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, Closed in 2013
• Eastern State Penitentiary, Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Closed in 1971
• State Correctional Institution – Cresson, Cresson, Pennsylvania, Converted from a psychiatric hospital. Closed in 2013
• State Correctional Institution - Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2017.
• State Correctional Institution - Retreat, Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania, converted from a psychiatric hospital. Opened 1980. Closed June 30, 2020.
• State Correctional Institution - Graterford, Skippack Township, Pennsylvania. Closed 2018.

Young adult offenders male ages 16–25

Institution Name	Location	Security Level
State Correctional Institution – Pine Grove	Indiana, Pennsylvania	Maximum Security

Adult female institutions

Institution	Location	Notes
State Correctional Institution – Cambridge Springs	Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania	Minimum security
State Correctional Institution – Muncy	Muncy, Pennsylvania	Close security. Houses all female capital punishment inmates & diagnostic and classification center for women.

Adult male institutions

Minimum security

Institution Name	Location	Notes
State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands	Somerset, Pennsylvania	Houses geriatric and mentally ill inmates
State Correctional Institution – Mercer	Mercer, Pennsylvania
Motivational Bootcamp – Quehanna	Karthaus Township, Pennsylvania	Co-ed and six-month duration
State Correctional Institution – Waymart	Waymart, Pennsylvania	Originally part Farview State Hospital. Has Forensic Treatment Unit & houses inmates with mental disorders who require inpatient psychiatric care and treatment. The 1989 riot at the State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill expedited the opening.

Medium security

Institution Name	Location	Notes
State Correctional Institution – Albion	Albion, Pennsylvania	Also close-security
State Correctional Institution – Benner Township	Benner Township, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – Coal Township	Coal Township, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – Chester	Chester, Pennsylvania	Opened 1998 first facility to treat inmates with substance use and be tobacco free
State Correctional Institution – Dallas	Dallas, Pennsylvania	Was originally designed for "defective delinquents"
State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale	Houtzdale, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy	Frackville, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – Rockview	Benner Township, Pennsylvania	Begun in 1912 and opened in 1915 was originally planned to replace Eastern and Western Penitentiaries
State Correctional Institution – Somerset	Somerset, Pennsylvania

Close security

Institution Name	Location	Notes
State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill	Camp Hill, Pennsylvania	Diagnostic and classification center, riots occurred here in 1989
State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon	Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania	Opened 1889 first for young offenders and then "defective delinquents" modeled after the Elmira Correctional Facility
State Correctional Institution – Smithfield	Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Maximum security

Institution Name	Location	Notes
State Correctional Institution – Fayette	La Belle, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – Forest	Marienville, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – Frackville	Frackville, Pennsylvania
State Correctional Institution – Phoenix	Skippack, Pennsylvania	Opened July 11, 2018, replacing the adjoining State Correctional Institution – Graterford, which had been Pennsylvania's largest prison. Graterford opened in 1929 and worked with Eastern State Penitentiary until its closing in 1970.

Supermax security

Institution Name	Location	Notes
State Correctional Institution – Greene	Waynesburg, Pennsylvania	Houses most of state's capital punishment inmates