Status Open Phone +1 724-852-2902 Opened 9 November 1993 | Capacity 1,478 Governor Tom Wolf | |
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Location Franklin Twp, Greene Co, PA Security class Maximum security, Supermax Population 1,727 (as of January 31, 2017) Managed by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Address 175 Progress Dr, Waynesburg, PA 15370, USA | ||
SCI Greene is a maximum security prison, classified as a Supermax, located in Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, near Waynesburg, off Interstate 79 and Pennsylvania Route 21. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections operates the prison, which houses most of Pennsylvania's capital case inmates.
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It is in the far southwest of the state, near the border with West Virginia, in a rural area.
History
SCI Greene opened in late 1993.
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.
Facility and operations
The prison had 11 cell blocks. As of 2012 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. Greene was built with the newest features at the time, including central air conditioning.
The prison had cable television installed at the time of its opening.
Demographics
As of 2012, SCI Greene had 157 death row prisoners, about 75% of the prisoners under Pennsylvania state death sentences.
As of the late 1990s many of the prisoners came from urban areas and almost 70% were black, while whites made up over 90% of the prison guards.
Notable inmates
Life imprisonment:
Other imprisonment:
Death row: