SCI- Graterford

Graterford State Correctional Institution is a maximum security prison located in Graterford Pennsylvania that houses adult male offenders.  It has had many names since the facility opened in 1929 and is commonly referred to as Graterford Prison and Graterford Penitentiary.  The prison houses over 3,420 inmates in twelve housing units.  In addition to general population units, SCI Graterford has a special needs unit, a mental health unit, and outside service unit, a mental health unit, and two restricted housing units.  Death row inmates are housed in one of the restrictive housing units.  Inmates at this facility are secured by a 30 foot perimeter fence and nine armed guard towers.  Plans are currently in the works to open two new facilities nearby and close Graterford, though this decision will ultimately be up to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to decide.