SCI Huntingdon Inmate Search

SCI Huntingdon Overview

SCI Huntingdon is the state prison physically located in Huntingdon County. It is operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and holds state-sentenced adult male inmates. The DOC describes it as a maximum-security institution with special-needs and modular housing units. It is separate from Huntingdon County Prison at 300 Church Street, which handles local county custody.

The facility page lists 10 acres inside the perimeter, 300 acres outside the perimeter, 76 operational structures, 14 housing units, and an average of 660 employees. SCI Huntingdon has a large institutional footprint compared with the county jail, so searchers should separate state custody at 1100 Pike Street from county custody downtown.

The official SCI Huntingdon facility page gives the state prison address, leadership, history, programs, and mail-format guidance.

That state facility page should be paired with the PA DOC locator, because the county prison roster process does not control state-prison inmates.

SCI Huntingdon Capacity and Population

The PA DOC monthly population report dated May 31, 2026 lists SCI Huntingdon at 1,884 inmates and capacity of 2,312, or 81.5% of capacity. The same report lists 1,599 general-population inmates physically present, 16 AC restricted-housing inmates, 67 DC restricted-housing inmates, 39 therapeutic-community inmates, and 145 special-needs-unit inmates. One year earlier, the report listed 1,854 inmates, so the facility increased by 30 inmates, or 1.6%.

How to Look Up an Inmate at SCI Huntingdon

Use the PA DOC Inmate/Parolee Locator for SCI Huntingdon. The state service page says the locator searches people incarcerated or supervised by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, is updated daily, and does not include private information. It also says people in county facilities or another state's custody cannot be found through the PA DOC locator.

1. Open the PA DOC Inmate/Parolee Locator or the state locate an inmate or parolee service page.
2. Search by last name, adding first name if the name is common, or search by inmate number if known.
3. Review the public result for current location or supervision status and confirm whether SCI Huntingdon is listed.
4. If the person is still in pretrial or county custody, check Huntingdon County Prison instead; county-facility inmates do not appear in the PA DOC locator.

SCI Huntingdon Address and Contact

Use SCI Huntingdon's main facility phone for state-prison questions that are not answered by the locator or statewide DOC pages. For county jail custody, use Huntingdon County Prison instead.

Visiting Someone at SCI Huntingdon

SCI Huntingdon follows PA DOC statewide visitation procedures, not Huntingdon County Prison's local visiting schedule. State visits require visitor approval and scheduling through DOC rules. Visitors should check the official DOC visitation page and SCI-specific instructions before traveling, because approval status, scheduling windows, identification, dress rules, and allowed items can change under state policy or facility conditions.

Mail, Phone, and Money at SCI Huntingdon

SCI Huntingdon uses PA DOC statewide mail and money rules. The facility page gives inmate mail format through Smart Communications/PADOC, with the mail-processing address in St. Petersburg, Florida. State prison mail should include the inmate name, inmate number, and institution so it is routed correctly. State inmate money uses the PA DOC approved money-service process, not the county prison lobby kiosk or Huntingdon County PA-Prison Site ID.

Reception and Classification at SCI Huntingdon

SCI Huntingdon does not handle street-arrest booking for Huntingdon County. A person arrested locally may begin at Huntingdon County Prison while charges, bail, and court hearings move through the county process. After a state sentence, custody shifts to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. At that point, county visitation, mail, money, and phone rules no longer control. The person should be searched through the PA DOC locator and managed under state-prison procedures.

About SCI Huntingdon

DOC describes SCI Huntingdon as Pennsylvania's oldest correctional institution in continuous operation. The institution traces to an act of June 12, 1878, received its first inmates in 1889 as the Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon, was renamed in 1945, and became a maximum-security adult male state correctional institution in 1960. That history belongs to the state prison, not to the county jail.

Programs listed for SCI Huntingdon include PA Correctional Industries warehouse, print shop, specialty license plate shop, sign shop, garment shop, soap and detergent shop, Community Work Program, Reentry Service Office, GED, barbering, carpentry, custodial maintenance, CDL, building trades, printing, flagger, OSHA Ten-Hour, Pathway to Success, Act 143 Victim Awareness, Money Smart, Veterans Office, therapeutic community and substance-use programs, and certified peer and recovery specialists. PCI employs 212 inmates according to the facility detail research.