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State Correctional Institution - Forest
LocationMarienville, Jenks Township,
Forest County, Pennsylvania
Security classMaximum-Security
Capacity2,309
Population2,389
OpenedOctober, 2004
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections

The State Correctional Institution – Forest is one of two identical correctional facilities in Pennsylvania that were constructed in the beginning of the twenty-first century to hold maximum-security male inmates. SCI Forest is located in the community of Marienville, in remote Forest County.

Creation of SCI-Forest

SCI - Forest and SCI-Fayette, which are identical in size and design, were constructed to accommodate overcrowding at SCI-Pittsburgh and SCI-Waynesburg, which were "mothballed" after the opening of SCI Forest. Construction of the correctional facility cost $126 million.

Notable Inmates

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Andrew Jerome Wurst EA5775 Serving a 30-60 year sentence with possibility of parole in 2028. Perpetrator of the 1998 Parker Middle School dance shooting in which he murdered teacher John Gillette.

See also

References

  1. "State Announces Plan To 'Mothball' 'Western Pen'" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/19/2004 (Retrieved 5/7/2011)
  2. Palattella, Ed. "Andrew Wurst loses appeal in 1998 killing of teacher near Edinboro". Erie Times-News. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  3. "Inmate/Parolee Locator". inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  4. staff, CBSNews com staff CBSNews com (1998-04-25). "Students Pray For Slain Teacher - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  5. Hays, Kristen (1998-04-26). "8TH-GRADER HELD IN FATAL SHOOTING". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  6. "Student Guns Down Science Teacher Chaperoning School Dance". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1998-04-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-30.

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