Status Open Phone +1 814-445-6501 | Security class Minimum-Security Opened 1996 | |
Location Somerset Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Former name Somerset State Hospital Managed by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Address 5706 Glades Pike, Somerset, PA 15501, USA Similar Somerset State Correctio, Somerset County Jail, Somerset Hospital, Western Correctio Institution, Meyersda Police Departme |
State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands is a Minimum-Security facility located on State Route 31, about three miles east of the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. SCI-Laurel Highlands houses Minimum-Security Inmates, particularly older males and geriatric/mentally ill males.
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History
SCI - Laurel Highlands is on the campus of the former Somerset State Hospital, which closed in mid-1995. The facility was then converted into its current facility and opened in 1996.
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