State Correctional Institution – Graterford
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The State Correctional Institution – Graterford, commonly referred to as SCI Graterford, known prior as 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,[1] near Graterford.[2] The prison, located on Graterford Road off of Pennsylvania Route 29,[3] was about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Philadelphia.[2]
Location | Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 40°13′45″N 75°26′20″W |
Status | Closed |
Security class | Maximum |
Opened | 1929 |
Closed | 2018 |
Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
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.