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According to the most recent capacity report, [2] there are 1,259 inmates at SCI Chester, making the facility at 107% capacity, of its complement of 1,018 beds, hence the facility is in excess capacity by 242. The average age of an inmate at SCI Chester is 38 and the prison employs 399 full-time staff. [1]
State Correctional Institution – Chester: 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
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) is the Pennsylvania state agency that is responsible for the confinement, care, and rehabilitation of approximately 37,000 inmates at state correctional facilities funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The escape of a convicted murderer from a Chester County correctional facility in late August is not the only incident of its kind in Pennsylvania in the past few months.
The inmate was allegedly transferred to an indefinite solitary confinement unit at SCI Fayette called the Security Threat Group Management Unit (STGMU) in November 2021 despite being identified as ...
The 40,600-inmate Pennsylvania state prison system received 135 allegations of inmate-on-inmate nonconsensual sexual acts, ... At the 1,990-inmate SCI Albion in 2022, ...
The Chester County Prison was built in 1959 to replace the previous county jail, which was declared unsafe in 1951. The new prison was designed to support medium and maximum security prisoners, with separate housing for male and female inmates, as well as juveniles. In 1983, parts of the prison were renovated and expanded.
The Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement on Sept. 11 that they have been pursuing Cavalcante in South Coventry Township in Chester County, which is about 30 miles outside Philadelphia.