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SCI Benner Township

  • New 530,000 SF ‎facility consists of 26 individual buildings strategically placed on an 88-acre site
  • Housing capacity of 2,000 inmate beds
  • The ‎electrical services for the prison facility included:‎
    • ‎‎47 kV double ended main-tie-main service entrance with campus-wide dual loop feed underground ‎distribution systems
    • ‎‎6000 kW of standby power providing 100% back-up to the entire facility via three 2000KW, 12.47 kV ‎diesel generators. Stand-by power is tied into the facilities 12.47 kV campus underground distribution ‎system via 15kV paralleling switchgear.‎
    • ‎Campus-wide metering/monitoring system with PLC control of remote circuit breakers featuring touch-‎screen human interface
    • ‎Campus-wide fire alarm system with fiber optic backbone
    • Integrated low-voltage lighting control
  • Facility includes:
    • Visitation area
    • Medical area
    • Inmate ‎receiving/discharge area
    • Dining facility
    • Vocational shops
    • Central regional laundry
    • Campus chapel
    • Educational and vocational classrooms
    • Library
    • Barbershop
    • Physical ‎education center