State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon

State Correctional Institution - Huntingdon

Location	Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Security class	Close-Security
Opened	1889
Managed by	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon is a close-security correctional facility, located near Huntingdon, in the Allegheny Mountains. SCI Huntingdon was, until the reopening of SCI-Pittsburgh, the oldest-operating state correctional facility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

History

The facility was opened in 1889^[1] and was modeled after the Elmira Reformatory in New York and was called the Huntingdon Reformatory for Young Offenders. SCI Huntingdon was used for "defective delinquents" until 1960, after that it became a maximum-security prison, housing Capital Case inmates until 1995. SCI Huntingdon is now a close-security institution.

See also

• List of Pennsylvania state prisons
• State Correctional Institution - Smithfield

References

External links

• PA Department of Corrections - SCI Huntingdon

Coordinates: 40°29′28″N 78°01′44″W / 40.49111°N 78.02889°W / 40.49111; -78.02889

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prisons
Maximum security	Fayette Forest Frackville Graterford Greene (supermax)
Close security	Camp Hill Huntingdon Smithfield
Medium security	Albion Benner Coal Township Chester Dallas Houtzdale Mahanoy Retreat Rockview Somerset
Minimum security	Laurel Highlands Mercer Pittsburgh Motivational Bootcamp – Quehanna♂♀ Waymart
Female institutions	Cambridge Springs♀ Muncy♀
Private	George W. Hill
Closed	Eastern State Penitentiary Cresson Greensburg Western State Penitentiary
Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex)