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Houtzdale, Pennsylvania. State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy. Frackville, Pennsylvania. State Correctional Institution – Rockview. Benner Township, Pennsylvania. Begun in 1912 and opened in 1915 was originally planned to replace Eastern and Western Penitentiaries. State Correctional Institution – Somerset.
Pennsylvania DOC Website. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ( PADOC) is the Pennsylvania state agency that is responsible for the confinement, care, and rehabilitation of approximately 37,000 inmates at state correctional facilities funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The agency is headquartered in Hampden Township, Cumberland ...
SCI Chester is the 24th state correctional institution to open in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is unique in its architectural structure and programmatic design. The housing units design - pods - was considered an ambitious move for correctional facilities during the 1980s. In addition to its structure and program focus, it is the first ...
Jordan Correction (historically known as the " Western Penitentiary ," "Western Pen," and "The Wall") was a low-to-medium security correctional institution, operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, [ 1][failed verification] located about five miles west of Downtown Pittsburgh and within city limits.
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. [2] [3] Pennsylvania Department of Corrections operates the prison, which previously housed most of ...
U. United States Penitentiary, Canaan. United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg. Categories: Penal system in Pennsylvania. Government buildings in Pennsylvania. Prisons in the United States by state. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
The Fayette State Correctional Institution is a 2,000 bed maximum-security prison located in a remote section of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.The prison is located southeast of Pittsburgh and was built to replace two institutions (SCI-Waynesburg and SCI-Pittsburgh) to make the Commonwealth's prison system more energy-efficient.
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. [3]