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State Correctional Institution – Cresson, Cresson, Pennsylvania, Converted from a psychiatric hospital. Closed in 2013; State Correctional Institution - Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2017. State Correctional Institution - Retreat, Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania, converted from a psychiatric hospital. Opened 1980.
Oct. 13—Local officials have made it clear they want the Wernersville Community Correctional Center closed down. State officials say there are no plans to do that. At a press conference ...
The facility began accepting prisoners in April 2006 [4] and continued to expand up until originally closing in 2021. At opening it was the first privately owned prison in Pennsylvania. [ 4 ] It housed low-security, nonviolent criminal aliens who had less than 5 years on their remaining sentences.
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 DOC plans to move 26 correctional staff from the minimum-security facility to the medium-security facility on the same campus. 3rd prison to close in 3 months Last month, DOC closed MCI ...
According to numbers maintained by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, there were 3,113 total assaults recorded in New York’s correctional facilities, up from ...
In 2017, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections considered closing the prison, as part of an attempt by the state government to reduce the state's budget deficit. However, the prison was spared closure. Had SCI - Frackville closed it would likely have dealt a significant blow to the local economy, as it employs over 400 staff. [1]
The present facility opened on its current site in 1882, operating as one of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's first correctional facilities, which at the time, held some maximum-security inmates. In January 2005, after transferring the inmates to SCI-Fayette, [5] the facility was mothballed. In 2007, the facility re-opened with its current ...