Security class Medium-Security Opened 1996 | Capacity 1,587 | |
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Location Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Managed by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections | ||
State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale is a 1500-bed correctional facility located outside Houtzdale in southern Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, along State Route 153.
Building SCI Houtzdale
The facility cost $70 Million 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.
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