Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill
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| Location | Butler Township, Schuylkill County, near Gordon, Pennsylvania |
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| 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 |
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| James Coonan | 13874-054 | 80px | 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 |
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| 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
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References
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