State Correctional Institution – Somerset is a medium-security, all-male correctional facility located outside Somerset, Pennsylvania , about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Pittsburgh , and about 5 miles (8.0 km) off the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike . In March 2024, 44 of Pennsylvania's death row inmates were moved to Somerset.[ 2] They were previously at SCI Phoenix , which continues to house other death penalty prisoners.[ 3]
Almost all of the prison is in Somerset Township ,[ 4] while a small portion is in Brothersvalley Township .[ 5] The total land area is 240 acres (97 ha).[ 3]
Construction of SCI - Somerset
SCI – Somerset was constructed at a cost[ 1] of $82 million and was completed in 1993. The prison was constructed on the site of a farm. The campus covers 63 acres, inside and outside the perimeter fence.
Notable Inmates
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References
^ a b "New Somerset Jail Ready For Dedication" - Gettysburg Times, 4/13/1993 (Retrieved 5/6/2011)
^ Wojcik, Baylee. "44 death row inmates now being housed at SCI Somerset" . WJAC-TV .
^ a b Hurst, David (2024-03-02). "DOC: Some Pa. death row inmates now housed at SCI-Somerset" . The Tribune-Democrat . Retrieved 2024-07-18 .
^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Somerset township, PA" (PDF) . U.S. Census Bureau . p. 4 (PDF p. 5/5). Retrieved 2024-07-18 . State Correctional Institution Somerset
^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brothersvalley township, PA" (PDF) . U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2024-07-18 . State Correctional Institution Somerset
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^ "Eric Frein At Large as Mourners Remember Trooper Bryon Dickson" . NBC News . 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ "Eric Matthew Frein identified by police as suspect in deadly trooper ambush - CBS News" . www.cbsnews.com . 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ "Funeral for slain Pennsylvania trooper" . USA TODAY . Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ "Eric Frein Was Dedicated to Killing Cops: Pennsylvania Police" . NBC News . 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ Welch, Michael Winter, John Bacon and William M. "Manhunt ends with suspect placed in slain trooper's handcuffs" . USA TODAY . Retrieved 2024-01-30 . {{cite web }}
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^ Barbash, Fred (2021-10-25). " 'Literally hunting humans': Eric Frein, sniper who killed Pa. trooper, sentenced to death" . Washington Post . ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ "Eric Frein, trooper ambush killer, sentenced to death in Pennsylvania - CBS News" . www.cbsnews.com . 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
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^ "Eichinger confronted by loved ones of victims" . Mainline Media News . 2005-12-13. Retrieved 2024-05-16 .
^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/05/06/police-theorize-arundel-youth-was-killed-for-his-air-jordans/f5dc8ea5-376e-44bc-9ee2-19dff47c514b/ [bare URL ]
^ "Suspect James Martin arraigned in 1998 rape & murder of Bronx teenager" . New York Daily News . 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2024-05-16 .
^ Wilson, Michael (2012-05-11). "14 Years in an Unmarked Grave, and Finally a Break in the Case" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-05-16 .
^ "Cop-Killer Richard Poplawski Sentenced To Death" . WPXI . 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ ROBBINS, LIZ; HAMILL, SEAN D. (2009-04-04). "Gunman Kills 3 Police Officers in Pittsburgh" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ "Gunman Kills 3 Pittsburgh Police Officers - CBS News" . www.cbsnews.com . 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ "911 worker didn't tell Pittsburgh police of guns" . NBC News . 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ a b "COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. RAGHUNANDAN YANDAMURI (2017)" . FindLaw . Retrieved 6 April 2024 .
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