List of Pennsylvania state prisons
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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 16–25
| Institution Name | Location | Security Level |
|---|---|---|
| State Correctional Institution – Pine Grove | Indiana, Pennsylvania | Maximum Security |
Adult female institutions
| Institution Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| State Correctional Institution – Cambridge Springs | Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania | Minimum security |
| State Correctional Institution – Muncy | Muncy, Pennsylvania | Close security. Houses all female capital punishment inmates & diagnostic and classification center for women. |
Adult male institutions
Minimum security
| Institution Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands | Somerset, Pennsylvania | Houses geriatric and mentally ill inmates |
| State Correctional Institution – Mercer | Mercer, Pennsylvania | |
| 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. |
Medium security
| Institution Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| State Correctional Institution – Albion | Albion, Pennsylvania | Also close-security |
| State Correctional Institution – Benner Township | Benner Township, Pennsylvania | |
| State Correctional Institution – Coal Township | Coal Township, Pennsylvania | |
| State Correctional Institution – Chester | Chester, Pennsylvania | Opened 1998 first facility to treat inmates with substance use and be tobacco free |
| State Correctional Institution – Dallas | Dallas, Pennsylvania | Was originally designed for "defective delinquents" |
| State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale | Houtzdale, Pennsylvania | |
| State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy | Frackville, Pennsylvania | |
| State Correctional Institution – Somerset | Somerset, Pennsylvania |
Close security
| Institution Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill | Camp Hill, Pennsylvania | Diagnostic and classification center, riots occurred here in 1989 |
| 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 |
| State Correctional Institution – Smithfield | Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
Maximum security
| Institution Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| State Correctional Institution – Fayette | La Belle, Pennsylvania | |
| State Correctional Institution – Forest | Marienville, Pennsylvania | |
| State Correctional Institution – Frackville | Frackville, Pennsylvania | |
| 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. |
Supermax security
| Institution Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| State Correctional Institution – Greene | Waynesburg, Pennsylvania | Houses most of state's capital punishment inmates |