Motivational Bootcamp – Quehanna

Quehanna Movational Boot Camp

Location	Karthaus Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
Security class	Minimum-Security
Opened	June, 1992
Managed by	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Quehanna Motivational Boot Camp is a mixed-sex six-month, military-style boot camp program operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in rural Clearfield County.

The creation of Quehanna

Quehanna was created in the 1990s as the Department's first boot camp, using both federal and state funds. The camp opened in June 1992, during the Robert P. Casey administration.

The program

Inmates are assigned to the boot camp from their designated diagnostic centers (State Correctional Institution - Camp Hill or State Correctional Institution – Muncy), where they take a battery of strength tests. The program lasts six months, and involves intense physical activity and strict discipline.^[1] Vocational training and substance-abuse counseling services, as well as counseling is provided. After successful completion of the program,^[2] the inmate is released on parole.

See also

• List of Pennsylvania state prisons

References

External links

• Penna. Department of Corrections - Quehanna Motivational Boot Camp

Coordinates: 41°11′08″N 78°08′39″W / 41.18556°N 78.14417°W / 41.18556; -78.14417

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)