George W. Hill Correctional Facility

Last updated
George W. Hill Correctional Facility
George W. Hill Correctional Facility
Location500 Cheyney Road, Thornton, PA 19373
StatusOpen
Capacity1883
Opened1998
Former nameBroadmeadows
Delaware County Prison
Managed by Delaware County
Warden Laura Williams

George W. Hill Correctional Facility is a county jail and prison located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the townships of Thornbury and Concord. [1] [2] It has a Thornton postal address, [3] and is within the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Contents

Founded in 1998, the jail was previously managed and operated by Boca Raton, Florida's GEO Group until 2009 and was run by West Caldwell, New Jersey based company, Community Education Centers (CEC). In April 2017, GEO Group completed an acquisition of CEC, regaining management of the prison. [4] Currently, the facility is managed by Delaware county who took back control of the jail as of April 6, 2022 and generally houses inmates with sentences of two years less one day or a state sentences of five years less one day. [5] [6] The facility is currently Pennsylvania's only privately operated county jail.

The jail occupies fewer than 144 acres (58 ha) of land on a more than 414-acre (168 ha) plot of county property. [1]

Controversy

Between 2005 and 2008, at least eight people died when GEO Group-operated the facility. Several of those deaths resulted in lawsuits by family members who said the facility did not provide adequate medical care or proper supervision for offenders. On December 31, 2008, GEO pulled out of operations at this facility, "citing underperformance and frequent litigations" as the reasons. [7] According to the Delaware County Medical Examiner's office six suicides have occurred at George W. Hill since CEC took over operations of the facility in 2009. [8]

The prison was reacquired by GEO Group in April 2017, after GEO group completed an acquisition of Community Education Centers.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delaware County, Pennsylvania</span> County in Pennsylvania, United States

Delaware County, colloquially referred to as Delco, is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that borders Philadelphia. With a population of 576,830 at the 2020 census, it is the fifth most populous county in Pennsylvania, and the third smallest in area. The county was created on September 26, 1789, from part of Chester County, and named for the Delaware River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania</span> Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Warminster Township is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was formally established in 1711. It is 13.7 miles north of Philadelphia and had a population of 32,682 according to the 2010 U.S. census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania</span> Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Thornbury Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,017 at the 2010 census. It is adjacent to, and was once joined with, Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania</span> Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Concord Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 17,231 at the 2010 census. It contains the unincorporated communities of Concordville and Glen Mills.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania</span> Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Thornbury Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,028 at the 2010 census, up from 7,093 at the 2000 census. It is adjacent to, and was once joined with, Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It contains part of the census designated place of Cheyney University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheyney University of Pennsylvania</span> Public historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1837, it is the oldest university out of all historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States. It is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The university offers bachelor's degrees and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Wyoming Correctional Facility is a medium-security state men's prison in Town of Attica, Wyoming County, New York. The prison is located adjacent to the better-known maximum security Attica Correctional Facility. The Wyoming prison first opened in 1984. As of 2010 Wyoming had a working capacity of 1722 inmates.

The Orleans Correctional Facility is a state prison in New York, United States. OCF is a medium security prison for males and is located in the Town of Albion, Orleans County in Western New York.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Chester Area School District</span> School district in Pennsylvania, United States

The West Chester Area School District serves the borough and surrounding townships of West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. The other parts include the surrounding townships of East Bradford, East Goshen, Thornbury, West Goshen, West Whiteland, and Westtown, all in Chester County, as well as Thornbury Township in adjacent Delaware County. The WCASD consists of ten elementary schools, three middle schools, and three high schools, as of the fall 2018 school year. There are plans to build an 11th elementary school. Elementary schools include grades 1-5, middle schools grades 6-8, and high schools grades 9-12.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pennsylvania Route 926</span> State highway in Pennsylvania, US

Pennsylvania Route 926 is a 26.2-mile-long (42.2 km) state route located west of Philadelphia in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at PA 10 in Upper Oxford Township. The eastern terminus is at PA 3 in the Philadelphia suburb of Willistown Township. The route is known as Street Road for its entire length. For 0.9 miles (1.4 km), PA 926 runs along the county line between Delaware and Chester counties. The route passes through a mix of suburban and rural areas along its extent. PA 926 is two lanes and undivided its entire length.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glen Mills, Pennsylvania</span> Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

Glen Mills is an unincorporated community in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States about 27 miles west of Philadelphia. The ZIP code for Glen Mills is 19342.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheyney, Pennsylvania</span> Place in Pennsylvania, United States

Cheyney is an unincorporated community that sits astride Chester and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It corresponds to the census-designated place known as Cheyney University, which had a population of 988 at the 2010 census. It is the home of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. The university derive their name from George Cheyney's Farm, which became the current campus of Cheyney University in 1902. George Cheyney's Farm and the surrounding area was part of the original land grant given to William Penn in 1681.

Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 includes parts of Chester County and Delaware County. It includes the following areas:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kilby Correctional Facility</span> Prison in Alabama, US

Kilby Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) prison for the state of Alabama, located in Mt. Meigs, an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Alabama, with a capacity to house over 1,400 inmates. A section of the city of Montgomery covers a portion of the prison facility.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility</span>

Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) is a prison for women located in Pittsfield Township, Michigan, operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). The three-letter designation for this facility is WHV. It is the only prison in Michigan which houses women.

Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF) is a Michigan Department of Corrections facility in Manistee Township, Michigan, near Manistee.

Southern State Correctional Facility (SSCF) was a prison for men located in Delmont, Maurice River Township, New Jersey, United States. It was a part of the New Jersey Department of Corrections. It was adjacent to Bayside State Prison.

Community Education Centers, Inc. abbreviated CEC was a private corrections company based in West Caldwell, New Jersey and operated residential reentry facilities, jails, and in-prison drug treatment programs in seventeen American states and in Bermuda.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chelsea, Pennsylvania</span> Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

Chelsea is an unincorporated community in Bethel Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Chelsea is located at the intersection of Concord Road, Chelsea Road, Foulk Road, and Valley Brook Road in the northern part of the township.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thornton, Pennsylvania</span> Place in Pennsylvania, United States

Thornton is an unincorporated community spanning Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delaware County Open Space, Recreation, and Greenway Plan Volume III: County Parks and Recreation Plan" (PDF). Delaware County, Pennsylvania. April 2015. p. 1-13 (PDF p. 31). Retrieved 2018-09-26. For example, the County Prison in Thornbury and Concord Townships, sits on over 414 acres of land, less than 144 acres of which is developed for the prison.
  2. Maps:
  3. "Delaware County Prison". Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2018-09-26. Location: 500 Cheyney Road Thornton, PA 19373
  4. "Press Release". investors.geogroup.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. "Delaware County PA". co.delaware.pa.us. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
  6. "CEC". cecintl.com. Retrieved 2014-12-15. 1998
  7. Rose, Alex. "A changing of the guard at county prison". delcotimes.com. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  8. Scala, Kristina. "County probing two suicides at prison". delcotimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-17.

Coordinates: 39°54′10″N75°30′51″W / 39.90289°N 75.51417°W / 39.90289; -75.51417