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This is a list of state prisons in Pennsylvania. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Historical (closed)

  • Eastern State Penitentiary, Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Closed in 1971.
  • Quehanna Boot Camp, Karthaus Township, Pennsylvania. Co-ed and six-month duration. Closed in 2026.
  • State Correctional Institution – Cresson, Cresson, Pennsylvania. Converted from a psychiatric hospital. Closed in 2013.
  • State Correctional Institution – Graterford, Skippack Township, Pennsylvania. Closed 2018.
  • State Correctional Institution – Greensburg, Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2013
  • State Correctional Institution – Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2017.
  • State Correctional Institution – Retreat, Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania. Converted from a psychiatric hospital. Opened 1980. Closed June 30, 2020.
  • State Correctional Institution – Rockview, Benner Township, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2026.
  • State Correctional Institution – Waynesburg, Morgan Township, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2003.

Young adult offenders male ages 1625

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| State Correctional Institution – Pine Grove || Indiana, Pennsylvania || Maximum Security

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Adult female institutions

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| State Correctional Institution – Cambridge Springs || Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania || Minimum security

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| State Correctional Institution – Muncy || Muncy, Pennsylvania || Close security. Houses all female capital punishment inmates & diagnostic and classification center for women.

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Adult male institutions

Minimum security

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| State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands ||Somerset, Pennsylvania|| Houses geriatric and mentally ill inmates

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| State Correctional Institution – Mercer || Mercer, Pennsylvania ||

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| State Correctional Institution – Waymart || Waymart, Pennsylvania || Originally part Farview State Hospital. Has Forensic Treatment Unit & houses inmates with mental disorders who require inpatient psychiatric care and treatment. The 1989 riot at the State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill expedited the opening.

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Medium security

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| State Correctional Institution – Albion || Albion, Pennsylvania || Also close-security

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| State Correctional Institution – Benner Township || Benner Township, Pennsylvania ||

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| State Correctional Institution – Coal Township || Coal Township, Pennsylvania ||

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| State Correctional Institution – Chester || Chester, Pennsylvania || Opened 1998 first facility to treat inmates with substance use and be tobacco free

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| State Correctional Institution – Dallas || Dallas, Pennsylvania || Was originally designed for "defective delinquents"

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| State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale || Houtzdale, Pennsylvania ||

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| State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy || Frackville, Pennsylvania ||

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| State Correctional Institution – Somerset || Somerset, Pennsylvania ||

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Close security

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| State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill || Camp Hill, Pennsylvania || Diagnostic and classification center, riots occurred here in 1989

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| State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon || Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania || Opened 1889 first for young offenders and then "defective delinquents" modeled after the Elmira Correctional Facility

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| State Correctional Institution – Smithfield || Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ||

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Maximum security

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| State Correctional Institution – Fayette || La Belle, Pennsylvania ||

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| State Correctional Institution – Forest || Marienville, Pennsylvania ||

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| State Correctional Institution – Frackville || Frackville, Pennsylvania ||

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| State Correctional Institution – Phoenix || Skippack, Pennsylvania || Opened July 11, 2018, replacing the adjoining State Correctional Institution – Graterford, which had been Pennsylvania's largest prison. Graterford opened in 1929 and worked with Eastern State Penitentiary until its closing in 1970.

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Supermax security

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| State Correctional Institution – Greene || Waynesburg, Pennsylvania || Houses most of state's capital punishment inmates

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