State Correctional Institution – Fayette
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| Location | Luzerne Township, Fayette County, near Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania |
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| Status | Open |
| Security class | Maximum-Security |
| Capacity | 2,034[1] |
| Opened | September, 2003 |
| Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
The Fayette State Correctional Institution is a 2,000 bed Maximum-Security Prison located in a remote section of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The prison is located southeast of Pittsburgh and was built to replace two institutions[2] (SCI-Waynesburg and SCI-Pittsburgh) to make the Commonwealth's energy bills more energy-efficient. It is also the only prison in the Commonwealth where Pennsylvania license plates are manufactured, holding that distinction since 2003.[3]
Construction of SCI-Fayette
The $125 Million, 238-Acre facility was constructed on a former strip-mine site. The institution, which is 692,000 square feet, under roof and 53-acres under the perimeter fence.[4] The facility comes complete with the state-of-the-art secure features that a modern prison features. The construction of the prison also helped local villages near the facility receive public sewage and created a sewage treatment plant[5] for itself and neighboring homes.
See also
References
- ↑ Fayette residents hope prison holds promise of better future Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Retrieved:5/4/2011)
- ↑ Fayette residents hope prison holds promise of better future Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Retrieved 5/4/2011).
- ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article on PA license manufacture Retrieved 2012-08-07
- ↑ PA Dept. of Corrections - SCI Fayette webpage(Retrieved: 5/4/2011)
- ↑ Fayette residents hope prison holds promise of better future Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Retrieved: 5/4/2011)
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