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Chester, Pennsylvania: Opened 1998 first facility to treat inmates with substance use and be tobacco free: State Correctional Institution – Dallas: Dallas, Pennsylvania: Was originally designed for "defective delinquents" State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale: Houtzdale, Pennsylvania: State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy ...
Pennsylvania's last execution was carried out in July 1999. The execution complex for Pennsylvania is on the grounds of the State Correctional Institution – Rockview. [5] Many male death row inmates are housed at the State Correctional Institution – Somerset, [6] while some are housed at the State Correctional Institution – Phoenix. [7]
Commissary list, circa 2013. A prison commissary [1] or canteen [2] is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, etc. Typically inmates are not allowed to possess cash; [3] instead, they make purchases through an account with funds from money contributed by friends, family members, etc., or earned as wages.
Correctional Industries - Commissary Distribution Center, which processes, packs and ships food orders to other prisons and employs 90 inmates [2] Community Work Program - Inmates contributed 6,783 hours of community work in 2012 for an estimated savings to the community of $169,575. [2]
Limiting the use of RHUs has proven to increase violence in prisons. On April 1, 2022, New York passed a law that severely limits, or in some cases eliminates, the ability to place inmates in RHUs.
The Federal Correctional Institution, McKean (FCI McKean) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Pennsylvania. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male offenders.
Joseph Kallinger, who had initially been held at the state prison at Huntingdon until he attacked another inmate with a razor-studded belt. [6] William Dean Christensen, serial killer known as "America's Jack the Ripper". [7] Norman Johnston Escaped from SCI-Huntingdon August 2, 1999 and was captured three weeks later.
The Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood (FCC Allenwood) is a federal prison complex for male inmates in Pennsylvania, United States. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. [1]