State Correctional Institution – Forest is one of two identical
correctional facilities
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...
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.
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, Cl ...
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