SCI houses maximum, medium, and minimum security inmates.

SCI also houses the Youthful Criminal Offenders Program YCOP.

SCI is also home to the nationally recognized substance abuse treatment program called KEY.

In an effort to reduce crime and recidivism, Governor Thomas R. Carper and the Department of Correction unveiled the program at SCI on February 10, 1998.

Several programs designed to facilitate rehabilitative efforts are in place at SCI.