The New Haven Correctional Center houses primarily pretrial offenders and serves the superior courts in Meriden, New Haven, Bantam, Litchfield and Waterbury. It is a level 4 high-security facility.
1 pung - Once the name for a one-horse sled or wagon.  skate, ski, sled - The word skate was originally plural and comes from Dutch schaats, which derived from an Old French word for stilt, but the connection is unclear. Skate appeared in English in the mid-17th century.
Bumpers located on the front and rear of the skeleton act as shock absorbers and help protect the slider from the wall of the ice tunnel. The sled measures 3 feet in length by 16 inches wide and weighs between 70 and 115 pounds (this depends on the weight of the slider, as there's an overall weight limit). The skeleton slider wears a very close-fitting, aerodynamic speed suit made of rubber and a durable helmet complete with visor and chin guard.