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State Correctional Institution - Laurel Highlands is a Minimum-Security facility located on State Route 31, about three miles east of the Somerset Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. SCI-Laurel Highlands houses Minimum-Security Inmates, particularly older males and geriatric/mentally ill males.
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History
SCI - Laurel Highlands is on the campus of the former Somerset State Hospital, which closed in mid-1995. The facility was then converted into its current facility and opened in 1996.
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Notable inmates
- John du Pont - Murdered Olympic gold-medalist Dave Schultz.
- Ira Einhorn - Nicknamed The Unicorn Killer, he evaded justice for over two decades before being extradited from France in 2001 to stand trial for the 1977 murder of his girlfriend Holly Maddux.
- Tom Druce
- George Feigley
- Jerry Sandusky
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See also
- List of Pennsylvania state prisons
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References
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External links
- State Correctional Institution - Laurel Highlands
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