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June 23, 1965 [ 5] Designated PHMC. May 2, 1996 [ 3] The Eastern State Penitentiary ( ESP) is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [ 6] It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration, first pioneered at ...
Houtzdale, Pennsylvania. State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy. Frackville, Pennsylvania. State Correctional Institution – Rockview. Benner Township, Pennsylvania. Begun in 1912 and opened in 1915 was originally planned to replace Eastern and Western Penitentiaries. State Correctional Institution – Somerset.
State Correctional Institution – Muncy (SCI Muncy) is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison for women in Clinton Township, Lycoming County, near Muncy. [2] SCI Muncy, a close security prison, [1] has Pennsylvania's "Death Row" for women. [3] In 1920, Muncy Industrial Home, a training school for imprisoned women between 16 and 30 ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Training Academy serves as a training area for prison employees working for the state and county. [13] It is located in Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, [14] [15] near Elizabethtown and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Harrisburg. The academy includes nine buildings on 265 acres (107 ha) of land. [13]
The State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Camp Hill, commonly referred to as SCI Camp Hill, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, near Camp Hill in Greater Harrisburg. [ 1][ 2] Its current superintendent is William Nicklow. It has around 1,800 inmates.
SCI Rockview overhead view. The State Correctional Institution – Rockview ( SCI Rockview) is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison located in Centre County, Pennsylvania, 5 miles (8.0 km) away from Bellefonte. The facility is mostly in Benner Township, [ 1 ][ 2 ] while a portion of the prison grounds extends into College Township.
SCI Chester is the 24th state correctional institution to open in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is unique in its architectural structure and programmatic design. The housing units design - pods - was considered an ambitious move for correctional facilities during the 1980s. In addition to its structure and program focus, it is the first ...
The State Correctional Institution – Greene ( SCI Greene) is a maximum security prison, classified as a Supermax, [ 1] located in Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, near Waynesburg, off Interstate 79 and Pennsylvania Route 21. [ 2][ 3] Pennsylvania Department of Corrections operates the prison, which previously housed most of ...