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Philadelphia House of Corrections (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

USA / New Jersey / Riverton / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / State Road, 8001
 prison, local government

Planned to incarcerate misdemeanants, the House of Correction was built without perimeter walls and without observation towers. The design of the facility is based on the "wheel-and-spoke" design first seen with the construction of Eastern State Penitentiary in 1829. A central rotunda provides access to six two-tiered cellblocks, which radiate from the rotunda like spokes from a wheel. The cellblocks contain a total of 663 cells, most housing two inmates.

The original House of Correction, which opened in 1874, was razed in 1925, and the same materials were used to construct, on the original site, a "new" House of Correction, which opened in 1927. Today, the House of Correction confines mostly adult males. About 69 direct-file/ certified juveniles were housed in segregated areas of the House of Correction and the Alternative and Special Detention Division during FY2002. Juveniles are separated by sight and sound from the adult population until they reach the age of majority (18), at which time they are transferred into the general population.

8001 State Road, Philadelphia PA 19136
Tel : (215) 685-8221
Fax: (215) 685-8938

www.phila.gov/prisons/house_of_corrections.htm
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Coordinates:   40°1'49"N   75°1'3"W
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