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State Correctional Institution – Cresson was a medium-security, all male correctional facility, [1] located off U.S. Route 22, about 10 miles west of Altoona along Old Route 22 in the Western part of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On January 8, 2013 state officials announced the prison would be closed. [2]
State Correctional Institution – Greensburg, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Closed in 2013 Eastern State Penitentiary , Fairmount, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Closed in 1971 State Correctional Institution – Cresson , Cresson, Pennsylvania , Converted from a psychiatric hospital .
The graves of deceased patients were turned into a memorial outside the facility by then-Pennsylvania First Lady, Ginny Thornburgh. The memorial is maintained by DOC Maintenance Employees and inmates at the facility. The facility re-opened in 1987 as State Correctional Institution – Cresson and operated as such until 2013.
The Retreat State Hospital was declining in patients and was closed in 1981 and planning for SCI-Retreat's conversion began. Similar conversions were made at Cresson Center (Now SCI-Cresson) and the former Waynesburg Youth Development Center (Was SCI-Waynesburg from 1985-2004). Retreat was the first correctional facility built since 1960.
The body cavity search Christina Cardenas was subjected to at a correctional facility and hospital in Tehachapi amounted to "state sanctioned torture," famed attorney Gloria Allred said.
State Correctional Institution – Albion; 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
Upon his release at 21, he moved out of state and changed his name. While in prison, Kallinger made several suicide attempts, including attempting to set himself on fire. Because of his suicidal and violent behavior, he was transferred to a mental hospital in Trenton, New Jersey. He was then transferred to a mental hospital in Philadelphia on ...
The closure marked the transition to the new, state-of-the-art Lansing Correctional Facility, which spans 418,000 square feet and took 21 months to build. The new facility was constructed behind ...