Alderney State Correctional Facility

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Alderney State Correctional Facility

The Alderney State Correctional Facility is a prison in south Alderney in Grand Theft Auto IV. It is programmed in the game to also be it's own area, not administrated by Acter Industrial Park which encloses it. It appears to be a medium security prison, as there are many armed guards patrolling the area, barbed wire fences and guard towers. It is not a maximum or supermax security prison, as such facilities are not located in or near most major cities. It overlooks the West River and Algonquin. Even though the gates are heavily guarded, there are no missions involving prison breaks. Niko Bellic won't receive any wanted star levels if he enters the prison unless he shoots or hits an inmate or guard.
The only known inmate is Gerald McReary (Currently Serving). Billy Grey also did time there before The Lost Brotherhood broke in during the mission Get Lost. Aiden O'Malley was supposed to be transferred there but was rescued and then executed in the mission Tunnel of Death. Gerald McReary received a lengthy sentence for various charges including raketeering and armed robbery. Billy Grey was, most likely, in for a parole violation and possible possesion of illegal firearm when he's arrested in the mission This Shit's Cursed. Aiden O'Malley was likely going to be transferred there on charges of grand larceny.

The only way to gain access inside the prison is to use a helicopter or to use an ambulance or truck to jump over the wall. In multiplayer mode the player can drive through the entrance into the grounds. There are no guards or inmates in multiplayer mode.

Trivia

• Prisoners appear to be forced to clean the courtyards of the facility.
• During the mission Get Lost, the prison alarm is different to the normal alarm.
• It appears that initially, the large, fully fenced-in (both the top and sides) concrete recreational area was a baseball field, and the developers forgot to remove that underlying field texture when the prison is viewed from a great distance (more likely than the next statement). However, the field may also have been used for scaling purposes in initial planning. Or it could be something completely different. Those two idea's of this editor's theories. The field texture can be seen if you are high enough in the air and far enough away from the prison (as long as you are at least 1/3 of the way up on the altimeter and on Algonquin, you should be able to see it. Try looking from the top of Rotterdam Tower). Seen in The Ballad of Gay Tony (confirm in other versions?).

Episodes from Liberty City

In The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, entering the facility will give you a three-star wanted level and the facility's alarm going off. This does not happen in the original GTA IV.

Mission Appearences

Grand Theft Auto IV

• I'll Take Her...
• She's a Keeper
• Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

The Lost and Damned

• Get Lost