Philadelphia House of Corrections (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
USA /
New Jersey /
Riverton /
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania /
State Road, 8001
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/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ Riverton
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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
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
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°1'49"N 75°1'3"W
- James T. Vaughn Correctional Center 92 km
- Rikers Island - NYC DOC 128 km
- Jessup Prison Complex 180 km
- Maryland Prison Complex 238 km
- State Correctional Institute: Rockview 252 km
- White Post Correctional (Former) 289 km
- Coffeewood Correctional Center 319 km
- James River Correctional Center 360 km
- Powhatan Correctional Center 363 km
- Buckingham Correctional Center 406 km
- Mayfair 2.3 km
- Palmyra, New Jersey 3.4 km
- Cinnaminson Township 3.6 km
- Delanco Township, New Jersey 5.8 km
- Delran, New Jersey 6.2 km
- Moorestown Township 8.7 km
- Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey 12 km
- Camden County, New Jersey 26 km
- Burlington County, New Jersey 31 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 35 km