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Built in 1845 , the site originally served as a site where prisoners were used to work in local mines in both Dannemora and nearby Lyon Mountain . This enterprise would not be profitable, and by 1877 , mining was ended, and the prisoners were put to work on other trades. With this change, the prison experienced growth, and it was given new, on average 60 feet tall, concrete walls that still stand in 1887 . In 1895 , the first prisoner was executed in the Electric Chair at the prison, beginning the use of Capital Punishment at Clinton Correctional. This period also saw many prisoners cured of Tuberculosis due in part to the clean air in the Adirondacks, leading to the importation of prisoners with this disease from other prisons. In 1929 , Clinton Correctional witnessed a riot, which coupled with riots in other prisons in that year led to prison reform in New York State. This led to the building of schools in the prison, and the renovation or rebuilding of most of the structures within prison walls, making the facility more modern. The church of St. Dismas was built in 1941 . In the later half of the 20th Century , the prison's mental institutions closed and were converted into an annex to house more prisoners. NOTABLE INMATES
TRIVIA Tupac Shakur 's hit song "Picture Me Rollin", off the album '' All Eyez On Me '', makes reference to Clinton Correctional Facility:
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