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  2. Holmesburg Prison - Wikipedia

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    Holmesburg Prison, given the nickname "The Terrordome," [1] was a prison operated by the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Prisons (PDP) from 1896 to 1995. The facility is located at 8215 Torresdale Avenue in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia. It was decommissioned in 1995 when it closed.

  3. Eastern State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [6] It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration, first pioneered at the Walnut Street Jail, which emphasized principles of ...

  4. List of Pennsylvania state prisons - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Philadelphia House of Correction - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia House of Correction is one of five local prisons operated by the Philadelphia Prison System. It is located at 8001 State Road in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia. The facility was built in 1874 and rebuilt in 1927. Originally it was designed to the same pattern as the now-disused Eastern State Penitentiary ...

  6. State Correctional Institution – Graterford - Wikipedia

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    The prison, located on Graterford Road off of Pennsylvania Route 29, [3] was about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Philadelphia. [2] The prison, described by Joseph Stefano of The Philadelphia Inquirer as the primary state prison serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area, [4] once housed a small number of male death row inmates. [5]

  7. Philadelphia Prison System - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia Prison System. Coordinates: 40.030904°N 75.018084°W. The Philadelphia Department of Prisons is operated by the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. The facilities are located on State Road in Northeast Philadelphia. Shawn Hawes is the public spokesperson for the Philadelphia Prison System. [1]

  8. Pennsylvania State Police - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania State Police is a full service law enforcement agency which handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement. The Pennsylvania State Police was founded in 1905 by order of Governor Samuel Pennypacker, by signing Senate Bill 278 on May 2, 1905. The bill was signed in response to the Great Anthracite Strike of 1902.

  9. United States Penitentiary, Allenwood - Wikipedia

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    The United States Penitentiary, Allenwood (USP Allenwood) is a maximum security United States federal prison in Pennsylvania. It is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. FCC Allenwood is located on US Route 15 in ...