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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.
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Operated by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, it was named after the phoenix bird. [3] It cost $400 million to build, making it the most expensive state prison to be constructed in Pennsylvania history. [4] [5] It has a capacity of 3,830 prisoners, [6] and as of September 2018, its full time workforce numbered 1,200. [7]
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]
Commissary list, circa 2013. A prison commissary [1] or canteen [2] is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, etc. Typically inmates are not allowed to possess cash; [3] instead, they make purchases through an account with funds from money contributed by friends, family members, etc., or earned as wages.
In April 2017, GEO Group completed an acquisition of CEC, regaining management of the prison. [4] Currently, the facility is managed by Delaware County , which took back control of the jail as of April 6, 2022 and generally houses inmates with sentences of two years less one day or a state sentences of five years less one day.
Long gone are the days of Cristal champagne and caviar bumps.
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]