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State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands is a minimum-security facility in Somerset Township, Pennsylvania, [1] about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. The prison houses minimum-security inmates, particularly geriatric and mentally ill males.
State Correctional Institution – Waynesburg was a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections minimum security prison in Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania near Waynesburg. [1] [2] The property had 117 acres (47 ha) of land. As a men's prison it had 220 employees and approximately 450 prisoners. [3]
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.
In March 2024, 44 of Pennsylvania's death row inmates were moved to Somerset. [2] They were previously at SCI Phoenix, which continues to house other death penalty prisoners. [3] Almost all of the prison is in Somerset Township, [4] while a small portion is in Brothersvalley Township. [5] The total land area is 240 acres (97 ha). [3]
The project started with Norwegian prison officials visiting SCI Chester in 2017, which was followed by DOC officials visiting several Scandinavian prisons in 2019. SCI Chester began reconstructing unit Charlie Alpha in the fall of 2019 to incorporate some of the concepts the DOC officials were presented with during their trip to Scandinavia. [5]
The State Correctional Institution – Rockview (SCI Rockview) is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison located in Centre County, Pennsylvania, 5 miles (8.0 km) away from Bellefonte. The facility is mostly in Benner Township , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] while a portion of the prison grounds extends into College Township .
Pennsylvania state prison inmate Caine Pelzer has spent the past 15 straight years in solitary confinement, including at the State Correctional Institution at Albion in western Erie County.
Aerial view of the prison in 2024. The State Correctional Institution – Greene (SCI Greene) is a maximum security prison, classified as a Supermax, [1] located in Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, near Waynesburg, off Interstate 79 and Pennsylvania Route 21.