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Maximum security prison in Greene County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
State Correctional Institution – Greene
LocationFranklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
StatusOpen
Security classSupermax
Capacity1,853
Population1,569 (85.7%) (as of October 31, 2023)
OpenedNovember 9, 1993 (1993-11-09)
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections
GovernorJosh Shapiro
WardenMichael Zaken
WebsiteSCI Greene
Notable prisoners
Mumia Abu-Jamal, Jimmy Dennis, Jerry Sandusky
Aerial view of the prison in 2024

The State Correctional Institution – Greene (SCI Greene) is a maximum security prison, classified as a Supermax, located in Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, near Waynesburg, off Interstate 79 and Pennsylvania Route 21. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections operates the prison, which previously housed most of Pennsylvania's capital case inmates.

It is in the far southwest of the state, near the border with West Virginia, in a rural area.

History

SCI Greene opened in late 1993.

Around 1996, some prisoners stated that some guards used more force than necessary to control them, and a video camera had captured evidence related to the complaint. Charles Graner, a prison guard who began working at SCI Greene in 1996, was the defendant in two lawsuits, each by a different prisoner; both lawsuits were dismissed as one disappeared after finishing his sentence and the other had submitted his lawsuit after a deadline. Graner later became known for the Abu Ghraib scandal.

At some point all of the death penalty prisoners at Greene were moved to SCI Phoenix.

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. Greene was built with the newest features at the time, including central air conditioning.

The prison had cable television installed at the time of its opening.

Demographics

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

Notable inmates

Life imprisonment:

Other imprisonment

Death row:

Notable staff

  • Charles Graner (began in 1996, later became an Abu Ghraib military prison guard)

See also

References

  1. America's Supermax Prisons Do Torture Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  2. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Franklin township, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/6). Retrieved 2022-08-01. State Correctional Institution Greene - 2010 Map Index and pages 1, 2, and 3.
  3. ^ "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. ^ Lieberman, Paul and Dan Morain. "Unveiling the Face of the Prison Scandal." Los Angeles Times. June 19, 2004. Retrieved on July 9, 2016. p. 3.
  6. ^ Yates, Riley. "Life on Death Row." McCall. August 4, 2012. p. 1.
  7. Hurst, David (2024-03-02). "DOC: Some Pa. death row inmates now housed at SCI-Somerset". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  8. ^ "Inmate/Parolee Locator".
  9. "COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. RAGHUNANDAN YANDAMURI (2017)". FindLaw. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

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