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    Danelo Cavalcante Processed Into Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Custody

    September 13, 2023

    Mechanicsburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) has assumed custody of Danelo Cavalcante as of 3:00 PM on September 13, 2023 to serve his mandatory life sentence for first-degree murder. Cavalcante – Inmate Number QP8931 – is currently housed at SCI Phoenix, a maximum-security prison in Montgomery County.

    More information on SCI Phoenix, including high-resolution video of the facility, is available at cor.pa.gov.

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    Corrections Media Contact Details

    Ryan Tarkowski

    Communications Director
    Department of Corrections Media

    Maria Bivens

    Press Secretary
    Department of Corrections Media