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Pennsylvania Department Of Corrections
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 has its headquarters in Hampden Township, Cumberland County in Greater Harrisburg, near Mechanicsburg. In October 2017, Gov. Tom Wolf signed a "memorandum of understanding" that allows the PADOC and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole to share like resources and eliminate duplicative efforts. All parole supervision now falls under the jurisdiction of the PADOC; while parole release decisions remain under the jurisdiction of the PA Board of Probation and Parole. The two agencies remain separate. With the passage of the 2021-2022 Pennsylvania budget, this merger became official and permanent. There are currently 23 state correctional institutions, one motivational boot camp, one central training academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hampden Township is the largest municipality by population in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The population was 28,044 at the 2010 census, up from 24,135 at the 2000 census. History The Johannes Eberly House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Geography Hampden Township is located in northeastern Cumberland County, drained by Conodoguinet Creek, which makes several large bends across the middle of the township on its way east towards the Susquehanna River. Blue Mountain separates the township in the north from Perry County. Its villages include Brennemans Mill, Good Hope, Mount Zion, and Sporting Hill. Interstate 81 crosses the northern part of the township, with access from Exit 61 ( Pennsylvania Route 944) at Mount Zion. Pennsylvania Route 581, the southwestern segment of Harrisburg's Capital Beltway, interchanges with I-81 in the west and runs south then east across the township, with access from Exit 2 (Creekview Road), Exit 3 (Carlisle Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill
The State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Camp Hill, commonly referred to as SCI Camp Hill, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, near Camp Hill in Greater Harrisburg. Its Superintendent is Laurel Harry. It has around 3,400 inmates. History SCI Camp Hill opened in 1941 as the Industrial School at White Hill for Young Offenders and received Huntingdon Reformatory's juvenile population en masse. In 1975 it was ruled that SCI Camp Hill was not an appropriate place to house juvenile offenders, and in 1977 the institution began housing adult male offenders. It now serves as the state's sole diagnostic and classification center for men and houses adult male offenders. Sexual Victimization at SCI Camp Hill According to a study by the United States Department of Justice released in August 2010, 1.2% of inmates who responded to a survey reported that they had been sexually victimized at the prison. 1989 riots For three days in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Pine Grove
The State Correctional Institution – Pine Grove is a Pennsylvania state prison located in Indiana township. The prison contains 19 buildings including 8 housing units. Ground breaking for SCI Pine Grove occurred on May 11, 1998. The first inmates arrived on January 9, 2001. The prison cost $71 million and "emphasizes treatment and education". 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. The prison temporarily held Jordan Brown when he was 12 years old. On August 17, 2017, inmate Arthur Charles Martin, was found dead in his cell. He was serving time for a drug conviction. On January 11, 2018, inmate Jeremy R. Smith was accused of assaulting four guards in the kitchen area. See also *List of Pennsylvania state prisons This is a list of state prisons in Pennsylvania. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Mercer
State Correctional Institution – Mercer is a minimum-security correctional facility near Mercer in the northwestern part of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. History Originally housing inmates from the 14 northwestern Pennsylvania counties. In 1986, the facility also accepted inmates from the southwestern 9-county region that were utilizing SCI-Greensburg. Presently, inmates from all over the commonwealth are housed at SCI Mercer. Physical Plant There are 30 buildings on SRCF Mercer's Campus (23 inside the 37.5 acre fenced perimeter). The campus is air-conditioned (electric system). Nine diesel backup generators serve as emergency power. The institution operates its own sewage treatment plant, having a 104,000 gallon daily capacity. See also * List of Pennsylvania state prisons This is a list of state prisons in Pennsylvania. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Historical (closed) * State Correctional Instituti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy
State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy is a 1,000 cell, all male, Medium-Security, correctional facility located along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Construction of SCI-Mahanoy Mahanoy was one of four"Schuylkill To Get New State Prison" – Reading Eagle, 5/8/1991 (Retrieved: 5/7/2011). 1,000-bed medium-security correctional facilities constructed in Pennsylvania around the same time. The facility cost $117 Million to construct and is on a 222-acre tract of land that was originally leased by the county commissioners. Construction began in July 1991 and the prison opened two years later. Notable inmates * Joshua Komisarjevsky, convicted in the Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders * Mark Canty, convicted in the Murder of Lauretha Vaird * David Freeman, convicted in the Freeman family murders * Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of the murder of Daniel Faulkner * Robert Nauss, convicted of the murder of Elizabeth Lande See also * List of Pennsylvania state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands
State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands is a minimum-security facility located on State Route 31, about three miles east of the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. SCI – Laurel Highlands houses minimum-security inmates, particularly older males and geriatric/mentally ill males. History SCI – Laurel Highlands is on the campus of the former Somerset State Hospital, which closed in mid-1995. The facility was then converted into its current facility and opened in 1996. Notable inmates *John du Pont – murdered Olympic gold-medalist Dave Schultz. Du Pont died in prison in 2010. *Ira Einhorn – nicknamed The Unicorn Killer, he evaded justice for over two decades before being extradited from France in 2001 to stand trial for the 1977 murder of his girlfriend Holly Maddux. Einhorn died in prison on April 2, 2020. *Tom Druce – former Pennsylvania State Representative *George Feigley *Scott Ritter – intelligence o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon
State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon is a close-security correctional facility, located near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny Mountains. SCI Huntingdon was, until the reopening of SCI-Pittsburgh, the oldest-operating state correctional facility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. History The facility was opened in 1889 and was modeled after the Elmira Reformatory in New York and was called the Huntingdon Reformatory for Young Offenders. SCI Huntingdon was used for "defective delinquents" until 1960, after that it became a maximum-security prison, housing Capital Case inmates until 1995. SCI Huntingdon is now a close-security institution. Notable inmates *George Feigley, sex cult leader, served part of his sentence at SCI- Huntingdon, from 1983 to 1998. * Kermit Gosnell, abortion provider and convicted child murderer * Joseph Kallinger, who had initially been held at the state prison at Huntingdon until he attacked another inmate with a razor-studded belt. * Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale
State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale is a 1500-bed correctional facility located outside Houtzdale in southern Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, along Pennsylvania Route 153. Building SCI Houtzdale The facility cost $70 MillionGoogle News Search Excerpts - Retrieved 5/7/2011 to construct and, when opened in January 1996, had a bed capacity of 1,587. As of June 2012 SCI Houtzdale is the third-largest correctional institution in the state of Pennsylviania holding upwards of 2,800 inmates. Notable inmates * Warren McGlone (alias Steady B) - Hip hop artist, convicted in the murder of Philadelphia Police Department officer Lauretha Vaird in a bank robbery See also *List of Pennsylvania state prisons This is a list of state prisons in Pennsylvania. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Historical (closed) * State Correctional Institution – Greensburg, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, C ... References {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Greene
The State Correctional Institution – Greene (SCI Greene) is a maximum security prison, classified as a Supermax,America's Supermax Prisons Do Torture Retrieved 2011-01-25. located in Franklin Township, Greene County, , near Waynesburg, off [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Frackville
State Correctional Institution – Frackville is a maximum-security correctional facility for males off Interstate 81 in Ryan Township in rural Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Frackville and about northwest of Reading. In 2017, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections considered closing the prison, as part of an attempt by the state government to reduce the state's budget deficit. However, the prison was spared closure. Had SCI - Frackville closed it would likely have dealt a significant blow to the local economy, as it employs over 400 staff. Construction and development of SCI-Frackville Construction of SCI-Frackville cost $33 Million to construct and spurred development of motels and other businesses in the area. Notable prisoners * George Feigley served part of his sentence at SCI-Frackville. He and his wife Sandra's website www.prisoners.com was highly critical of the prison. * Anthony Peterson Jr. was to serve 11 years of the 14-year sentence fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Forest
State Correctional Institution – Forest is one of two identical correctional facilities in Pennsylvania that were constructed in the beginning of the twenty-first century to hold maximum-security male inmates. SCI Forest is located in the community of Marienville, in remote Forest County. Creation of SCI-Forest SCI - Forest and SCI-Fayette, which are identical in size and design, were constructed to accommodate overcrowding at SCI-Pittsburgh and SCI-Waynesburg, which were "mothballed""State Announces Plan To 'Mothball' 'Western Pen'" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/19/2004 (Retrieved 5/7/2011) after the opening of SCI Forest. Construction of the correctional facility cost $126 million. See also * List of Pennsylvania state prisons This is a list of state prisons in Pennsylvania. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Historical (closed) * State Correctional Institution – Greensburg, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Fayette
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. It is the only prison in the Commonwealth where Pennsylvania license plates are manufactured, holding that distinction since 2003. Construction of SCI-Fayette The $125 million, facility was constructed on land that was formerly the site of one of the largest coal operations in the world, where coal from nearby mines was washed and shipped away. The institution covers under roof and within the perimeter fence. The construction of the prison included a sewage treatment plant for the prison and neighboring communities in the township. Inmate Exposure to Toxic Coal Waste In 2014, a report published by thAbolitionist Law Centerfound m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
