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Chester, Pennsylvania: Opened 1998 first facility to treat inmates with substance use and be tobacco free: State Correctional Institution – Dallas: Dallas, Pennsylvania: Was originally designed for "defective delinquents" State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale: Houtzdale, Pennsylvania: State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy ...
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale is a 1500-bed correctional facility located outside Houtzdale in southern Clearfield County , Pennsylvania , along Pennsylvania Route 153 .
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 .
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]
Best known prisons (mostly from 19th century or older, mainly still in function except the Katajanokka Prison and Kakola): former Helsinki County Prison or Katajanokka Prison, so called "Nokka" or "Skatta" (1749–2002) Sörnäinen Prison, so called "Sörkka", Helsinki; Turku Prison (formerly 'Kakola', 1853–2007)
The Bureau of Federal Prisons agreed to allow Federal penitentiaries in Pennsylvania to take up to 800 inmates (not the Camp Hill inmates, but state prison inmates whom they displaced after the transfer). [10] Nineteen inmates were bused to SCI Graterford on Nov. 6.
The first inmates arrived on January 9, 2001. The prison cost $71 million and "emphasizes treatment and education". [2] 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 ...
The Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto (FCI Loretto) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Pennsylvania. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male offenders. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.