| Facility Address: 10745 Route 18 Albion, PA 16475-0001 (814) 756-5778 | Inmate Mailing Address: Smart Communications/PADOCInmate Name/Inmate Number Institution PO Box 33028St Petersburg, FL 33733 | Legal Mail Address: 10745 Route 18 Albion, PA 16475-0001 (814) 756-5778 |
The State Correctional Institution at Albion was built by a cooperative effort between state and county governments, in which the Erie County Prison Authority built the prison on a fast-track basis to accommodate quick expansion of the system. This prison is one of five prototypical state prisons dedicated in 1993. SCI Albion was accredited by the American Correctional Association in 1996 and has successfully achieved reaccreditation every three years since that time.
Number of Acres Inside Perimeter: 67
Number of Acres Outside Perimeter: 290
Number of Operational Structures (inside and outside of perimeter): 22
Number of Housing Units: 10
Housing units consist of both cells and dormitory-style housing.
Special Features: Special Needs Unit, One Residential Treatment Unit and Diversionary Treatment Unit
Inmate Information
Inmate Population: Current Inmate Population
Inmate Average Age: 40.51
Total Number of Full-Time Employees: 533
Academic and Vocational Education:
- Academic Education through GED level
- Vocational Education: Business Practices, Computer Technology, Custodial Maintenance, Warehouse/Material Handling
- Your Role in Green Environment
All vocational classes except computer technology offer industry-recognized certifications specific to the trade skills taught in the program.
Inmate Programs:
- Family/Relationship Self
- Inside Out Dads
- Hospice
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Reading to your Children
- Long Term Offenders
- Inside-Out Program
- Youth Mentoring League
- Transgender Support Group
- LGBT Support Group
- Certified Peer Specialist Program
Sex Offenders:
- Sex Offender Moderate-High Intensity
- Offender Low Intensity
- Special Needs Sex Offender Booster Program
- Sex Offender Aftercare
Reentry:
- Transitional Housing Unit
- Pre-Vocational Skills Class
- Back on Track Inside
- MoneySmart Program
- Mental Health Aftercare Planning Seminar
- Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD)
- Co-Occurring Therapeutic Community
- Outpatient Therapy Group
- Co-Occurring Outpatient
- Dual Diagnosis
- AA/NA/SMART Recovery Support Meetings
Offense Related:
- Impact of Crime
- Seeking Out Safety
- Thinking for a Change
- Act 143 Victim Awareness
- Violence Prevention
- Batterer’s Intervention
- Juvenile Lifers Program
- SIP-HOPE
Mental Health Programs:
- MH Education
- MH Management
- MH Peer Group
- MH Community Re-Entry Group
- Co-Occuring Outpatient
- MH Support Group for Recent Psychiatric Commitment Returns
- Emotional Balance
- House of Healing
- Health Psychology
RTU Groups:
- Horton Group
- Life Skills
- Mental Health
- Current Affairs
- Parenting
Virtual visitation: Virtual visitation is available at SCI Albion and is limited to persons living in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas. 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.
Correctional Industries: The Correctional Industries Commissary Distribution Center began operation in November 2010, and services seven assigned state prisons by providing bagged inmate commissary services. The Commissary Distribution Center processes, packs and ships orders to their assigned prisons and employs 80 inmates.
Community Work Program: The Community Work Program had a total of 5,789 hours of community work in 2018 for an estimated savings to the community of $145,000.
SWPA History 