State Correctional Institution – Muncy
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.
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.
As of 2019, the prison housed 1,472 prisoners, including 170 with life sentences. After death row inmate Shonda Walter's sentence was reduced to life, there was just one inmate sentenced to death at SCI Muncy.
Operations
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."
The restricted housing unit houses some women with disciplinary issues.
Notable inmates
- Tabitha Buck, convicted in the murder of Laurie Show (released).
- Mary Jane Fonder, convicted in the murder of Rhonda Smith (deceased).
- Amber Meidinger, convicted in the murder of Jennifer Daugherty.
- 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.
- 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.
References
- ^ "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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Murphy, Jan (August 6, 2016). "Woman's vacated death sentence brings death row count to 177". PennLive Patriot-News. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ 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
- "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) | |