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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.
Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details Joe Fleet: Sentenced to ten years in prison, paroled in 1930. Negro league baseball player; charged with housebreaking and larceny. [31] Randy Lanier: 04961-069: Sentenced to life in prison in 1988, released October 15, 2014.
The prison runs the young offenders program and houses some of Pennsylvania's youngest inmates. 40% of the population is under 20. The average age is 38 years old. [3] The prison temporarily held Jordan Brown when he was 12 years old. [4] On August 17, 2017, inmate Arthur Charles Martin, was found dead in his cell.
Limiting the use of RHUs has proven to increase violence in prisons. On April 1, 2022, New York passed a law that severely limits, or in some cases eliminates, the ability to place inmates in RHUs.
According to the most recent capacity report, [2] there are 1,259 inmates at SCI Chester, making the facility at 107% capacity, of its complement of 1,018 beds, hence the facility is in excess capacity by 242. The average age of an inmate at SCI Chester is 38 and the prison employs 399 full-time staff. [1]
The United States Office of Management and Budget [19] has designated Mifflin County as the Lewistown, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA). [20] As of the 2010 United States Census [ 21 ] the micropolitan area ranked 10th most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 237th most populous in the United States with a population of 46,682.
A man awaiting trial on felony drug charges escaped Sunday from a central Pennsylvania jail, Hollidaysburg police wrote in a statement. Isaiah R. Tilghman, 33, escaped between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m ...
Image credits: The Hollywood Reporter #12 R. Kelly. Former singer and record producer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in early 2023 for three charges of producing child sexual abuse ...