SCI – Laurel Highlands is on the campus of the former
Somerset State Hospital, which closed in mid-1995.[1] The facility was then converted into its current facility and opened in 1996.[2]
Notable inmates
Thomas W. Druce, former
Pennsylvania State Representative, convicted for leaving the scene of an accident, insurance fraud, and tampering with evidence, in the fatal killing of a 42-year-old former U.S. Marine; Druce was released in 2006.
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; Einhorn died in prison on April 2, 2020.