Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill

Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill
Location Butler Township,
Schuylkill County,
near Gordon, Pennsylvania
Status Operational
Security class Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population 1,330 (340 in prison camp)
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden Howard L. Hufford

The Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill (FCI Schuylkill) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Pennsylvania. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent minimum-security satellite prison camp which also houses male offenders.

FCI Schuylkill is located in north-central Schuylkill County, 46 miles north the state capital of Harrisburg, and 175 miles north of Washington, D.C.[1]

History

On April 22, 1987, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced that a $40 million medium-security federal prison housing 500 to 600 inmates would be built in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The project was expected to create 250 new prison jobs and an estimated 144 non-prison jobs. Various politicians, including US Senators Arlen Spector and John Heinz, and economic development groups such as the Schuylkill Economic Development Corporation, had lobbied vigorously for the project for three years.[2]

Notable inmates

Current

Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details
James Coonan 13874-054 Serving a 75-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2030. Leader of the Westies, an organized crime outfit which dominated the Hell's Kitchen area of New York City over a 20-year period; convicted in 1988 of seven murders, as well as kidnapping, extortion, gambling and drug dealing in aid of racketeering.[3][4]
John Stanfa 18048-037 Serving a life sentence. Former Boss of the Philadelphia Crime Family; convicted in 1995 of racketeering and conspiracy charges in connection with multiple murders and kidnappings, as well as extortion and illegal gambling.[5]
Betim Kaziu 77603-053 Serving a 27-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2033.[6] Follower of the late militant cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki; convicted in 2011 of conspiring to commit murder overseas for traveling abroad in an attempt to join the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab and acquiring weapons to use against US troops.[7] [8]

Former

Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details
Dwight Grant 57613-066 Released from custody in 2014; served a 2-year sentence.[9] American rap artist known as Beanie Sigel; pleaded guilty in federal court to tax evasion in 2011 for failing to pay $728,536 in taxes; pleaded guilty in state court to illegally possessing Percocet in 2013.[10][11]
Robert Mericle 15135-067 Released from custody in 2015; served a 1-year sentence.[12] Developer of two for-profit juvenile prisons in Pennsylvania; pleaded guilty in 2009 to failing to report a felony for his role in the "Kids for Cash Scandal", in which he bribed two juvenile court judges in order to secure lucrative public contracts for his facilities.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FCI Schuylkill". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. ↑ 40-million Federal Prison To Be Built In Schuylkill - Morning Call. Articles.mcall.com (1987-04-23). Retrieved on 2013-08-15.
  3. ↑ Lubasch, Arnold H. (25 February 1988). "7 Convicted of Racketeering, 1 Acquitted, in Westies Trial". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ French, Howard W. (May 12, 1988). "7 Westies Given Sentences Of Up to 75 Years in Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Raab, Selwyn (November 22, 1995). "Jury Convicts Philadelphia's Mob Leader". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "USA Prisoner List" (PDF). aseerun. June 1, 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Lee Ferran; Jack Cloherty (July 8, 2011). "Homegrown Terrorist Convicted, Inspired by Al Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki". ABC News. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "rooklyn Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Kill U.S. Soldiers Abroad and Attempting to Provide Material Support to al Shabaab". Federal Bureau of Investigation. March 2, 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Muhammad, Latifah (August 14, 2014). "Report: Beanie Sigel Released From Prison". BET. Black Entertainment Television LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Beanie Sigel Slapped With Two-Year Sentenced for Tax Evasion". Rolling Stone. July 13, 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "Beanie Sigel Sentenced for Drug Possession". Rolling Stone. March 7, 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  12. ↑ "Robert Mericle released from federal prison". The Times-Tribune (Northeast Pennsylvania). April 30, 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  13. ↑ Janoski, Dave (August 14, 2009). "Mericle will plead guilty in kids-for-cash scandal". The Citizens' Voice. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

Coordinates: 40°43′58″N 76°20′38″W / 40.73278°N 76.34389°W / 40.73278; -76.34389

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