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State Correctional Institution – Muncy

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State Correctional Institution Muncy
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LocationClinton Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania[1]
Security classClose-security Maximum security
Opened1953 [2]
Managed byPennsylvania Department of Corrections
WardenWendy Nicholas

State Correctional Institution – Muncy (SCI Muncy) is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison for women in Clinton Township, Lycoming County,[1] near Muncy. SCI Muncy, a medium/maximum security prison,[2] houses Pennsylvania's death row for women.[3]

In 1920, Muncy Industrial Home opened as a training school for imprisoned women between 16 and 30. In 1953 the industrial home became a part of the Bureau of Correction. The industrial home is now SCI Muncy.[2]

SCI Muncy is the diagnostic center for female offenders in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. It also houses the Young Adult Offenders program.[2] SCI Muncy has received some press coverage for its service dog training program.[4]

As of 2019, the prison housed 1,472 prisoners, including 170 with life sentences.[5] After death row inmate Shonda Walter's sentence was reduced to life, there was just one inmate sentenced to death at SCI Muncy.[6]

Operations

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John Beauge of Pennlive.com reported that the prison "still resembles an early 1900s small college campus, albeit one with a few plain, modern buildings added over the years."[7]

The restricted housing unit houses some women with disciplinary issues.[7]

Notable inmates

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Clinton township, PA" (PDF). Suitland, Maryland: U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/3). Retrieved 2024-09-04. State Correctional Institution Muncy
  2. ^ a b c d SCI Muncy. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  3. ^ Beauge, John (2014-10-30). "Craigslist killer Miranda Barbour is one of 170 lifers at Muncy state prison". PennLive. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  4. ^ "Veterinarians Aid Service Dog Training Program at SCI Muncy". GantNews.com. 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  5. ^ "Local prisons, by the numbers". Bucknell Magazine. 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  6. ^ a b Murphy, Jan (August 6, 2016). "Woman's vacated death sentence brings death row count to 177". PennLive Patriot-News. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Beauge, John. "Craigslist killer Miranda Barbour is one of 170 lifers at Muncy state prison" (Archive) Pennlive.com. October 30, 2014. Retrieved on February 14, 2016.
  8. ^ Snyder, Myles (December 24, 2019). "Tabitha Buck, accomplice to teen's murder in 1991, released on parole". ABC 27. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  9. ^ Perez, Walter (June 6, 2018). "Mary Jane Fonder, woman serving life in 2008 church slaying, dies in prison". 6abc. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  10. ^ "Woman sentenced in Greensburg torture slaying pleads for clemency". 5 December 2019.
  11. ^ Knight-Ridder News Service (October 25, 2018). "She's sorry she killed, but victims' kin don't want her freed; Medicine curbs psychotic urges of woman who went on rampage". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
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