State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy
Location | West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
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Security class | Medium-Security |
Capacity | 1,000 |
Opened | July. 1993 |
Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy is a 1,000 cell, all male, Medium-Security, correctional facility located along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
Construction of SCI-Mahanoy[]
Mahanoy was one of four[1] 1,000-bed medium-security correctional facilities constructed in Pennsylvania around the same time. The facility cost $117 Million to construct and is on a 222-acre tract of land that was originally leased by the county commissioners. Construction began in July 1991 and the prison opened two years later.
Notable inmates[]
- Mark Canty, convicted in the Murder of Lauretha Vaird
- David Freeman, convicted in the Freeman family murders
- Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of the murder of Daniel Faulkner
- Robert Nauss, convicted of the murder of Elizabeth Lande
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Schuylkill To Get New State Prison" – Reading Eagle, 5/8/1991 (Retrieved: 5/7/2011).
External links[]
Coordinates: 40°47′34″N 76°10′50″W / 40.79278°N 76.18056°W
Categories:
- Prisons in Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- 1993 establishments in Pennsylvania