# @psunewslab on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOyhgR9CDhi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65520703-psunewslab-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-19T15:51:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The News Lab at Penn State (@psunewslab) — https://gondola.cc/psunewslab

## Caption

Pennsylvania houses nearly 40,000 incarcerated individuals across its correctional facilities, employing more than 16,000 staff members.

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced today that SCI Rockview and Quehanna Boot Camp will close by early 2026, two days after releasing a 12,000-page report recommending the closures.

Located in Centre County, Rockview houses approximately 2,148 incarcerated individuals and 658 staff members. Quehanna Boot Camp in Clearfield County is home to 348 incarcerated individuals participating in a "rigid six-month disciplinary and training program" and/or a limited-term drug treatment program staffed by 234 employees. 

These shutdowns will not only impact the incarcerated individuals and facility workers but also their families and surrounding communities. 

However, closures like these are not uncommon. 

Since 2004, six prisons have closed in Allegheny, Cambria, Greene, Luzerne, Montgomery and Westmoreland counties. Closures disproportionately impact rural communities. They bring uncertainty for employees, incarcerated individuals and the local economy.

The News Lab sat down with several Pennsylvanians this summer to discuss the possible impact of these closures. We are committed to listening to more stories over the next year.

If you or someone you know is affected by the Pennsylvania prison system, this particular closure or past closures, we would like to hear your story.

You can connect with us here: https://dub.link/Prisons (link also in bio).

🎥: @mo.s.almo 
🖊️: @themirandaframe @notsofiamiranda

#PennsylvaniaNews #CriminalJustice #PrisonClosures #SCIRockview #CommunityStories #TellYourStory #CentreCounty

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The News Lab at Penn State | @psunewslab | https://gondola.cc/psunewslab | University |
| Sofia Costa Miranda | @notsofiamiranda | https://gondola.cc/notsofiamiranda | Writer |
| Sofia Costa Miranda | @notsofiamiranda | https://gondola.cc/notsofiamiranda | Reporter/Journalist |

## Tags

criminaljustice, tellyourstory, scirockview, prisonclosures, communitystories, pennsylvanianews, centrecounty

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