State Correctional Institution – Muncy
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| Location | Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania[1] |
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| Security class | Close-security Maximum security |
| Opened | 1953 [2] |
| Managed by | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |
| Warden | Wendy 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
[edit]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
[edit]- Tabitha Buck, convicted in the murder of Laurie Show (released).[8]
- Mary Jane Fonder, convicted in the murder of Rhonda Smith (deceased).[9]
- Amber Meidinger, convicted in the murder of Jennifer Daugherty.[10]
- Peggy Darlene Miller, convicted in the Murder of Jennifer Daugherty.
- Sylvia Seegrist, convicted in the October 30th, 1985 shooting at Springfield Mall in Springfield, Pennsylvania that left three people dead.[11]
- Sharon Wiggins, convicted of bank robbery and murder (deceased).
- Michelle Sue Tharp, convicted in the murder of her 7-year-old daughter. Tharp is the only woman on death row in Pennsylvania.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d SCI Muncy. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
- ^ Beauge, John (2014-10-30). "Craigslist killer Miranda Barbour is one of 170 lifers at Muncy state prison". PennLive. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Veterinarians Aid Service Dog Training Program at SCI Muncy". GantNews.com. 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Local prisons, by the numbers". Bucknell Magazine. 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Snyder, Myles (December 24, 2019). "Tabitha Buck, accomplice to teen's murder in 1991, released on parole". ABC 27. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ Perez, Walter (June 6, 2018). "Mary Jane Fonder, woman serving life in 2008 church slaying, dies in prison". 6abc. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ "Woman sentenced in Greensburg torture slaying pleads for clemency". 5 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
External links
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- "SCI Muncy." Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
- Eaton, Alissa. "Veterinarians help preserve service dog training program at state correctional facility." Sun Gazette. December 2, 2008.
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Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex) | |