State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy
Prison in Pennsylvania, United States
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State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy is a 1,000-cell, all-male, medium-security correctional facility located along Interstate 81 in Mahanoy Township,[1] Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. In December of 2025, Mahanoy held 2,277 inmates against a public capacity of 2,520 individuals, or 90.4%.[2]
Location
SecurityclassMedium-security
Capacity1,000
OpenedJuly 1993
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Security class | Medium-security |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Opened | July 1993 |
| Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
Construction of SCI-Mahanoy
Mahanoy was one of four[3] 1,000-bed medium-security correctional facilities constructed in Pennsylvania around the same time. The facility cost $117 million to construct and is on a 222-acre tract of land that was originally leased by the county commissioners. Construction began in July 1991 and the prison opened two years later.
Notable inmates
- Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of the murder of Daniel Faulkner
- Mark Canty, convicted in the murder of Lauretha Vaird
- David Freeman, convicted in the Freeman family murders
- Joshua Komisarjevsky, convicted in the Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders
