State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale

State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale is a 1500-bed correctional facility located outside Houtzdale in southern Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, along Pennsylvania Route 153.

State Correctional Institution - Houtzdale
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LocationWoodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Security classMedium-Security
Capacity1,587
Opened1996
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections

Building SCI Houtzdale

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The facility cost $70 Million[citation needed] 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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See also

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References

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