Security class minimum security Phone +1 814-768-1200 Opened April 2006 | Capacity 1,820 | |
Address 555 GEO Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, USA Hours Open today · 8AM–7:30PMSunday8AM–7:30PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesdayClosedThursday8AM–3:30PMFriday8AM–3:30PMSaturday8AM–7:30PM Similar Corrections Departme, Geisinger ‑ Philipsburg, Reynolds Construct Co, Centre County Correctio, Clearfield County Jail | ||
Moshannon valley correctional center top 5 facts
Moshannon Valley Correctional Center or Moshannon Valley CI is a federal prison for men located in Philipsburg, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, privately operated by the GEO Group under contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. (The city of Philipsburg straddles the border between Centre and Clearfield Counties. The prison stands in Clearfield County.)
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The facility began accepting prisoners in April 2006 and has been expanded since. At opening it was the first privately owned prison in Pennsylvania. It houses low-security, nonviolent criminal aliens who have less than 5 years on their remaining sentences.
In September 2013 the future of Moshannon Valley's continued operation was said to hinge on a federal contractual decision between this facility and the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, privately run by the Corrections Corporation of America near Youngstown, Ohio.
In December 2014 Moshannon Valley's contract was renewed by the Federal government for 5 years, with 5 one year options after that for a total of 10 years.
In August 2016, Justice Department officials announced that the FBOP would be phasing out its use of all contracted facilities, on the grounds that private prisons provided less safe and less effective services with no substantial cost savings. The agency expects to allow current contracts on its thirteen remaining private facilities to expire.