HeyJaredDying on the Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison
In State Correctional Institute Muncy in Pennsylvania, roughly 150 women lifers — many of them incarcerated during the height of mass incarceration in the 1980s and 1990s — are now aging behind bars.
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The Wait Continues (opens the original)
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Now that the deadline has passed for the General Assembly to update sentencing guidelines for second degree murder and lawmakers have failed to do so, the 1,100 people serving mandatory life without parole sentences for second degree murder are waiting to learn how their sentences may change in the future. Cherri Gregg speaks with Jamie Silvonek, a senior reporter for the Prison Journalism Project who has served ten years at SCI Muncy. At 14 years old, Jamie pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 3
The Clock Runs Out on Harrisburg (opens the original)
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On July 24th, 2026, the Pennsylvania General Assembly missed the deadline set by the state Supreme Court to rewrite the mandatory life without parole sentencing guidelines for second degree murder convictions. In March, the Supreme Court ruled mandatory life without parole sentences for second degree murder to be unconstitutional and gave lawmakers 120 days to create alternative sentencing guidelines. Now that the 120 days have passed without any new bills, the futures of the 1,100 people servin
Terri Harper on Waiting for Freedom (opens the original)
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After the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled mandatory life-without-parole sentences for second degree murder convictions unconstitutional in March, the court gave Pennsylvania lawmakers 120 days to create new sentencing guidelines. For those serving life for second degree murder, the days leading up to the deadline have been filled with hope and tension. Legislators have proposed several alternative sets of sentencing guidelines, including Senate Bill 1400, which would allow those serving life
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