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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.
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
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1998
Region
Pennsylvania
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
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World Prisons. (2026). George W Hill Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/george-w-hill-correctional-facility
"George W Hill Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/george-w-hill-correctional-facility.
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