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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.
State Correctional Institution – Cresson was a medium-security, all male correctional facility, [1] located off U.S. Route 22, about 10 miles west of Altoona along Old Route 22 in the Western part of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On January 8, 2013 state officials announced the prison would be closed. [2]
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] There are no female capital case inmates at this time.
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State Correctional Institution – Waynesburg was a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections minimum security prison in Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania near Waynesburg. [1] [2] The property had 117 acres (47 ha) of land. As a men's prison it had 220 employees and approximately 450 prisoners. [3]
Jordan Correction (historically known as the "Western Penitentiary," "Western Pen," and "The Wall") was a low-to-medium security correctional institution, operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, [1] [failed verification] located about five miles west of Downtown Pittsburgh and within city limits.
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 Graterford grounds include an extensive prison farm on 1,730 acres (7.0 km 2); the 62-acre (250,000 m 2) prison compound itself lies within 30-foot (9.1 m) high walls surmounted by nine staffed towers. An $80 million construction program completed in 1989 added a new administration building, a 28-bed infirmary, and 372 additional cells.