State Correctional Institution - SCI Pine Grove

State Prison
Pennsylvania
PO Box 33028, St Petersburg, FL 33733
724-465-9630
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State Correctional Institution – SCI Pine Grove basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 724-465-9630

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at SCI Pine Grove located at 189 Fyock Rd in Indiana, PA are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

SCI Pine Grove is a Pennsylvania state prison that contains 19 buildings including 8 housing units. The prison runs the young offenders program and houses some of Pennsylvania's youngest inmates. 40% of the population is under 20 years of age, with the average age being 38 years old. Ground breaking for SCI Pine Grove occurred May 11, 1998, as part of an administrative initiative to provide the Young Adult Offender population with their own Institution. The entire Young Adult Offender Program (YAOP) is run as a therapeutic community providing this unique population with the opportunity to mature in a nurturing environment.

Number of Acres Inside Perimeter: 29.5
Number of Acres Outside Perimeter: 82.5
Number of Operational Structures (inside and outside of perimeter): 19
Number of Housing Units: 8
Two of our Housing Units consist of both cell and dormitory-style housing.

Inmate Information

Inmate Population: Click HERE for the current population report
Inmate Average Age: 38.3 (39% of our population is under the age of 20)

Academic and Vocational Education:

Academic Education through GED Level

Program List:

Adult Basic Education (ABE)
Literacy (ESL/LEP
Money Smart/Pre-Vocational
Federal Title 1 Program
Building Custodial Maintenance
Construction Building Trades (Carpentry)
Computer Aided Drafting
Business Education
HAVC
Special Education

Inmate Programs:

Young Adult Offender’s Program
Batterer’s Intervention
Thinking for a Change
Violence Prevention Moderate Intensity
Violence Prevention High Intensity
Sex Offender Treatment Program
Long Term Offenders
Hepatitis C
Medication Education
Act 143 Victims Education
Therapeutic Community (TC)
AOD Dual Diagnosis
AOD Outpatient
PV Group
Self Help Groups

Community Work Program – The prison's community work program completes community work projects throughout each year and has completed tens of thousands of hours of service.

• Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP) Packaging and distributing food for low-income families in Indiana County (monthly throughout the year)
• Indiana County Volunteer Fire Departments – Painting and cleaning of fire halls and garages throughout Indiana County, roof project at Clymer VFD,
• Lions Health Camp – Refinishing tables, painting of buildings, and lawn care, and general cleaning of the facility for a non-profit health camp for handicapped citizens of Indiana county and surrounding areas
• Homer City Rec – Lawn care, brush removal, and field maintenance for community ball fields
• AYSO – Lawn care, brush clearing and removal, and soccer field maintenance
• Young Township – brush clearing and removal from township area
• Beulah Baptist Church – interior and exterior painting
• Church of Good Shepherd – general cleaning of church
• Christ Temple Church – interior and exterior painting and general cleaning
• Penn Run Church – painting of interior and exterior
• Homer Center School District – painting of exterior building on activity grounds
• Mack Park – Removal of trash and general lawn care after holiday activities, preparing grounds and buildings for end of year closure
• Rural Valley Cemetery – trim trees and remove brush
• Clymer Borough – built deck
• White Township Recreation Complex – painting of building
• Regular trash pick-up during appropriate weather months
• Regular lawn care, interior and exterior painting, general house maintenance at the Superintendent’s and Deputies’ houses

visitation Info

State Correctional Institution – SCI Pine Grove PA – Visitation

Visiting Hours – General Population

Monday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday: CLOSED
Thursday: CLOSED
Friday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Saturday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Sunday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Visitors are required to be at Pine Grove by 2:00 pm.
Visits are not processed after 2:00 pm
Maximum Number of Visitors Per Inmate – 5 (including children)

The visiting room vending machines now use a cashless card system. In the lobby of the prison's administration building, visitors may purchase a cashless card for an initial fee of $5 (please use a $5 bill). This fee provides for the cost of the card ($2) AND gives you $3 for use in the vending machines. Cards can be reloaded with any denomination bill (from $1 to $20). The maximum amount that can be loaded on a card is $75. Cards purchased at Pine Grove ONLY may be used at Pine Grove. A photo booth also is available in the visiting room. Tokens may be purchased in the lobby using cash.