State Correctional Institution – Houtzdale

State Correctional Institution - Houtzdale

Location	Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Security class	Medium-Security
Capacity	1,587
Opened	1996
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 Pennsylvania Route 153.

Building SCI Houtzdale[]

The facility cost $70 Million^[1] 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.

Notable inmates[]

• Warren McGlone (alias Steady B) - Hip hop artist, convicted in the murder of Philadelphia Police Department officer Lauretha Vaird in a bank robbery

See also[]

• List of Pennsylvania state prisons

References[]

Coordinates: 40°48′44″N 78°21′23″W / 40.81222°N 78.35639°W / 40.81222; -78.35639