State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale is a 1500-bed
correctional facility
In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agencies, and involving the punishment, treatment, and su ...
located outside
Houtzdale in southern
Clearfield County
Clearfield County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,562. The county seat is Clearfield, and the largest city is DuBois. The county was created in 1804 and later organized in 1822.
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,
Pennsylvania
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, along
Pennsylvania Route 153
Pennsylvania Route 153 (PA 153) is a state highway located in Clearfield and Elk counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 253/ PA 453 near Viola. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 219 (US 219) near Brockport.
Route des ...
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Building SCI Houtzdale
The facility cost $70 Million
[Google News Search Excerpts - Retrieved 5/7/2011] to construct and, when opened in January 1996, had a bed capacity of 1,587. As of June 2012 SCI Houtzdale is the third-largest correctional institution in the state of Pennsylviania holding upwards of 2,800 inmates.
Notable inmates
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Warren McGlone (alias Steady B) - Hip hop artist, convicted in the murder of
Philadelphia Police Department
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officer
Lauretha Vaird in a bank robbery
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, C ...
References
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Prisons in Pennsylvania
Buildings and structures in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
1996 establishments in Pennsylvania