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  2. Prison library - Wikipedia

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    The first state prison library was established in 1802. [19] At the beginning of the 19th century prisons were usually operated by the clergy. [1] The purpose of the library was to increase religious devotion and modify behaviour. In many prisons during this time period the library collection consisted only of the Bible and sometimes prayer ...

  3. State Correctional Institution – Pine Grove - Wikipedia

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    The State Correctional Institution – Pine Grove is a Pennsylvania state prison located in White Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The prison contains 19 buildings including 8 housing units. Ground breaking for SCI Pine Grove occurred on May 11, 1998. The first inmates arrived on January 9, 2001. The prison cost $71 million and ...

  4. Imagining a life beyond prison walls: Why tiny libraries are ...

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    Founded in 2020, Freedom Reads works to place millions of books into prisons by installing one Freedom Library at a time in every prison dormitory and housing unit in the United States based on ...

  5. List of Pennsylvania state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Frackville, Pennsylvania: State Correctional Institution – Phoenix: Skippack, Pennsylvania: Opened July 11, 2018, replacing the adjoining State Correctional Institution – Graterford, which had been Pennsylvania's largest prison. Graterford opened in 1929 and worked with Eastern State Penitentiary until its closing in 1970.

  6. State Correctional Institution – Greene - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the prison in 2024. 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.

  7. Pennsylvania's prisons will be come more dangerous if ... - AOL

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    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.

  8. State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania Department of Corrections State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale is a 1500-bed correctional facility located outside Houtzdale in southern Clearfield County , Pennsylvania , along Pennsylvania Route 153 .

  9. State Correctional Institution – Fayette - Wikipedia

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    The State Correctional Institution at Fayette [2] is a 2,000 bed maximum-security prison located in a remote section of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.. The prison is located southeast of Pittsburgh and was built to replace two institutions [1] (SCI-Waynesburg and SCI-Pittsburgh) to make the Commonwealth's prison system more energy-efficie