A holding of hands if they dared by boyfriends, husbands, friends and, family members. I was outraged and, sadden that Superintendent Byrd would refer to law bidding, tax paying citizens in that manor. This attitude by a person in a supervisory capacity only reinforce negative behaviors towards visitors by her staff. The temperament and or practices by some staff is used as a tool to deter visitors who come to visit their love one's. Muncy Correctional Institution for Women is not visitor friendly.
Visitors are to often treated and, spoken to as if they themselves committed a crime.
They are treated as unwanted guest. It does not come from all staff who work the gatehouse but, to many of them. Often visitors complain about the treatment they received to the inmates because, they the visitor fear a reprisal by staff. Some bogus claim to prevent them from visiting again or, some form of retaliation towards the inmate they came to visit at a later time. I sit here writing you in the most modern building built in the 1990's at Muncy to house inmates, I am 48 years old.