The State Correctional Institution – Forest is one of two identical
correctional facilities in Pennsylvania that were constructed in the beginning of the twenty-first century to hold maximum-security male inmates. SCI Forest is located in the community of
Marienville, in remote
Forest County.
Creation of SCI-Forest
SCI - Forest and
SCI-Fayette, which are identical in size and design, were constructed to accommodate overcrowding at
SCI-Pittsburgh and SCI-Waynesburg, which were "mothballed"
["State Announces Plan To 'Mothball' 'Western Pen'" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/19/2004 (Retrieved 5/7/2011)] after the opening of SCI Forest. Construction of the correctional facility cost $126 million.
Notable Inmates
See also
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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)
* State Correctional Institution – Greensburg, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, ...
References
External links
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Penna. Department of Corrections - SCI Forest
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Prisons in Pennsylvania
Buildings and structures in Forest County, Pennsylvania
2004 establishments in Pennsylvania