State Correctional Institution – SCI Muncy

State Correctional Institution – SCI Muncy basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 570-546-3171

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at SCI Muncy located at 6454 PA-405 in Muncy, PA are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

SCI Muncy, formerly known as the Industrial School for Women serves as the diagnostic and classification center for all women entering the state prison system and is a medium/maximum security facility for an adult female inmates. It is located in the borough of Muncy, Lycoming County, approximately 18 miles east of Williamsport. Originally established in 1913 as an Industrial Home for Women administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, it was incorporated into the Bureau of Corrections as the State Institution at Muncy in 1953. Muncy encompasses 793 acres of land. Approximately 30 acres are inside the institution’s perimeter security fence, which encloses 15 permanent and two modular inmate housing units.

Number of Acres Inside Perimeter: 30
Number of Acres Outside Perimeter: 763
Number of Operational Structures (inside and outside of perimeter): 76 (not including state-owned housing)
Number of Housing Units: 18
Housing units consist of both cells and dormitory-style housing.
Special Features: YAO (Young Adult Offender ) Unit, SRTU (Special Residential Treatment Unit),
SNU (Special Needs Unit), Youthful Offender, ITU (Intermediate Treatment
Unit, MHU (Mental Health Unit), DCC (Diagnostic and Classification Center)

Inmate Average Age: 38
Total Number of Full-Time Employees: 562

Academic and Vocational Education:

• Academic Education through GED level
• Vocational Education: Building Trades, Business Practices, Computer Technology, Custodial
• Maintenance, Machine Shop, Horticulture, Cosmetology
• Apprenticeship Programs: Automotive Mechanics, Electronics Tester, Painter, Plumber, Welder

All vocational classes except computer technology offer industry-recognized certifications specific to the trade skills taught in the program.

Inmate Programs:

• Family/Relationship Self
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Reading to your Children

Sex Offenders

• Sex Offender Moderate-High Intensity
• Offender Low Intensity
• Special Needs Sex Offender Booster Program
• Re-Entry
• Pre-Vocational Skills Class
• Stay on Track Inside
• MoneySmart Program
• Computer Basics
• Creative Writing Workshop
• Poetry Workshop
• Eating Disorder Workshop
• Employment Workshop
• Friends and Family
• Healthy Living Workshop
• Mental Health Workshop
• Orientation Workshop
• Parenting Workshop
• Parole – Living Under Supervision Workshop
• Prepared Renter Workshop
• Relationship Workshop
• 12-Month Challenge Program
• Monthly PA Prison Society Workshop
• Quarterly Guest Speaker Workshop
• Annual Day of Responsibility w/ Six-Month Follow-up

Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD)

• Therapeutic Community
• Parole Violator
• Outpatient Therapy Group
• Dual Diagnosis
• AA/NA/SOS Support Meetings

Offense Related

• Thinking for a Change
• Act 143 Victim Awareness
• Violence Prevention
• Batterer’s Intervention

Mental Health Programs

Correctional Industries: Two staff members oversee the Correctional Industries garment factory that employ 47 inmates. Products produced at SCI Muncy include female inmate uniforms, kitchen whites, commissioned officer trousers, Central Kitchen staff trousers, staff khaki BDUs.

CWP Projects:
• Mowing and Trash pick-up at Local Football Fields and Parks
• Painted fire hydrants and Pump House for Hughesville Borough
• Pressure washed and stained fencing for Hughesville Borough
• General cleaning inside and outside the church for Trinity Assembly of God in Loyalsock, PA
• General Maintenance, Painting, Cleaning, and Breakfast prep for Picture Rocks Volunteer
Fire Dept.
• Cleaned and Painted the basement and siding of the Turbotville Fire Hall
• Painted all walls/ repaired walls/ stripped and waxed floors for Pennsdale Fire hall
• Waxed floors/ general cleaning/ breakfast prep for Plunketts Creek Fire hall
• Trimmed and cut down trees at 3rd St. church in Williamsport
• Maintenance and painted dugouts at Hughesville little league fields
• Planted flowers and plants at Lime Bluff park
• General cleaning at Hughesville Fire Hall, Clarkstown Fire hall, Muncy area fire hall,
Pennsdale Fire hall
• Stripped and waxed Banquet Hall floors, General Cleaning, Painted Banquet Hall – 3rd St.
United Methodist Church in Williamsport
• Painted and removed fencing at the Turbotville Little League Fields
• General Cleaning and Painting – Mapleton Community Hall and Church
• General Landscaping – Paws Park
• General Cleaning – Lairdsville Fire Hall
• General Cleaning – Sunny Brook Horse Farm
• Litter Pick-up on local highways and roads

visitation Info

State Correctional Institution – SCI Muncy PA – Visitation

Visiting Hours – General Population

• Monday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
• Tuesday: CLOSED
• Wednesday: CLOSED
• Thursday: CLOSED
• Friday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
• Saturday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
• Sunday: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Project IMPACT hours vary throughout the year.  Visitors should check with the inmates who are informed of the schedule.
Maximum Number of Visitors Per Inmate

• 8 (including children) on Mon., Tues., and Friday.  
• Weekend visits are limited to six people per visit only.

Virtual visitation: Virtual visitation is available at SCI Muncy and is limited to persons living in the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Erie areas. The program uses video conferencing technology to enhance parenting skills; allows an inmate to visit with immediate family members, caregivers of the inmate’s children, and other individuals on the inmate’s approved visiting list; increases the frequency of visits for an inmate; and permits the scheduling of visits at times that are best for the visitors. Every inmate in general population status, regardless of his custody level, is eligible. Inmates housed in administrative and disciplinary custody are not permitted to participate in the Virtual Visitation Program.

State Correctional Institution – SCI Muncy PA – Visiting Hours
State Correctional Institution – SCI Muncy PA – Visitation Rules