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Location | Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania |
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Status | Open |
Security class | Supermax |
Capacity | 1,853 |
Population | 1,569 (85.7%) (as of October 31, 2023) |
Opened | November 9, 1993 |
Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
Governor | Josh Shapiro |
Warden | Michael Zaken |
Website | SCI Greene |
Notable prisoners | |
Mumia Abu-Jamal, Jimmy Dennis, Jerry Sandusky |
The State Correctional Institution – Greene (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] near the border with West Virginia, in a rural area. [5]
SCI Greene opened in late 1993. [3] [6]
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. [5]
The prison had 11 cell blocks. As of 2012 [update] 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. [6] Greene was built with the newest features at the time, including central air conditioning. [5]
The prison had cable television installed at the time of its opening. [5]
As of 2012 [update], SCI Greene had 157 death row prisoners, about 75% of the prisoners under Pennsylvania state death sentences. [6]
Life imprisonment:
Other imprisonment
Death row:
State Correctional Institution Greene- 2010 Map Index and pages 1, 2, and 3.