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Allegations of Prisoner Abuse by prison staff at State Correctional Institution-Greene (SCI-GREENE) are pervasive. SCI-GREENE is a maximum security prison located in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania . Staff firings and charges of racism have shaken up SCI Greene over the years {Link without Title} . SCI-GREENE is perhaps most known for employing Charles Graner , who became a household name after the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse case in Iraq. As one writer has pointed out, in Prison Legal News, Graner "took what he learned here (SCI-GREENE),over there (ABU GHRAIB). {Link without Title} Mumia Abu Jamal , an SCI-GREENE inmate of international notoriety, writes: "a score of guards were charged with brutal, racist, and vile behavior against men in the hole. Roughly two dozen guards were fired, but after union appeals, most were quietly reinstated" {Link without Title} . With a prison guard population that's 95% white overseeing an inmate population that's 98% black a certain perception of Institutional Racism permeates SCI-GREENE's atmosphere. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes, "Most of them [the Caucasian staff never had to deal with black people before."[http://statecollegelaw.com/firings_sci_green_tx.html]. From state representatives to church groups, many individuals and groups have been working to open up official investigations of the said practices at SCI-GREENE {Link without Title} . EXTERNAL LINKS
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