State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale

State Correctional Institution - Houtzdale

Location	Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Security class	Medium-Security
Capacity	1,587
Opened	1996
Managed by	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale is a 1500-bed correctional facility located outside Houtzdale in southern Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, along State Route 153.

Building SCI Houtzdale

The facility cost $70 Million^[1] to construct and, when opened in January 1996, had a bed capacity of 1,587. As of June 2012 SCI Houtzdale is the third largest Correctional Institution in the state of Pennsylviania holding upwards of 2540 inmates.

See also

• List of Pennsylvania state prisons

References

External links

• Penna. Department of Corrections - SCI Houtzdale

Coordinates: 40°48′44″N 78°21′23″W / 40.81222°N 78.35639°W / 40.81222; -78.35639

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)