Editing Lancaster County Prison

{{Short description|County prison in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States}}
The '''Lancaster County Prison''' is a county [[prison]] located in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], [[Pennsylvania]], in the [[United States]]. It is located on East King Street in Lancaster City.

==History==
The [[prison]] was originally built in 1851 and renovated in 1972. The present medieval-style building replaced the earlier prisons in 1851,<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.fandm.edu/david-schuyler/lancaster-in-1850/the-lancaster-county-prison|title=Franklin & Marshall - The Lancaster County Prison |work=fandm.edu|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> with Fulton Hall, of the [[Fulton Opera House]] being built on the site of the earlier prison.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fandm.edu/david-schuyler/lancaster-in-1850/fulton-hall|title=Franklin & Marshall - Fulton Hall|work=fandm.edu|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> The prison is still in active use.

The design came from [[Lancaster Castle]] in the United Kingdom, which the city was named after.

It was used for public [[hanging]]s until 1912. {{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

==Present day==
With over 5,000 admissions each year (and a similar number of discharges), Lancaster County Prison currently has beds for over 950 inmates, but has the capacity to accommodate more if needed.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

The majority of those currently detained are imprisoned pending trial, the remaining 40% having already been sentenced. Prior to 2013, sentenced inmates were charged $10 per day for their incarceration, under the Lancaster County Prison "prisoner cost recovery program", in operation since 1995.  Since that time there has been a flat fee of thirty dollars collected at intake or billed to the inmate if they haven't any cash on hand.<ref name="cost recovery">[http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lcprison/cwp/view.asp?a=705&q=521776 Lancaster County Prison overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118203232/http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lcprison/cwp/view.asp?a=705&q=521776 |date=2009-01-18 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/153/Prison}}

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[[Category:1737 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Culture of Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Prisons in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1737]]