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Location | Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
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Security class | Close-Security |
Opened | 1889 |
Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon (SCI Huntingdon) is a close-security correctional facility, located near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny Mountains. SCI Huntingdon was, until the reopening of SCI-Pittsburgh, the oldest-operating state correctional facility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The facility was opened in 1889 [1] and was modeled after the Elmira Reformatory in New York and was called the Huntingdon Reformatory for Young Offenders. SCI Huntingdon was used for " defective delinquents" until 1960, after that it became a maximum-security prison, housing Capital Case inmates until 1995. SCI Huntingdon is now a close-security institution.
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Location | Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
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Security class | Close-Security |
Opened | 1889 |
Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon (SCI Huntingdon) is a close-security correctional facility, located near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny Mountains. SCI Huntingdon was, until the reopening of SCI-Pittsburgh, the oldest-operating state correctional facility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The facility was opened in 1889 [1] and was modeled after the Elmira Reformatory in New York and was called the Huntingdon Reformatory for Young Offenders. SCI Huntingdon was used for " defective delinquents" until 1960, after that it became a maximum-security prison, housing Capital Case inmates until 1995. SCI Huntingdon is now a close-security institution.
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40°29′28″N 78°01′44″W / 40.49111°N 78.02889°W