunction	incarceration of adult male offenders ⓘ
publicAccess	no general public access ⓘ
securityClassification	maximum security ⓘ
securityLevel	high ⓘ
usedFor	confinement ⓘ educational programs for inmates ⓘ rehabilitation programs ⓘ vocational training for inmates ⓘ

How these facts were elicited