This is a list of state prisons in Pennsylvania. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Historical (closed) Eastern State Penitentiary, Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Closed in 1971. Quehanna Boot Camp, Karthaus Township, Pennsylvania. Co-ed and six-month duration. Closed in 2026. State Correctional Institution – Cresson, Cresson, Pennsylvania. Converted from a psychiatric hospital. Closed in 2013. State Correctional Institution – Graterford, Skippack Township, Pennsylvania. Closed 2018. State Correctional Institution – Greensburg, Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2013 State Correctional Institution – Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2017. State Correctional Institution – Retreat, Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania. Converted from a psychiatric hospital. Opened 1980. Closed June 30, 2020. State Correctional Institution – Rockview, Benner Township, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2026. State Correctional Institution – Waynesburg, Morgan Township, Pennsylvania. Closed in 2003.
Young adult offenders male ages 1625 Institution Name Location Security Level State Correctional Institution – Pine Grove Indiana, Pennsylvania Maximum Security
Adult female institutions Institution Name Location Notes State Correctional Institution – Cambridge Springs Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania Minimum security State Correctional Institution – Muncy Muncy, Pennsylvania Close security. Houses all female capital punishment inmates & diagnostic and classification center for women.
Adult male institutions
Minimum security Institution Name Location Notes State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands Somerset, Pennsylvania Houses geriatric and mentally ill inmates State Correctional Institution – Mercer Mercer, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Waymart Waymart, Pennsylvania Originally part Farview State Hospital. Has Forensic Treatment Unit & houses inmates with mental disorders who require inpatient psychiatric care and treatment. The 1989 riot at the State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill expedited the opening.
Medium security Institution Name Location Notes State Correctional Institution – Albion Albion, Pennsylvania Also close-security State Correctional Institution – Benner Township Benner Township, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Coal Township Coal Township, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Chester Chester, Pennsylvania Opened 1998 first facility to treat inmates with substance use and be tobacco free State Correctional Institution – Dallas Dallas, Pennsylvania Was originally designed for "defective delinquents" State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale Houtzdale, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy Frackville, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Somerset Somerset, Pennsylvania
Close security Institution Name Location Notes State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Diagnostic and classification center, riots occurred here in 1989 State Correctional Institution – Huntingdon Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Opened 1889 first for young offenders and then "defective delinquents" modeled after the Elmira Correctional Facility State Correctional Institution – Smithfield Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Maximum security Institution Name Location Notes State Correctional Institution – Fayette La Belle, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Forest Marienville, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Frackville Frackville, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Phoenix Skippack, Pennsylvania Opened July 11, 2018, replacing the adjoining State Correctional Institution – Graterford, which had been Pennsylvania's largest prison. Graterford opened in 1929 and worked with Eastern State Penitentiary until its closing in 1970.
Supermax security Institution Name Location Notes State Correctional Institution – Greene Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Houses most of state's capital punishment inmates