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).
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