How SCI Fayette’s License Plate Factory Works — What Families Should Know

Pennsylvania Correctional Industries (PCI) runs several work areas at SCI Fayette, all producing goods for state use. The license plate factory is the best-known - it makes aluminum plates and specialty organizational plates for PennDOT. There's also a metal factory that builds cabinets, shelves, security benches, and cell furniture. An office staff handles the behind-the-scenes work: design, billing, and administrative support for the shops.

The license plate factory is a production shop that makes aluminum plates - both standard and specialty organizational plates - for PennDOT. Inside the facility, people usually call it "the license plate plant" or "plate shop."

The metal factory employs 37 inmate workers. They manufacture cabinets, shelves, security benches, and cell furniture. If your loved one mentions metal fabrication or building fixtures for secure settings, this is usually what they mean.

Not all PCI jobs are on the factory floor. The office staff - 11 inmate workers - supports the shops with design work, billing, and administrative tasks. If your loved one mentions paperwork, coordinating orders, or shop-related admin, they're likely working on this side of PCI.

Everything these shops produce goes to state agencies. The license plate factory supplies PennDOT. The metal factory builds cabinets, shelves, security benches, and cell furniture for use across state facilities.

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• ✓ PCI license plate factory jobs: 60 inmate worker positions
• ✓ PCI metal factory jobs: 37 inmate worker positions
• ✓ PCI office staff jobs (design, billing, administrative support): 11 inmate worker positions