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SCI Phoenix is one of two prisons that share Pennsylvania's death row. [10] The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections anticipated that most of the prisoners would be from the area of Philadelphia, and currently SCI Phoenix is the state prison closest to Philadelphia. [11]
As of 2024 male death row inmates are housed at SCI Phoenix and SCI Somerset. [13] Previously death row inmates were held at SCI Greene, which housed most men in this category. [12] 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]
SCI Phoenix opened in July 2018. [11] The state began moving Graterford prisoners there on July 11, 2018, and Graterford ended operations on July 15, 2018. [12] All Graterford employees became Phoenix employees. [4] Some inmates disliked the move as they feared they would be sharing cells with other inmates, while at Graterford they had single ...
When reporting a new death, seek to identify the inmate's name, age, arrest date (to show how long the person was in custody), alleged crime (or whether that person was convicted) and any information about the circumstances of the death. It's important to remember that many people in jail have not been found guilty.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
He has been at SCI Somerset since Sept. 19, 2018. His next of kin has been notified. This article originally appeared on The Daily American: SCI-Somerset inmate death being investigated
Raghunandan Yandamuri (born 21 February 1986) [1] is an Indian citizen, murderer, and kidnapper, who is currently awaiting execution on death row in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at SCI Somerset, as of 2024. [1]
Jan. 24—The death of a 68-year-old inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Hazelton over the weekend is being investigated as a homicide, a source at the prison confirmed.