State Correctional Institution – Retreat

State Correctional Institution Retreat

Location	Newport Township, Luzerne County, near Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania
Security class	Medium-Security
Capacity	1,200
Opened	1986
Managed by	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

State Correctional Institution – Retreat is a 350-bed Medium-Security^[1] correctional facility for males. Located on the site of the former Retreat State Hospital, the facility is located about 12 miles south of Wilkes-Barre in the northeastern part of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Opening of SCI Retreat

Opening of SCI-Retreat was the result of the commonwealth's overcrowding issue of the 1980s. The Retreat State Hospital was declining in patients and was closed in 1981 and planning for SCI-Retreat's conversion began. Similar conversions were made at Cresson Center (Now SCI-Cresson) and the former Waynesburg Youth Development Center (Was SCI-Waynesburg from 1985-2004). Retreat was the first correctional facility built since 1960. The correctional facility opened in 1986.

See also

• List of Pennsylvania state prisons

References

External links

• Penna. Department of Corrections - SCI Retreat

Coordinates: 41°11′16″N 76°04′51″W / 41.18778°N 76.08083°W / 41.18778; -76.08083

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)