Wende Correctional Facility

Koch Corporation has installed Hopes Steel Guard Series Steel Detention Windows in prisons across the US for several decades and remains a leading installer for these products with over 30 years experience. Hopes Windows has been a long standing leader in the production of detention and security windows during their 100 plus years of business. It is said that Hopes windows often outlast the buildings in which they are installed! We install even the most difficult security and detention windows despite the odd shaped openings many of the aged buildings present. Often there is an issue with asbestos and lead due to the age of the buildings but Koch is able to self-perform all abatement mitigation.


Project Description

The Wende Correctional Facility, located in Alden, NY was originally the county jail for the surrounding Erie County. Built in 1923 by Morris & Allen, Inc., the facility was designed by the renowned prison architect, William Beardsley. The Wende family had donated the land on which the prison complex sits, to the county for a park. The park was used as farmland to grow food for the inmates of the Erie County Penitentiary, located on the west side of Buffalo. When the need arose for the Erie County Penitentiary to be expanded, the country jail was sold and a maximum-security prison was built at the present site. In 1983, the state of New York purchased the Erie County Penitentiary from Erie County and today, there are 49 buildings on the site of the Wende Correctional Facility, with the ability to house 961 inmates. In 2008, when the state realized that the physical condition of the prison facilities needed renovations, Koch Corporation was chosen to install new windows and self-perform the asbestos abatement necessary for the upgrade. Energy efficient security widows were installed. The windows were made in Erie County, NY by Hopes Windows. Hopes Windows has become a long standing leader in the production of detention and security windows during their 100 years of being in business. It is said that Hopes windows often outlast the buildings they are installed in!


Quick Stats
Location
Alden NY
Expertise
Security Windows
Sector
Prisons

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