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    SCI Smithfield

    Learn more about State Correctional Institution (SCI) Smithfield, a maximum-security institution for males in Pennsylvania.

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    Facility address

    1120 Pike Street 
    Huntingdon, PA 16652 
    814-643-6520

    Inmate mail address

    Smart Communications/PADOC 
    Inmate Name/Inmate Number 
    Institution 
    PO Box 33028 
    St Petersburg, FL 33733

    Facility information

    • Current inmate population
    • Acres inside perimeter: 31
    • Acres outside perimeter: 30
    • Operational structures: 25
    • Housing units: 10
    • Average number of employees: 522

     

    More about SCI Smithfield

    Reentry Service Office

    In order to ease a reentrant’s transition after release and improve community reintegration, the Reentry Service Offices (RSOs) are designed to provide information and services to inmates who are within 18 months to their minimum and/or release date. Reentry Parole Agents (RPAs) oversee the RSOs and work with other DOC staff members to facilitate various workshops including Life Skills, Budgeting, Digital Literacy — among many others. The RSO utilizes its computer lab to assist reentrants with resume writing, job searches, as well as providing community connections for services they may need upon release.

    • Superintendent: Kenneth Shea
    • Deputy Superintendent for Centralized Services: Matthew Pyo
    • Deputy Superintendent for Facilities Management: Kenneth Shea
    • Business Manager: Elizabeth Stone
    • Superintendent's Assistant: Holli Smith

    SCI Smithfield is located in Huntingdon County and began construction in late 1984. The facility opened on Nov. 10, 1988 and was dedicated by former Governor Bob Casey as Pennsylvania’s 14th correctional institution.

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, SCI Smithfield served as a temporary housing for new commitments and parole violators. It is currently transitioning its mission and programs to become a more traditional facility again. It still receives parole violators for the region.