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USP Canaan
The United States Penitentiary, Canaan (USP Canaan) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in northeastern Pennsylvania, with a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. USP Canaan is located in Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, east of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Scranton and north of Philadelphia. History and facility USP Canaan is a facility designed by David R. Cassara Associates, Structural Engineering and Consulting of Rochester, New York for $141 million. USP Canaan opened in March 2005 and is designed to house 1088 male inmates in six housing units. Six V-shaped buildings facing each other and a larger maintenance building surround a central yard with a tower in the middle. Six additional towers are lined along the rectangular-shaped facility. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Canaan is a second-class township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 3,963 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (4.07%) is water. Communities The following villages are located in Canaan Township: *Canaan *Farview *Fermoy *Keen *Steene Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 3,963 people, 359 households, and 267 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 420 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 60.3% White, 29.4% African American, 1.1% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 6.8% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.6% of the population. There were 359 households, out of which 24% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |