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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 ...
Michael Conahan, now 72, was sentenced to 17½ years in prison in 2011 in connection with the judicial scandal, which the FBI described as the “worst in Pennsylvania’s history.”
As of 2015, 80% of all Pennsylvania death row inmates were held at Greene. [12] At some point all SCI Greene death row inmates were moved to Phoenix. [13] While there are no female capital case inmates, any female death row inmates would be housed at SCI Muncy. [14] Prior to its closure, SCI Graterford housed male death row inmates. [12]
President Biden spurred criticism and praise on Monday with his decision to commute all but three prisoners currently on federal death row. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called the move “politically ...
Pennsylvania's last execution was carried out in July 1999. 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]
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 ...
The Chester County Prison was built in 1959 to replace the previous county jail, which was declared unsafe in 1951. The new prison was designed to support medium and maximum security prisoners, with separate housing for male and female inmates, as well as juveniles. In 1983, parts of the prison were renovated and expanded.
Mercer, Pennsylvania: Motivational Bootcamp – Quehanna: Karthaus Township, Pennsylvania: Co-ed and six-month duration State Correctional Institution – Waymart: Waymart, Pennsylvania: Originally part Farview State Hospital. Has Forensic Treatment Unit & houses inmates with mental disorders who require