December 23, 2024 at 10:07 ESTPA homepage
MUNCY, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A death investigation is underway at SCI Muncy after an inmate was found dead in her cell.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, 41-year-old Lisa Stavish, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy was found unresponsive in her cell on December 22.
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Prison staff responded and gave life-saving measures but Stavish was pronounced dead at 6:00 a.m.
Officials stated Stavish was serving a 7-to-20-year sentence for murder of the third degree on a Monroe County conviction.
The Lycoming County Coroner’s Office will determine the cause of death.
