SCI Cambridge Springs hosted a Friends and Family Tour of the facility on the evening of June 18. Approximately 50 friends and family members attended the tour, as well as 20 staff members. The tour route consisted of Housing Unit E, Housing Unit B, maintenance, Correctional Industries, education, medical and dietary. Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT), Fire Emergency Response Team (FERT) and K9 were stationed in the visiting room with displays of equipment to educate visitors. A dog from the Canines Achieving More in Prison program was available in Housing Unit B to greet the visitors, and an empty cell was made available in Housing Unit E so the tour participants could see the inmate living quarters.
Superintendent Lonnie Oliver greeted each visitor.
"We understand that staff perform their jobs to support their loved ones, so we felt it important to invite friends and family to come into the facility to learn more about the correctional environment," Oliver said.
The tour ran smoothly as the institution was locked down. Visitors enjoyed refreshments in dietary and exited the facility with a better understanding about where their loved ones' work.