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George W Hill Correctional Facility

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George W Hill Correctional Facility is a county jail located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Rated capacity: 1,863. Reported population: 1,733. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

George W. Hill Correctional Facility is a county jail and prison located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the townships of Thornbury and Concord. It has a Thornton postal address, and is within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. 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. Currently, the facility is managed by Delaware County, which took back control of the jail as of April 6, 2022 and generally houses inmates with sentences of two years less one day each or state sentences of five years less one day each.

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Capacity

1,863

Current population

1,733

Occupancy

93%

Year opened

1998

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1998

Region

Pennsylvania

Security level

—

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

500 Cheyney Rd, Thornton 19373
(610) 361-3200
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

0/100
Low concern0/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 93% · peers avg: 93% (+0%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1863 · peers avg: 547 (+241%)

Data completeness

66%

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@misc{worldprisons-george-w-hill-correctional-,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {George W Hill Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/george-w-hill-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}