State Correctional Institution – Somerset

State Correctional Institution - Somerset
Location Somerset Township / Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Status Open
Security class Medium-Security
Capacity 1,600[1]
Opened 1993[2]
Managed by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

State Correctional Institution – Somerset is a Medium-Security, all male correctional facility located outside Somerset, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and about five miles off the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Construction of SCI - Somerset

SCI-Somerset was constructed at a cost[3] of $82 Million and was completed in 1993. The campus covers 63 acres, inside and outside the perimeter fence.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Somerset Jail Ready For Dedication" - Gettysburg Times, 4/13/1993 (Retrieved 5/6/2011)
  2. ↑ Penna. Dept. of Corrections - SCI Somerset webpage
  3. ↑ "New Somerset Jail Ready For Dedication" - Gettysburg Times, 4/13/1993 (Retrieved 5/6/2011)

Coordinates: 39°57′52″N 79°02′21″W / 39.96444°N 79.03917°W / 39.96444; -79.03917

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