State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands

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State Correctional Institution - Laurel Highlands
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LocationSomerset Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
StatusOpen
Security classMinimum security
Opened1996
Former nameSomerset State Hospital
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections

State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands is a minimum-security facility in Somerset Township, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The prison houses minimum-security inmates, particularly geriatric and mentally ill males.

History[edit]

SCI – Laurel Highlands is on the campus of the former Somerset State Hospital, which closed in mid-1995.[1] The facility was then converted into its current facility and opened in 1996.[2]

Notable inmates[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "State Vows Mentally-Ill won't be 'dumped' from hospitals" - Washington, Pennsylvania Observer-Reporter (7/18/1995)
  2. ^ State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands

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