List of Pennsylvania state prisons

This is a list of state prisons in Pennsylvania. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Historical (closed)

Young adult offenders male ages 16–25
Institution NameLocationSecurity Level
State Correctional Institution – Pine GroveIndiana, PennsylvaniaMaximum Security

Adult female institutions
Institution Location Notes
State Correctional Institution – Cambridge SpringsCambridge Springs, PennsylvaniaMinimum security
State Correctional Institution – MuncyMuncy, PennsylvaniaClose security. Houses all female capital punishment inmates & diagnostic and classification center for women.

Adult male institutions

Minimum security
Institution NameLocationNotes
State Correctional Institution – Laurel HighlandsSomerset, PennsylvaniaHouses geriatric and mentally ill inmates
State Correctional Institution – MercerMercer, Pennsylvania
Motivational Bootcamp – QuehannaKarthaus Township, PennsylvaniaCo-ed and six-month duration
State Correctional Institution – WaymartWaymart, PennsylvaniaOriginally part Farview State Hospital. Has Forensic Treatment Unit & houses inmates with mental disorders who require inpatient psychiatric care and treatment. The 1989 riot at the State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill expedited the opening.

Medium security
Institution NameLocationNotes
State Correctional Institution – AlbionAlbion, PennsylvaniaAlso close-security
State Correctional Institution – Benner TownshipBenner Township, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – Coal TownshipCoal Township, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – ChesterChester, PennsylvaniaOpened 1998 first facility to treat inmates with substance use and be tobacco free
State Correctional Institution – DallasDallas, PennsylvaniaWas originally designed for "defective delinquents"
State Correctional Institution – HoutzdaleHoutzdale, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – MahanoyFrackville, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – RockviewBenner Township, PennsylvaniaBegun in 1912 and opened in 1915 was originally planned to replace Eastern and Western Penitentiaries
State Correctional Institution – SomersetSomerset, Pennsylvania

Close security
Institution NameLocationNotes
State Correctional Institution – Camp HillCamp Hill, PennsylvaniaDiagnostic and classification center, riots occurred here in 1989
State Correctional Institution – HuntingdonSmithfield Township, Huntingdon County, PennsylvaniaOpened 1889 first for young offenders and then "defective delinquents" modeled after the Elmira Correctional Facility
State Correctional Institution – SmithfieldSmithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Maximum security
Institution NameLocationNotes
State Correctional Institution – FayetteLa Belle, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – ForestMarienville, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – FrackvilleFrackville, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – PhoenixSkippack, PennsylvaniaOpened July 11, 2018, replacing the adjoining State Correctional Institution – Graterford, which had been Pennsylvania's largest prison. Graterford opened in 1929 and worked with Eastern State Penitentiary until its closing in 1970.

Supermax security
Institution NameLocationNotes
State Correctional Institution – GreeneWaynesburg, PennsylvaniaHouses most of state's capital punishment inmates
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