Southeastern Correctional Institution
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Southeastern Correctional Institution is an Ohio prison located at 5900 Boys Industrial School Road in Lancaster, Ohio. The prison is actually located six miles south of Lancaster. [1] It currently houses 1,529 inmates with either minimum or medium security levels.[2]
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Coordinates: 39°38′35″N 82°37′18″W / 39.64306°N 82.62167°W
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Benny Hill was never housed here. S.C.I is referred to as "the hill" because it sits on the very top of a hill. The old story goes that Bob Hope was housed here when he was a teenager. At that time the facility was a boys reform school. That is why the name of the road it's on. B.I.S. or Boys Industrial School road. It is rumored that Bob Hope escaped the facility and from there went to California.