State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands

State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands is a Minimum-Security facility located on State Route 31, about three miles east of the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. SCI-Laurel Highlands houses Minimum-Security Inmates, particularly older males and geriatric/mentally ill males.

State Correctional Institution - Laurel Highlands
LocationSomerset Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
StatusOpen
Security classMinimum-Security
Opened1996
Former nameSomerset State Hospital
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections

History

SCI - Laurel Highlands is on the campus of the former Somerset State Hospital, which closed in mid-1995.[1] The facility was then converted into its current facility and opened in 1996.[2]

Notable inmates
  • John du Pont - Murdered Olympic gold-medalist Dave Schultz.
  • Ira Einhorn - Nicknamed The Unicorn Killer, he evaded justice for over two decades before being extradited from France in 2001 to stand trial for the 1977 murder of his girlfriend Holly Maddux.
  • Tom Druce
  • George Feigley
  • Jerry Sandusky

See also

References
  1. "State Vows Mentally-Ill won't be 'dumped' from hospitals" - Washington, Pennsylvania Obeerver-Reporter (7/18/1995)
  2. State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands

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