PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The former State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, known as the Western Penitentiary, is set to be demolished. It was last used as a prison in 2017. The state did a ...

The consultant's plan calls for razing all 42 buildings at the former State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh, including the main penitentiary. It also says 5.2 acres of the property along the ...

The former State Correctional Institution-Pittsburgh site covers more than 21 acres in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. It includes 42 buildings. SCI-Pittsburgh, historically called ...

Now owned by the state, the property was most recently known as the State Correctional Institution (SCI of Pittsburgh) before closing for good in 2017. Since then… “It’s been used for movie ...

WHAT TO DO WITH IT. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI HAS THE OPTIONS BEING WEIGHED. PITTSBURGHERS HAVE SEEN THIS BUILDING HERE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. IT OPENED AS WESTERN ...

And after a long wait, a proposal for State Correctional Institution-Pittsburgh crafted by consultant Michael Baker International is open for public comment until June 26. The roughly 22-acre site ...

The consultant’s plan calls for razing all 42 buildings at the former State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh, including the main penitentiary. It also says 5.2 acres of the property along the ...

also known as Western Pen and State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh, have become affectionately known as the Prison Cats. The state penitentiary that the felines call home, Western Pen ...

The consultant’s plan calls for razing all 42 buildings at the former State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh, including the main penitentiary. It also says 5.2 acres of the property along the ...

testing a Scandinavian-inspired approach to incarceration to reduce recidivism rates in Pennsylvania prisons was featured in a March 9 Philadelphia Inquirer story about the model's success at State ...