Security class Minimum-Security Opened 1989 | Phone +1 570-488-5811 | |
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Location Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania Managed by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Address 11 Fairview Drive, Waymart, PA 18472, USA | ||
State Correctional Institution – Waymart is a minimum-security correctional facility located outside Waymart, Pennsylvania in the extreme northeast corner of the commonmwealth. SCI Waymart also houses a unit (Forensic Treatment Unit) for mentally disabled males needing psychiatric care and treatment. The facility is located on the site of the former Farview State Hospital.
Opening of SCI Waymart
The opening of this institution was pressed due to the 1989 riots at State Correctional Institution - Camp Hill. From the opening until 1995, the correctional facility and the still-open Fairview State Hospital operated jointly, unique for the commonwealth. In 1995, the Department of Public Welfare turned over hospital operations to the Department of Corrections.
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