Director Nancy Giroux | Opened 1953 | |
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Location Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Security class Close-security Maximum security Managed by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections | ||
State Correctional Institution – Muncy is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison for women in Clinton Township, Lycoming County, near Muncy. SCI Muncy, a close security prison, has Pennsylvania's death row for women.
In 1920 the Muncy Industrial Home, a training school for imprisoned women between 16 and 30, opened. In 1953 the industrial home became a part of the Bureau of Correction. The industrial home is now SCI Muncy.
SCI-Muncy is the diagnostic center for female offenders in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. It also houses the Young Adult Offenders program. SCI-Muncy has received some press coverage for its service dog training program which is coordinated with Canine Partners for Life.
As of 2014 the prison had 1,400 prisoners, including 170 with life sentences and three with death sentences.
Operations
John Beauge of Pennlive.com stated that the prison "still resembles an early 1900s small college campus, albeit one with a few plain, modern buildings added over the years."
The restricted housing unit houses some women with disciplinary issues, and one wing serves as the death row unit.