State Correctional Institution - Fayette
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The Fayette State Correctional Institution is a 2,000 bed Maximum-Security Prison located in a remote section of Fayette County
, Pennsylvania
. The prison is located southeast of Pittsburgh and was built to replace two institutions (SCI-Waynesburg and SCI-Pittsburgh) to make the commonwealth's energy bills more energy-efficient.
site. The institution, which is 692,000 square feet, under roof and 53-acres under the perimeter fence. The facility comes complete with the state-of-the-art secure features that a modern prison features. The construction of the prison also helped local villages near the facility receive public sewage and created a sewage treatment
plant for itself and neighboring homes.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the2010 census, the population was 136,606. The county is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. The prison is located southeast of Pittsburgh and was built to replace two institutions (SCI-Waynesburg and SCI-Pittsburgh) to make the commonwealth's energy bills more energy-efficient.
Construction of SCI-Fayette
The $125 Million, 238-Acre facility was constructed on a former strip-mineStrip-mine
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site. The institution, which is 692,000 square feet, under roof and 53-acres under the perimeter fence. The facility comes complete with the state-of-the-art secure features that a modern prison features. The construction of the prison also helped local villages near the facility receive public sewage and created a sewage treatment
Sewage treatment
Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater and household sewage, both runoff and domestic. It includes physical, chemical, and biological processes to remove physical, chemical and biological contaminants...
plant for itself and neighboring homes.