Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown

Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown

Location	Monongalia County, near Morgantown, West Virginia
Status	Operational
Security class	Minimum-security
Population	1,140
Managed by	Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown (FCI Morgantown) is a minimum-security United States federal prison for male inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

FCI Morgantown is located in the city of Morgantown in northern West Virginia and approximately 160 miles northeast of Charleston, the state capital.^[1]

Notable incidents

In August 2008, 50-year-old Randall Michael pleaded guilty to committing mail fraud while he was an inmate at FCI Morgantown. Michael masterminded a scheme to obtain money by falsely representing himself to potential investors as a wealthy executive who was attempting to obtain a grant requiring a refundable $50,000 bond with which he would purchase approximately 13 acres for $3.9 million for coal exploration. One individual subsequently mailed Michael a check for $26,250 addressed to the false bonding company, which Michael cashed and distributed to members of his own family. Michael was sentenced to an additional 24 months in prison on July 9, 2009.^[2]

Notable Inmates

Current

Inmate Name	Register Number	Status	Details
Patrick Cannon	29396-058	Serving a 44-month sentence; scheduled for release in 2017.[3]	Mayor of Charlotte, NC from December 2013 to March 2014; pleaded guilty in 2014 to honest services fraud for accepting $50,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as investors in exchange for using his official position to benefit them.[4][5]
Matthew Kluger	78142-083	Serving a 12-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2022.	Disbarred attorney; pleaded guilty to insider trading in 2011 for stealing corporate merger tips from four law firms over a 17-year period, making $37 million in illegal profits; Kluger received the longest sentence for insider trading in US history.[6]
Rick Renzi	29375-208	Serving a 3-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2017.	Arizona Congressman from 2003 to 2009; convicted in 2013 of extortion, bribery, insurance fraud, money laundering and racketeering for receiving $1.5 million from a land developer and committing insurance fraud to fund his campaign.[7]

Former

Inmate Name	Register Number	Status	Details
Bob Ney	28882-016	Released from custody in 2008; served 11 months.[8]	Ohio Congressman from 1995 to 2006; pleaded guilty in 2006 to conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and making false statements related to the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal.[9][10]
Richard Hatch	05559-070	Released from custody in 2009; served 3 years.[11]	Contestant on the CBS television program Survivor in 2000; convicted of tax evasion in 2006 for failing to report income, including $1 million he won on the show and $321,000 he was paid by a Boston radio station.[12][13]
Kevin Dunn	75487-053	Released from custody in 2012; served 3 years.[14]	Former MetLife Insurance broker; pleaded guilty in 2008 to stealing $250,000 from a settlement received by the widow of Port Authority Police Officer Christopher Amoroso, who was killed in the September 11th attacks; the story was featured on the CNBC television show American Greed.[15][16][17]

See also

• List of U.S. federal prisons
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Incarceration in the United States

References

1. "FCI Morgantown". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
2. "Morgantown Resident Sentenced on Mail Fraud Charge". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
3. Gordon, Michael (November 18, 2014). "Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon enters West Virginia prison". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
4. "Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick D. Cannon Sentenced to 44 Months in Prison". Federal Bureau of Investigation. October 14, 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
5. Gordon, Michael (November 18, 2014). "Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon enters West Virginia prison". The McClatchy Company. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
6. "Lawyer Kluger Gets 12 Years, Bauer 9 for Insider Trades". Bloomberg.
7. "Former Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi convicted on 17 of 32 counts in corruption case". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
8. Pergram, Chad (20 February 2008). "Former Rep. Bob Ney Released From Prison". Fox News. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
9. "Congressman Robert W. Ney Pleads Guilty to Charges". US Department of Justice. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
10. Associated Press (1 March 2007). "Former Rep. Bob Ney Reports to West Virginia Prison". Fox News. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
11. Associated Press (August 2, 2006). "'Survivor' Winner Richard Hatch Now in West Virginia Prison". Fox News. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
12. "'Survivor' Winner To Plead Guilty". CBS News. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
13. Associated Press. "‘Survivor’ Hatch gets 51 months in prison". NBC News. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
14. Gordon, Michael (November 7, 2014). "Morgantown prison will be new home for former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
15. Associated Press (4 June 2008). "Man Pleads Guilty to Swindling Sept. 11 Widow, New York Prosecutors Say". Fox News. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
16. Rosenblatt, Joel (3 June 2008). "Former MetLife Broker Pleads Guilty in 9-11 Theft". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
17. Marzulli, John (January 13, 2009). "Judge sentences 'heartless' ex-MetLife broker to 51 months in prison for 9/11 widow swindle". New York Daily News. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

Coordinates: 39°36′06″N 79°56′58″W / 39.60167°N 79.94944°W