robinson is one of a cluster of five state prisons in the immediate area, northeast of enfield and under a mile from the massachusetts state line. the others are enfield correctional institution (inmate population 717), willard-cybulski correctional institution, northern correctional institution, and osborn correctional institution. it was announced in 2017 that the enfield correctional institute would close in early 2018 due to reduced inmate population statewide; most staff members in the staff of 190 were reassigned.