
Convicted murderer Joseph Kerekes will now be spending the rest of his natural life at SCI Huntingdon.
SCI Huntingdon
1100 Pike Street
Huntingdon, PA 16654-1112
(814) 643-2400
SCI Huntingdon (Huntingdon County), opened in 1889, was modeled after the Elmira Reformatory in New York. Originally the Huntingdon Reformatory for Young Offenders, it was later used for "defective delinquents" until 1960. It was a maximum-security prison for men and housed capital case inmates until 1995. Today, SCI Huntingdon is a close-security institution.
So what is "close-security"?
Well according to Wikipedia: Under close security, prisoners usually have one or two person cells operated from a remote control station. Each cell has its own toilet and sink. Inmates may leave their cells for work assignments or correctional programs and otherwise may be allowed in a common area in the cellblock or an exercise yard. The fences are generally double fences with watchtowers, housing armed guards, plus often a third, lethal-current electric fence in the middle.