State Correctional Institution – Somerset is a medium-security, all-male
correctional facility
In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agency, government agencies, and involving the punishment, ...
located outside
Somerset, Pennsylvania
Somerset ( ) is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 6,046 at the 2020 census. The borough is surrounded by Somerset Township and is located off the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-70 an ...
, about southeast of
Pittsburgh
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, and about off the Somerset Interchange of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike
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. In March 2024, 44 of Pennsylvania's death row inmates were moved to Somerset. They were previously at
SCI Phoenix, which continues to house other death penalty prisoners.
Almost all of the prison is in
Somerset Township, while a small portion is in
Brothersvalley Township.
The total land area is .
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Construction of SCI - Somerset
SCI – Somerset was constructed at a cost[ 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.
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Notable Inmates
See also
*List of Pennsylvania state prisons
This is a list of state prisons in Pennsylvania. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Historical (closed)
* State Correctional Institution – Greensburg, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, ...
*Capital punishment in Pennsylvania
Capital punishment is a legal punishment in Pennsylvania. Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in Pennsylvania since 1999, and only three since 1976 (all occurring in the 1990s, during the governorship of Tom Ridge). I ...
References
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Prisons in Pennsylvania
Buildings and structures in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
1993 establishments in Pennsylvania