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State Correctional Institution – SCI Coal Township basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 570-644-7890
This facility is for adult inmates.
The inmates housed at SCI Coal Township located at 1 Kelley Dr in Coal Township, 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.
The State Correctional Institution – Coal Township, commonly referred to as SCI Coal Township, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison and houses about 2,300 inmates. At SCI Coal Township there are 226 acres of land, 43 inside of the perimeter. There are 34 operational structures at the facility, including 10 housing units consisting of both cells and dormitory-style housing. One of these units is a Special Needs Unit/Therapeutic Community Unit.
Number of Acres Inside Perimeter: 43
Number of Acres Outside Perimeter: 183
Number of Operational Structures (inside and outside of perimeter): 34
Number of Housing Units: 10
Housing units consist of both cells and dormitory-style housing.
Special Features: One Special Needs Unit/Therapeutic Community Unit
Inmate Information:
Inmate Population: Click HERE for the current population report
Inmate Average Age: 37
Total Number of Full-Time Employees: 526
Academic and Vocational Education:
• Academic Education: Learning Support, Adult Basic Education (ABE), GED, Business Education, ESL
• Vocational Education: Building Trades, Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC), Barber, Computer-Aided Drafting/Design (CADD), Electrical and Electronics, Upholstery.
All vocational classes offer industry-recognized certifications specific to the trade skills taught in the program.
Inmate Programs:
Family/Relationship/Self
• Inside-Out Dads
Long Term Offenders
Sex Offenders
• Sex Offender Moderate-High Intensity
• Sex Offender Low Intensity
• Sex Offender Booster Program
Sex Offender Program on the Special Needs Unit
Re-Entry
• Pre-Vocational Skills Class
• MoneySmart Program
Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD)
• Therapeutic Community
• Parole Violator
• Outpatient Group
• Dual Diagnosis
• AA/NA/SOS Support Meetings
Offense Related
• Thinking for a Change
• Act 143 Victim Awareness
• Violence Prevention Moderate Intensity
Violence Prevention High intensity
• Batterer’s Intervention
Mental Health Programs
• Medication Compliance Group
• Dual Diagnosis Group
Community Work Program: The Community Work Program had a total of 1623 hours of community work in 2012.
CWP projects:
• Painted Churches – interior and exterior
• Painted Gymnasium for the Shamokin Youth Basketball League
• Packed boxes of food items for the Salvation Army’s Christmas program
• Painted walls in the Shamokin City Hall
• Maintained the grounds at the Coal Township War Veterans Memorial and Mini Park
• Maintained cemetery plots at various church and community cemeteries
• Helped set up and take down items for various church festivals
• Painted equipment and maintained the grounds at community playgrounds
• Completed litter pick up on many area roadways for Penn DOT’s Adopt A Highway program
State Correctional Institution – SCI Coal Township PA – Visiting Hours
State Correctional Institution – SCI Coal Township PA – Visitation Rules
visitation Info
State Correctional Institution – SCI Coal Township PA – Visitation
Visiting Hours – General Population
- Monday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
- Tuesday: CLOSED
- Wednesday: CLOSED
- Thursday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
- Friday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
- Saturday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
- Sunday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Maximum Number of Visitors Per Inmate – 5
Virtual visitation: Virtual visitation is available at SCI Coal Township and is limited to persons living in the Pittsburgh, Erie and Philadelphia area(s). The program uses video conferencing technology to enhance parenting skills; allows an inmate to visit with immediate family members, caregivers of the inmate’s children, and other individuals on the inmate’s approved visiting list; increases the frequency of visits for an inmate; and permits the scheduling of visits at times that are best for the visitors. Every inmate in general population status, regardless of his custody level, is eligible. Inmates housed in administrative and disciplinary custody are not permitted to participate in the Virtual Visitation Program.