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Joseph Kallinger, who had initially been held at the state prison at Huntingdon until he attacked another inmate with a razor-studded belt. [6] William Dean Christensen, serial killer known as "America's Jack the Ripper". [7] Norman Johnston Escaped from SCI-Huntingdon August 2, 1999 and was captured three weeks later.
Virtual Visitation; Correctional Industries - Commissary Distribution Center, which processes, packs and ships food orders to other prisons and employs 90 inmates [2] Community Work Program - Inmates contributed 6,783 hours of community work in 2012 for an estimated savings to the community of $169,575. [2]
The riots began on October 25. Around 3 P.M., as about 1,000 inmates were being moved through a recreation area, one inmate attacked a Correction Officer and the inmates then overpowered the other CO's. Some CO's locked themselves into a secure area, but officials said that inmates tore down the walls, beat them, and took eight of them hostage.
Somerset, Pennsylvania: Houses geriatric and mentally ill inmates State Correctional Institution – Mercer: Mercer, Pennsylvania: Motivational Bootcamp – Quehanna: Karthaus Township, Pennsylvania: Co-ed and six-month duration State Correctional Institution – Waymart: Waymart, Pennsylvania: Originally part Farview State Hospital.
The State Correctional Institution – Coal Township, commonly referred to as SCI Coal Township, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison. Thomas McGinley is its superintendent. SCI Coal Township houses about 2,300 inmates. [1]
Pennsylvania's last execution was carried out in July 1999. The execution complex for Pennsylvania is on the grounds of the State Correctional Institution – Rockview. [5] Many male death row inmates are housed at the State Correctional Institution – Somerset, [6] while some are housed at the State Correctional Institution – Phoenix. [7]
The State Correctional Institution – Dallas, commonly referred to as SCI Dallas, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. SCI Dallas houses about 2,140 inmates, some 400 of whom are serving life without the possibility of parole. It has 119 beds in its restricted housing unit ...
Aerial view of the prison in 2024. 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.