State Correctional Institution – Forest

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.

State Correctional Institution - Forest
LocationMarienville, Jenks Township,
Forest County, Pennsylvania
Security classMaximum-Security
Capacity2,309
Population2,389
OpenedOctober, 2004
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections

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"[1] after the opening of SCI Forest. Construction of the correctional facility cost $126 million.

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See also

References
  1. "State Announces Plan To 'Mothball' 'Western Pen'" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/19/2004 (Retrieved 5/7/2011)

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