Inmate "Over-flow" is housed at the Holding Center Annex at the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden, New York.

The Jail Management Division of the Erie County Sheriff's Office conducts regularly scheduled tours of the facility for high school and college student groups, police academy classes and groups of "At risk" teens.

The ECHC houses many high profile criminals and frequently has to deploy QET (quick entry team) to quell inmate disturbances and emergency situations.

According to a professor at University at Buffalo Law School, "Erie County continues to operate the Holding Center with indifference to the basic medical needs of inmates.

[3][4] The Erie County Prisoners Rights Coalition demonstrates in front of the Center each Wednesday.