State Correctional Institution – Forest
Prison in Pennsylvania, United States
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The State Correctional Institution – Forest is one of two identical correctional facilities in Pennsylvania that were constructed in the beginning of the twenty-first century to hold maximum-security male inmates. SCI Forest is located in the community of Marienville, in remote Forest County.
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| Security class | Maximum-Security |
| Capacity | 2,309 |
| Population | 2,389 |
| Opened | October, 2004 |
| Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
In December of 2025, Forest held 2,246 inmates against a public capacity of 2,582 individuals, or 87.0%.[1]
Creation of SCI-Forest
SCI - Forest and SCI-Fayette, which are identical in size and design, were constructed to accommodate overcrowding at SCI-Pittsburgh and SCI-Waynesburg, which were "mothballed"[2] after the opening of SCI Forest. Construction of the correctional facility cost $126 million.