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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.
Operated by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, it was named after the phoenix bird. [3] It cost $400 million to build, making it the most expensive state prison to be constructed in Pennsylvania history. [4] [5] It has a capacity of 3,830 prisoners, [6] and as of September 2018, its full time workforce numbered 1,200. [7]
ZIP Code PA 17866-1020 The State Correctional Institution – Coal Township , commonly referred to as SCI Coal Township , is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison.
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 .
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]
SCI Muncy is the diagnostic center for female offenders in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. It also houses the Young Adult Offenders program. [2] SCI Muncy has received some press coverage for its service dog training program. [4] As of 2019, the prison housed 1,472 prisoners, including 170 with life sentences. [5]
George W. Hill Correctional Facility is a county jail and prison located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the townships of Thornbury and Concord. [1] [2] It has a Thornton postal address, [3] and is within the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
State Correctional Institution – Benner Township; State Correctional Institution – Cambridge Springs; State Correctional Institution – Chester; State Correctional Institution – Cresson; State Correctional Institution – Fayette; State Correctional Institution – Forest; State Correctional Institution – Frackville