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Jail Name:

SCI Graterford

Jail Type:

State Prison

State:

Pennsylvania

County:

MONTGOMERY

City:

Graterford

Source:

Wikipedia

Description:

The Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Graterford, also known variously as SCI Graterford (SCIG), Eastern Correctional Institution, Graterford Prison, Graterford Penitentiary, and the Graterford Prison Farm, was a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison located in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States,[1] near Graterford.[2] The prison, located on Graterford Road off of Pennsylvania Route 29,[3] was about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of the city of Philadelphia.[2] The prison, described by Joseph Stefano of the Philadelphia Inquirer as the primary state prison serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area,[4] once housed a small number of male death row inmates.[5] Graterford closed in 2018 and was replaced by SCI Phoenix

Opened:

1929

Security Class:

Maximum

Same As:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_–_Graterford

Source URL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_%E2%80%93_Graterford

Photo URL:

https://www.cor.pa.gov/Facilities/StatePrisons/PublishingImages/Graterford%20aerial.JPG

Website URL:

https://www.cor.pa.gov/Facilities/StatePrisons/Pages/Graterford.aspx