State Correctional Institution – Waymart

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State Correctional Institution - Waymart
Seal of the Department of Corrections of Pennsylvania.svg
LocationCanaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Security classMedium-Security
Capacity1,430[1]
Population1,425[2]
Opened1989
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections

State Correctional Institution – Waymart is a medium-security correctional facility located outside Waymart, Pennsylvania in the extreme northeast corner of the commonwealth. 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[3] 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 Farview 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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References[]

  1. ^ "Error" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Waymart State Correctional Institution Visiting hours, inmate phones, mail".
  3. ^ Penna. Department of Corrections - SCI Waymart

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Coordinates: 41°34′28″N 75°25′45″W / 41.57444°N 75.42917°W / 41.57444; -75.42917

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