State Correctional Institution – Somerset
Appearance
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Location | Somerset Township / Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania |
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Status | Open |
Security class | Medium security |
Capacity | 1,600[1] |
Opened | 1993 |
Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
State Correctional Institution – Somerset is a medium-security, all-male correctional facility located outside Somerset, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and about five miles off the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. In March 2024, 44 of Pennsylvania's death row inmates were moved to Somerset.[2]
Construction of SCI - Somerset
SCI – Somerset was constructed at a cost[1] of $82 million and was completed in 1993. The prison was constructed on the site of a farm. The campus covers 63 acres, inside and outside the perimeter fence.
Notable Inmates
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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Eric Frein | MY0275 | Sentenced to death. | Perpetrator of the 2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack in which he murdered Bryon Dickson and injured another officer.[3][4][5][6] After a large state-wide manhunt, Frein was captured and tried for his crimes.[7][8][9][10] |
John Eichinger | GL3402 | Sentenced to death.[11] | Convicted of murdering 4 people.[12] |
James David Martin | GN0771 | Serving a sentence of 22-to-44 years. | Murdered 3 people between 1989-2005.[13][14][15] |
Richard Andrew Poplawski | KB7354 | Sentenced to death.[16] | Perpetrator of the 2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers in which he murdered three cops after a 9-1-1 call from his mom's home.[17][18][19] |
Raghunandan Yandamuri | LU3857 | Sentenced to death.[20] | Convicted of the kidnapping-murder of Saanvi Venna and murdering Satyavathi Venna.[20] |
See also
References
- ^ a b "New Somerset Jail Ready For Dedication" - Gettysburg Times, 4/13/1993 (Retrieved 5/6/2011)
- ^ Wojcik, Baylee. "44 death row inmates now being housed at SCI Somerset". WJAC-TV.
- ^ Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (2014-09-13). "State Police Officer Dies in Pennsylvania Ambush". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Eric Frein At Large as Mourners Remember Trooper Bryon Dickson". NBC News. 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Eric Matthew Frein identified by police as suspect in deadly trooper ambush - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Funeral for slain Pennsylvania trooper". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Eric Frein Was Dedicated to Killing Cops: Pennsylvania Police". NBC News. 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ Welch, Michael Winter, John Bacon and William M. "Manhunt ends with suspect placed in slain trooper's handcuffs". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Barbash, Fred (2021-10-25). "'Literally hunting humans': Eric Frein, sniper who killed Pa. trooper, sentenced to death". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Eric Frein, trooper ambush killer, sentenced to death in Pennsylvania - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ Gibbons, Margaret (2005-11-09). "Jury gives killer death". Mainline Media News. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "Eichinger confronted by loved ones of victims". Mainline Media News. 2005-12-13. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/05/06/police-theorize-arundel-youth-was-killed-for-his-air-jordans/f5dc8ea5-376e-44bc-9ee2-19dff47c514b/
- ^ "Suspect James Martin arraigned in 1998 rape & murder of Bronx teenager". New York Daily News. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ Wilson, Michael (2012-05-11). "14 Years in an Unmarked Grave, and Finally a Break in the Case". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "Cop-Killer Richard Poplawski Sentenced To Death". WPXI. 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ ROBBINS, LIZ; HAMILL, SEAN D. (2009-04-04). "Gunman Kills 3 Police Officers in Pittsburgh". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Gunman Kills 3 Pittsburgh Police Officers - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "911 worker didn't tell Pittsburgh police of guns". NBC News. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ a b "COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. RAGHUNANDAN YANDAMURI (2017)". FindLaw. Retrieved 6 April 2024.