Contact
Facility address
1000 Follies Road
Dallas, PA 18612-0286
570-675-1101
Inmate mail address
Smart Communications/PADOC
Inmate Name/Inmate Number
Institution
PO Box 33028
St Petersburg, FL 33733
Facility information
- Current inmate population
- Acres inside perimeter: 26
- Acres outside perimeter: 1,307
- Operational structures: 51
- Housing units: 17
- Average number of employees: 685
- Special features: Special needs unit, therapeutic communities, veterans services unit, one dormitory-style housing unit, senior life enhancement programs and restricted housing units
More about SCI Dallas
PA Correctional Industries (PCI)
SCI Dallas has two correctional industries: a mattress factory and a garment factory, which employs 85 inmates and six staff members. SCI Dallas is responsible for the production of mattresses for all of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC), state hospitals, and state parks. The PCI mattress plant manufactures foam and innerspring and polyester mattresses, as well as pillows, curtains, and privacy panels. The PCI garment plant manufactures T-shirts, sweatshirts, polo shirts, and robes for the DOC and state hospitals.
Community Work Program (CWP)
The SCI Dallas CWP consists of three to eight inmates, depending on availability and the project. A common task is litter pickup along local and state roads. This crew also does painting, cleaning, stripping and waxing of floors, set up and tear down for the local fire company and church bazaars, and landscaping.
Reentry Service Office
In order to ease a reentrant’s transition after release and improve community reintegration, the Reentry Service Offices (RSOs) are designed to provide information and services to inmates who are within 18 months to their minimum and/or release date. Reentry Parole Agents (RPAs) oversee the RSOs and work with other DOC staff members to facilitate various workshops including Life Skills, Budgeting, Digital Literacy — among many others. The RSO utilizes its computer lab to assist reentrants with resume writing, job searches, as well as providing community connections for services they may need upon release.
Academic education
- Adult Basic Education
- GED
- Commonwealth Secondary School Diploma
Vocational programs
- Business Occupations
- Cosmetology
- Custodial Maintenance
- Flagger Certification
- Horticulture
- Money Smart
- OSHA
- Pathway to Success
- Welding
Inmate programs
- Sex Offender
- Outpatient and Dual Diagnosis Outpatient Groups
- AA/NA/MARA Support Meetings
- Thinking for a Change
- Violence Prevention
- Batterer’s Intervention
- Cognitive Behavioral Intervention-Interpersonal Violence (CBI-IPV)
- Mental Health Education
- Mental Health Management
- Mental Health Peer Group
- Mental Health Community Reentry Group
- Dual Diagnosis Group
- Mental Health Support Group for Recent Psychiatric Commitment Returns and the AIR Project (SCI Dallas initiative)
- Superintendent: Jasen Bohinski
- Deputy Superintendent for Centralized Services: Jeffrey Gibson
- Deputy Superintendent for Facilities Management: Ricardo Contreras
- Business Manager: Susan Kuzminski
- Superintendent's Assistant: Sherry Verbinski
SCI Dallas was designed by Clarence Littchfield. It was desgined like a school to emphasize its focus on rehabilitation. The facility opened in January 1960 as a facility to house and care for mentally retarded males, as defined by the Defective Delinquent Act of 1967. The act was challenged in the courts and repealed on July 20, 1968. That same year, SCI Dallas became a facility for sentenced adult felons serving a term of two years or more.
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