State Correctional Institution – Dallas

The State Correctional Institution – Dallas, commonly referred to as SCI Dallas, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. SCI Dallas houses about 2,140 inmates, some 400 of whom are serving life without the possibility of parole. It has 119 beds in its restricted housing unit (RHU). SCI Dallas was built to house 1,750 inmates.[1]

State Correctional Institution – Dallas
LocationJackson Township, Luzerne County,
near, Dallas, Pennsylvania, USA
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections

History

According to the official Department of Corrections web site, SCI Dallas (Luzerne County, 10 miles from Wilkes-Barre) was opened in 1960 as an institution for defective delinquents. After the state Supreme Court decision of 1966 voided the concept of "defective delinquents," Dallas, like Huntingdon, became an adult institution. It now is a medium-security facility for men."[2]

Notable prisoners

See also

References
  1. http://citypaper.net/articles/2010/08/05/matthew-bullock-solitary-confinement-suicide
  2. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/hide_dallas/11325
  3. "The Old Prisoner's Music /81211/". 2010-07-23. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

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