SCI Retreat (PA): Phone, Address and Visiting Info

Visiting, mail, money and calls at SCI Retreat

Rules the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections publishes for its prisons, plus what we hold for SCI Retreat. Each item names its source and the day it was checked; check the source before you travel or send money.

How to look someone up

The facility's own search, the wider list and the phone number

People in state prison are listed in the Pennsylvania state prison inmate search; the result names the prison that holds them.

Call SCI Retreat at (570) 735-8754 with the person's full name and date of birth.

Number from HIFLD Prison Boundaries, a public federal facility dataset (data edited October 2025)

Visiting

How to schedule a visit and the rules

All visits, in person or by video, must be scheduled at least two days ahead in the Inmate Visitation System (IVS). You need an IVS account and must be on the person's visitor list; facility staff cannot tell you whether you are on it.

Source: PA DOC Inmate Visitation System, PA DOC Inmate Visitation, read Oct 23, 2026

Each person may have up to four in-person visits a month (one on a weekend), at least one hour long, with up to four visitors, and up to six free video visits a month. Every visitor, children and infants included, needs one photo ID or two non-photo IDs; expired IDs and photocopies are not accepted.

Source: PA DOC Inmate Visitation System, PA DOC Inmate Visitation, read Oct 23, 2026

Sending mail

The mailing address and how to write it

Letters, cards and photos go to the PA DOC's mail vendor, not to SCI Retreat:
Smart Communications/PA DOC
Inmate name and inmate number
State Correctional Institution
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, Florida 33733

Source: PA DOC Send Mail to an Inmate, read Oct 23, 2026

Books and photo books go to the Security Processing Center: inmate name and number, 268 Bricker Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667. Legal papers or original documents that must be signed and sent back go to the prison itself. Allow at least a week.

Source: PA DOC Send Mail to an Inmate, read Oct 23, 2026

Sending money

Accepted ways to deposit money

All deposits go through JPay: on the JPay website, by phone at 800-574-5729, by money order mailed to JPay with a deposit slip, or at the lobby kiosk in each state prison. Money orders are not accepted at the prisons. Limits: $300 per card every 72 hours, $999.99 per money order. Accounts cannot be funded anonymously.

Source: PA DOC Send Money to an Inmate, read Oct 23, 2026

Phone and video calls

Which phone service and how calls work

To receive calls, create a phone account with Securus (800-844-6591). Save the calling number in your phone so the call is not flagged as spam. Email to the person runs through ViaPath ConnectNetwork, and every message is reviewed.

Source: PA DOC Contact an Inmate, read Oct 23, 2026

Address and phone

Where it is and how to reach it

Street address: 660 State Route 11, Hunlock Creek, PA, 18621.

From HIFLD Prison Boundaries, a public federal facility dataset (data edited October 2025)

Phone: (570) 735-8754. People held here cannot take incoming calls.

From HIFLD Prison Boundaries, a public federal facility dataset (data edited October 2025)

Website: cor.pa.gov.

From HIFLD Prison Boundaries, a public federal facility dataset (data edited October 2025)

How these things work in general: visiting, sending money, mail, phone calls.

Questions about SCI Retreat

How do I find out if someone is in SCI Retreat?

We do not collect a public roster for this facility. Use our Pennsylvania state prison inmate search page to look for someone, or call the facility to confirm whether they are held there.

Where is SCI Retreat?

SCI Retreat is in Hunlock Creek, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The street address we have on file is 660 State Route 11, Hunlock Creek, PA, 18621.

What is the phone number for SCI Retreat?

The phone number we have on file is (570) 735-8754. People held there cannot receive incoming calls.

How do I visit someone at SCI Retreat?

Every visit, in person or by video, must be scheduled at least two days ahead in the PA DOC Inmate Visitation System, and you must be on the person's visitor list. Each person may have up to four in-person visits and six free video visits a month.

Can I call someone at SCI Retreat?

You cannot call in. To receive calls, create a phone account with Securus (800-844-6591). Email runs through ViaPath ConnectNetwork.

How do I send money to someone at SCI Retreat?

All deposits go through JPay: online, by phone at 800-574-5729, by money order mailed to JPay with a deposit slip, or at the lobby kiosk in each state prison. Money orders are not accepted at the prisons.

How do I send mail to someone at SCI Retreat?

Letters, cards and photos go to Smart Communications/PA DOC, the person's name and inmate number, State Correctional Institution, PO Box 33028, St. Petersburg, Florida 33733. Books and photo books go to the Security Processing Center, 268 Bricker Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667.

Is searchinmates.org run by this facility?

No. searchinmates.org is a private website and is not affiliated with any government agency. We copy information from public sheriff and corrections sources, and it may be out of date. Always verify with the facility.

Prison listings come from a public corrections source and may be out of date. searchinmates.org is a private website, not affiliated with SCI Retreat or any government agency.