State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy

State Correctional Institution - Mahanoy
Location West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Security class Medium-Security
Capacity 1,000
Opened July. 1993
Managed by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy is a 1,000 cell, all male, Medium-Security, correctional facility located along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Construction of SCI-Mahanoy

Mahanoy was one of four[1] 1,000-bed medium-security correctional facilities constructed in Pennsylvania around the same time. The facility cost $117 Million to construct and is on a 222-acre tract of land that was originally leased by the county commissioners. Construction began in July 1991 and opened two years later.

See also

References

  1. "Schuylkill To Get New State Prison" - Reading Eagle, 5/8/1991 (Retrieved: 5/7/2011)

Coordinates: 40°47′34″N 76°10′50″W / 40.79278°N 76.18056°W / 40.79278; -76.18056

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