State Correctional Institution – Phoenix
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The State Correctional Institution – Phoenix is a state prison in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,[1] with a Collegeville postal address,[2] in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Operated by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, it was named after the phoenix bird.[3]
Location | Skippack Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°13′48″N 75°25′12″W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 3,830 |
Opened | July 9, 2018 (July 9, 2018) |
Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
Street address | 1200 Mokychic Road |
City | Skippack Township |
County | Montgomery |
State/province | Pennsylvania |
ZIP Code | 19426 |
Website | www |
It cost $400 million to build, making it the most expensive state prison to be constructed in Pennsylvania history.[4][5] It has a capacity of 3,830 prisoners,[6] and as of September 2018, its full time workforce numbered 1,200.[7] Heery International designed the facility.[8] It replaced SCI Graterford.[9] Most prisoners are male, located in the East and West sub units,[3] while it has a re-entry unit for female prisoners with a capacity of 192.[7]
The female unit is not in the main prison perimeter.[3] SCI Phoenix is one of two prisons that share Pennsylvania's death row.[10] The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections anticipated that most of the prisoners would be from the area of Philadelphia, and currently SCI Phoenix is the state prison closest to Philadelphia.[11]