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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.
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 ...
Pages in category "State prisons in Pennsylvania" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections State Correctional Institution – Somerset is a medium-security, all-male correctional facility located outside Somerset, Pennsylvania , about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Pittsburgh , and about 5 miles (8.0 km) off the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike .
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 .
The State Correctional Institution – Dallas, commonly referred to as SCI Dallas, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. SCI Dallas houses about 2,140 inmates, some 400 of whom are serving life without the possibility of parole. It has 119 beds in its restricted housing unit ...
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 .
The project started with Norwegian prison officials visiting SCI Chester in 2017, which was followed by DOC officials visiting several Scandinavian prisons in 2019. SCI Chester began reconstructing unit Charlie Alpha in the fall of 2019 to incorporate some of the concepts the DOC officials were presented with during their trip to Scandinavia. [ 5 ]