Lancaster County Prison
The Lancaster County Prison is a county prison located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is located on East King Street in Lancaster City.
A county prison was originally built in 1851 and renovated in 1972. The present medieval-style building replaced the earlier prisons in 1851,[1] with Fulton Hall, of the Fulton Opera House being built on the site of the earlier prison.[2] The prison is still in active use.
With over 5,000 admissions each year (and a similar number of discharges), Lancaster County Prison currently has beds for over 950 inmates, but has the capacity to accommodate more if needed.[citation needed]
The majority of those currently detained are imprisoned pending trial, the remaining 40% having already been sentenced. Prior to 2013, sentenced inmates were charged $10 per day for their incarceration, under the Lancaster County Prison "prisoner cost recovery program", in operation since 1995. Since that time there has been a flat fee of thirty dollars collected at intake or billed to the inmate if they haven't any cash on hand. [3]
It was used for public hangings until 1912. [citation needed]
References
- ^ "Franklin & Marshall - The Lancaster County Prison". fandm.edu. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Franklin & Marshall - Fulton Hall". fandm.edu. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ Lancaster County Prison overview Archived 2009-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
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