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Francisco Acevedo, serial killer who murdered three women in New York between 1989 and 1996. •
Andre Rand, thought to be the notorious madman "Cropsy" in Staten Island, New York. He was convicted of the kidnapping of 12-year-old Jennifer Schweiger in 1987 and the kidnapping of Holly Ann Hughes (a case 23 years old) in 2004. •
Charles Luciano, known as Lucky Luciano, founded the modern
Cosa Nostra. He spent a brief period here in 1936 before his deportation to
Italy. •
Arthur Shawcross, an American serial killer who served 15 years in Green Haven from 1972 to 1987. •
Ronald DeFeo Jr., tried and convicted of killing his parents and four siblings at their home in
Amityville, New York. The case inspired
Jay Anson's novel
The Amityville Horror. •
James McBratney, a convicted
bank robber who kidnapped
Emanuel Gambino, the son of
Thomas Gambino and nephew of
Gambino crime family patriarch
Carlo Gambino. He was murdered by
John Gotti,
Angelo Ruggiero and Ralph Galione in a highly publicized mob execution. •
Robert Golub, convicted for the murder of 13-year-old Kelly Anne Tinyes, who lived five doors away from his home. She was killed inside his home in Valley Stream, New York, on March 3, 1989. On March 3, 2009, this case was reopened. •
John Giuca, whose trial has been the subject of intense media attention following his mother's undercover operation to expose
juror misconduct. •
Lemuel Warren Smith, is an American serial killer who was the first convict to kill an on-duty female corrections officer. Smith was already in prison for the murders of at least five people when he murdered prison guard Donna Payant at Green Haven Correctional Facility in 1981. •
John Gotti (1940–2002), an American
mobster who became the
boss of the
Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age. Operating out of the
Ozone Park neighborhood of
Queens, Gotti quickly rose to prominence, becoming one of the crime family's biggest earners and a protégé of Gambino family
underboss Aniello Dellacroce. •
Nicky Barnes, an American former criminal
drug lord and
crime boss. •
Joey Gallo (1929–1972), also known as "Crazy Joe" and "Joe the Blond", a celebrated
New York City gangster for the
Profaci crime family, later known as the
Colombo crime family. Gallo initiated one of the bloodiest mob conflicts since the 1931
Castellammarese War and was murdered as a result of it. •
Daniel Genis, journalist and writer, spent three years in Green Haven and often writes about it. •
Calvin Jackson, serial killer who murdered nine women in
Manhattan between 1973 and 1974. •
Willie Sutton, a bank robber who escaped from this prison in the 1940s. •
Mark David Chapman, the man who
murdered John Lennon in 1980. Chapman was transferred from
Wende Correctional Facility to Green Haven in 2022. • Riccardo McCray, perpetrator of the
2010 City Grill shooting. •
Waldo Grant, a serial killer who murdered four gay men in Manhattan between 1973 and 1976. •
Thang Thanh Nguyen, formerly listed on the
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Convicted of murder for the 1992 robbery and killing of Chung Lam in
Irondequoit, New York. •
Matthew Madonna, an American mobster and member of the
Lucchese crime family. He previously served as acting boss before being imprisoned in 2017. ==Correction officer deaths==