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State Correctional Institution Greene
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LocationFranklin Twp, Greene Co, PA
StatusOpen
Security classMaximum security, Supermax
OpenedNovember, 1993
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections
GovernorTom Wolf
WardenRobert Gilmore
Websitewww.cor.pa.gov/Facilities/StatePrisons/Pages/Greene.aspx
Notable prisoners
Mumia Abu-Jamal, Jimmy Dennis, Jerry Sandusky

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.[2][3] Pennsylvania Department of Corrections operates the prison, which houses most of Pennsylvania's capital case inmates.[3]

It is in the far southwest of the state.[4]

History

SCI Greene opened in late 1993.[3][5]

Facility and operations

The prison had 11 cell blocks. As of 2012 SCI Greene had 1,750 prisoners and 720 employees. The death row prisoners are in blocks G and L; they normally stay in their cells but may go to a recreational area and the library.[5]

As of 2012, SCI Greene had 157 death row prisoners, about 75% of the prisoners under Pennsylvania state death sentences.[5]

Notable inmates

Life imprisonment:

Other imprisonment:

Death row:

See also

References

  1. ^ America's Supermax Prisons Do Torture Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  2. ^ "Franklin township, Greene county, Pennsylvania." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 23, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "SCI Greene." Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Retrieved on May 23, 2010.
  4. ^ Wetzel, Dan. "Jerry Sandusky's slim chance for appeal hurt by decision to send him to supermax prison." (Archive) Yahoo! News. Thursday November 1, 2012. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Yates, Riley. "Life on Death Row." McCall. August 4, 2012. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Sandusky moved to prison housing death row inmates". Associated Press.

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