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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.
This construction and expansion program was launched in 1990 to address the prison overcrowding problem, to create jobs and stimulate economic growth. SCI Coal Township was one of five institutions constructed and financed through county or municipal authorities and one of five prototypical state prisons dedicated in 1993.
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 Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Training Academy serves as a training area for prison employees working for the state and county. [14] It is located in Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, [15] [16] near Elizabethtown and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Harrisburg. The academy includes nine buildings on 265 acres (107 ha) of land. [14]
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 ...
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.
State Correctional Institution – Muncy (SCI Muncy) is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison for women in Clinton Township, Lycoming County, [1] near Muncy. SCI Muncy, a medium/maximum security prison, [ 2 ] houses Pennsylvania's death row for women.
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.