Locate State Correctional Institution Fayette Inmates

SCI Fayette Inmate Records

State Correctional Institution Fayette, often called SCI Fayette, is operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections at 50 Overlook Drive, La Belle, PA 15450. The DOC describes the facility as a maximum-security institution for males. Superintendent Tina Walker is listed as facility leader, with other DOC management roles shown on the official facility page. The prison is physically in Fayette County, but its records are state DOC records.

That distinction controls the lookup process. The county jail roster and the Fayette County PA Sheriff app are for local pretrial and county-sentenced inmates at Fayette County Jail. SCI Fayette is for people sentenced into Pennsylvania DOC custody after court disposition and classification. A Fayette County defendant may start in the county jail, appear in court, and later move to a DOC institution. After that transfer, the county roster is no longer the primary place to search.

State Correctional Institution Fayette Facts

The DOC facility page gives detailed physical and operating facts for SCI Fayette. It lists 53 acres inside the perimeter, 203 acres outside the perimeter, 24 operational structures, 11 housing units, and an average of 648 employees. The prison opened in August 2003 as the Commonwealth's 26th correctional facility. It was accredited by the American Correctional Association in 2006 and has been reaccredited every three years since, according to the DOC page.

Search SCI Fayette Inmates

Use the Pennsylvania DOC Inmate and Parolee Locator for SCI Fayette inmate lookup. The Pennsylvania service page says the locator finds incarcerated or department-supervised individuals, is updated daily, and does not include county inmates. A person in Fayette County Jail will not appear in the DOC locator just because the jail is in Pennsylvania. The person must be in DOC custody or under DOC supervision.

1. Open the PA DOC Inmate and Parolee Locator.
2. Search by last name or by inmate number when the DOC number is known.
3. Add first name if the last name is common or produces many results.
4. Confirm the listed facility or supervision status before using SCI Fayette mail or visitation rules.

If the search is for a recent Fayette County arrest, start with Fayette County Jail and the county roster path. If the person has a federal sentence, use BOP. If the issue is immigration custody, use ICE. SCI Fayette is a state prison, so county booking charges, county bond questions, and app-only jail roster issues belong to the county system.

Pennsylvania DOC Locator Records

The PA DOC locator source capture shows the statewide search path used for SCI Fayette inmates and parolees.

The locator is the correct public search channel once custody has shifted from Fayette County Jail to Pennsylvania DOC supervision.

SCI Fayette Address and Phone

SCI Fayette facility contact goes through the Pennsylvania DOC, not through the Fayette County Jail switchboard. Use the prison address for facility contact and confirm current visiting, mail, and money procedures with DOC before sending items or traveling. County courthouse or jail staff may not be able to answer state-prison housing and program questions.

SCI Fayette Mail Records

The DOC page lists the inmate mail route through Smart Communications. Mail must include the inmate name, inmate number, institution, and the centralized St. Petersburg address. This is different from Fayette County Jail's Phoenix digital mail address and different from county legal-mail handling. The DOC number is especially important because DOC mail systems use it to route correspondence to the correct person.

Visit SCI Fayette Inmates

State prison visitation is a DOC process. The research file did not capture a local SCI Fayette day-by-day visiting schedule table, so no specific visiting hours should be invented. State-prison visits generally require DOC approval and scheduling under current DOC rules. Confirm the active visiting procedure through the SCI Fayette or Pennsylvania DOC facility page before travel, because prison visiting rules can change for security, staffing, health, or operational reasons.

Note: Confirm SCI Fayette custody and visit approval with DOC before traveling to La Belle.

SCI Fayette Prison Programs

SCI Fayette has unusually specific program information in the DOC materials. Pennsylvania Correctional Industries operates a license plate factory at the prison with 60 inmate workers producing aluminum plates and special organizational plates for PennDOT. A metal factory employs 37 inmate workers and produces cabinets, shelves, security benches, and prison-cell furniture for DOC, State Police, the Game Commission, and other agencies. PCI office staff employs 11 inmate workers.

The facility also has a Community Work Program and a Reentry Service Office. The CWP crew handles litter pickup, floor stripping and waxing, grass cutting, ceiling replacement, and other maintenance. Reentry services support inmates within 18 months of minimum or release date through workshops on life skills, budgeting, digital literacy, resume writing, job searching, and community service connections.

SCI Fayette Education Records

SCI Fayette programming includes Adult Basic Education, GED, Pre-GED, cell study, correspondence courses, Pathways to Success, and vocational tracks. The vocational list in the research includes carpentry, cosmetology, custodial maintenance, electricity, flagger, OSHA, HVAC, and welding. Inmate programs include Thinking for a Change, violence prevention, therapeutic community, substance use disorder programming, Batterers' Intervention, Seeking Safety, Long-Term Offenders, Impact of Crime, and AA, NA, and SMART options.

DOC

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, the state prison agency.

State-sentenced inmate

A person serving a sentence under DOC custody after court disposition.

Classification

The DOC process that reviews security, housing, program, and placement needs.

Reentry

Programs meant to prepare an inmate for release and community supervision.

SCI Fayette History

SCI Fayette opened in August 2003 as Pennsylvania's 26th Commonwealth correctional facility. The DOC history says construction was authorized by the General Assembly in 1997, ground was broken on March 30, 2000, and the first inmates arrived in August 2003. The prison later received ACA accreditation in 2006 and has been reaccredited every three years since. These state-prison facts help separate SCI Fayette from the county jail, which moved into its current Uniontown building in 2024.

The facility page also notes a $39 million GESA energy project involving water, electric, and gas energy savings. That is a DOC facility infrastructure detail, not a county prison board project. Questions about state prison operations, programs, mail, and population reporting should go to Pennsylvania DOC sources, including DOC monthly population reports when a current SCI Fayette population count is needed.