SCI Greene

The State Correctional Institution at Greene began negotiations with Greene County Redevelopment Authority on November 15, 1990, to purchase property for a 1,000-bed maximum-security prison.  The 128-acre site, known as the Allison Tract, is located in Franklin Township, Waynesburg, PA.  The lease for the institution site was signed by General Services Secretary David L. Jannetta on May 7, 1991.  Ground breaking occurred on October 29, 1991, and the institution was dedicated November 9, 1993.  The first inmates arrived on January 3, 1994.  The Institution reached its inmate capacity as of May 3, 1995.  Construction was completed in March, 1999 on two new housing units within the perimeter.  One of these units (K) houses inmates with mental health needs; and the second (L) houses Level 5 inmates.

Facility Information

Number of Acres Inside Perimeter:  44

Number of Acres Outside Perimeter: 84

Number of Operational Structures (inside and outside of perimeter):  33

Number of Housing Units:  11

Special Features: Residential Treatment Unit, Diversionary Treatment Unit, Secure Residential Treatment Unit, Step-Down Unit, Management Control Unit, Intensive Management Unit

Average Number of Full-Time Employees:  670

Inmate Information

Inmate Population: Current Inmate Population

PA Correctional Industries: PCI operates a garment factory at SCI Greene that employs three staff members and 65 inmates. The factory produces the following items: denim blue jeans, denim release coats, sweat shirts, sweat pants, sweat shorts jumpsuits and laundry bags for use at State Institutions. PCI also produces all staff hats including garrison hats.

Community Work Program: The SCI Greene CWP crew completes work for local non-profit organizations.

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.

Academic Education

• Adult Basic Education
• English as a Second Language
• Business Education
• Individual Mobile Education Program

Vocational Programs

• Carpentry
• Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

Inmate Programs

• Victim Awareness Program
• Money Smart
• Pathways to Success
• Correspondence Courses
• Read to Your Child
• Substance Use Disorder Program (SUD)
• Violence Prevention
• Thinking for a Change
• Batterer’s Intervention
• Inside Out Dad
• Long-Term Offenders Program
• Back on Track-Inside (BOTI)
• Canine Partners for Life Program (CPL)