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State Correctional Institution – Benner Township, commonly referred to as SCI Benner, is a Medium-Security correctional facility for males located in Benner Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. [1] It is one of twenty six state-level correctional institutions of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections System. [2]
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. [3]
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.
Matthew Creaton, 35, died after hanging himself at the Erie County Prison on Feb. 19, 2020. His death spurred a federal lawsuit.
Centre County’s two state prisons rank high for inmate suicides since 2018. Benner state prison inmate dies by suicide in cell, Centre County Coroner’s Office says Skip to main content
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State Correctional Institution – Albion is a Medium-Security correctional facility for males, located in the extreme northwestern corner of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Erie County. SCI-Albion also holds Close-Security inmates as well.
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