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Location | Somerset Township / Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania |
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Status | Open |
Security class | Medium security |
Capacity | 1,600 [1] |
Opened | 1993 |
Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
State Correctional Institution – Somerset is a medium-security, all-male correctional facility located outside Somerset, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and about five miles off the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. In March 2024, 44 of Pennsylvania's death row inmates were moved to Somerset. [2]
SCI – Somerset was constructed at a cost [1] of $82 million and was completed in 1993. The prison was constructed on the site of a farm. The campus covers 63 acres, inside and outside the perimeter fence.
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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Eric Frein | MY0275 | Sentenced to death. | Perpetrator of the 2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack in which he murdered Bryon Dickson and injured another officer. [3] [4] [5] [6] After a large state-wide manhunt, Frein was captured and tried for his crimes. [7] [8] [9] [10] |
John Eichinger | GL3402 | Sentenced to death. [11] | Convicted of murdering 4 people. [12] |
James David Martin | GN0771 | Serving a sentence of 22-to-44 years. | Murdered 3 people between 1989-2005. [13] [14] [15] |
Richard Andrew Poplawski | KB7354 | Sentenced to death. [16] | Perpetrator of the 2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers in which he murdered three cops after a 9-1-1 call from his mom's home. [17] [18] [19] |
Raghunandan Yandamuri | LU3857 | Sentenced to death. [20] | Convicted of the kidnapping-murder of Saanvi Venna and murdering Satyavathi Venna. [20] |
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Location | Somerset Township / Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania |
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Status | Open |
Security class | Medium security |
Capacity | 1,600 [1] |
Opened | 1993 |
Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
State Correctional Institution – Somerset is a medium-security, all-male correctional facility located outside Somerset, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and about five miles off the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. In March 2024, 44 of Pennsylvania's death row inmates were moved to Somerset. [2]
SCI – Somerset was constructed at a cost [1] of $82 million and was completed in 1993. The prison was constructed on the site of a farm. The campus covers 63 acres, inside and outside the perimeter fence.
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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Eric Frein | MY0275 | Sentenced to death. | Perpetrator of the 2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack in which he murdered Bryon Dickson and injured another officer. [3] [4] [5] [6] After a large state-wide manhunt, Frein was captured and tried for his crimes. [7] [8] [9] [10] |
John Eichinger | GL3402 | Sentenced to death. [11] | Convicted of murdering 4 people. [12] |
James David Martin | GN0771 | Serving a sentence of 22-to-44 years. | Murdered 3 people between 1989-2005. [13] [14] [15] |
Richard Andrew Poplawski | KB7354 | Sentenced to death. [16] | Perpetrator of the 2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers in which he murdered three cops after a 9-1-1 call from his mom's home. [17] [18] [19] |
Raghunandan Yandamuri | LU3857 | Sentenced to death. [20] | Convicted of the kidnapping-murder of Saanvi Venna and murdering Satyavathi Venna. [20] |
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