County Prison Overcrowding
The county prison in Sunbury, PA is near full capacity causing would be inmates to be diverted from the system. On New Year's Eve the prison had 276 inmates. The maximum capacity for the facility is 301.
Officials blame the overcrowding on the holiday season and a recent Northumberland-Montour Drug Task Force operation (Shamokin News Item, 1/1/2013).
Tara Marhefka,
Pittsburgh Public Policy Examiner
Tara A. Marhefka has a master’s degree in criminology and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She is an avid softball player and enjoys coaching and playing. She is active in her community and is an officer for her local Friends of the Library group and Business and Professional Women’s club. Tara...
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