| Prison Name: | State Correctional Institution Muncy |
| Location: | Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania[1] |
| Classification: | Close-security Maximum security |
| Opened: | 1953 |
| 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. 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]
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]