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With over 5,000 admissions each year (and a similar number of discharges), Lancaster County Prison currently has beds for over 950 inmates, but has the capacity to accommodate more if needed. [citation needed] The majority of those currently detained are imprisoned pending trial, the remaining 40% having already been sentenced.
Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania: Opened 1889 first for young offenders and then "defective delinquents" modeled after the Elmira Correctional Facility: State Correctional Institution – Smithfield: Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
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. The academy includes nine buildings on 265 acres (107 ha) of land. [14]
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.
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 Federal Correctional Institution, McKean (FCI McKean) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Pennsylvania. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male offenders.
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 ...
S. State Correctional Institution – Albion; State Correctional Institution – Benner Township; State Correctional Institution – Cambridge Springs