State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands

State Correctional Institution - Laurel Highlands

Location	Somerset Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Status	Open
Security class	Minimum-Security
Opened	1996
Former name	Somerset State Hospital
Managed by	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands is a Minimum-Security facility located on State Route 31, about three miles east of the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. SCI-Laurel Highlands houses Minimum-Security Inmates, particularly older males and geriatric/mentally ill males.

Institution History

SCI - Laurel Highlands is on the campus of the former Somerset State Hospital, which closed in mid-1995.^[1] The facility was then converted into its current facility and opened in 1996.^[2]

See also

• List of Pennsylvania state prisons

References

External links

• Penna. Department of Corrections - SCI Laurel Highlands - Webpage

Coordinates: 40°00′16″N 79°02′27″W / 40.00444°N 79.04083°W / 40.00444; -79.04083

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)