State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy

State Correctional Institution - Mahanoy

Location	West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Security class	Medium-Security
Capacity	1,000
Opened	July. 1993
Managed by	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy is a 1,000 cell, all male, Medium-Security, correctional facility located along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Construction of SCI-Mahanoy

Mahanoy was one of four^[1] 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 opened two years later.

See also

• List of Pennsylvania state prisons

References

External links

• Penna. Department of Corrections - SCI Mahanoy

Coordinates: 40°47′34″N 76°10′50″W / 40.79278°N 76.18056°W / 40.79278; -76.18056

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)