The Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood (FCC Allenwood) is a federal prison complex for male inmates in
Pennsylvania , United States. It is operated by the
Federal Bureau of Prisons , a division of the
United States Department of Justice .
[1]
The prison property is located in the following townships:
Gregg in
Union County ,
[2] and two in
Lycoming County :
Brady ,
[3] and
Clinton .
[4]
Facilities
The complex consists of three facilities:
[1]
FCC Allenwood is located approximately 75
miles (121
km ) north of
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , the state capital.
[5]
Notable inmates
Andrew Auernheimer , hacker better known as "weev";
[6] released on April 11, 2014
Carl Andrew Capasso , convicted of tax fraud;
[7]
[8] died in 2001
[9]
James Alex Fields, perpetrated
Charlottesville car attack in 2017 that killed one person and injured 35; serving a life sentence
James Holmes , perpetrator of the
2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting
[10]
LaMarr Hoyt , baseball player, convicted of drug possession
[11]
Mohammed Jabbateh , former Liberian warlord known as Jungle Jabbah; convicted of immigration fraud and perjury for lying about being a war criminal in the
First Liberian Civil War
[12]
Raymond Lederer , Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1977 to 1981. Convicted of bribery in 1981 after being implicated in the
Abscam sting. Died in 2008 at his home.
[13]
Bruce Pierce , white supremacist member of
The Order and murderer of Jewish talk show host
Alan Berg ; died in prison in 2010
[14]
Tommy Pitera , hitman for the
Bonanno crime family ; inmate transferred to
USP McCreary in
Kentucky ;
[15] currently at
USP Big Sandy in Kentucky
John Rigas , former
CEO of
Adelphia Communications Corporation ; released as of February 22, 2016.
[16]
Martin Shkreli , former
hedge fund manager and CEO of
Turing Pharmaceuticals ; convicted of two counts of
securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud
[17]
In popular culture
See also
References
^
a
b
"BOP: FCC Allenwood" .
Federal Bureau of Prisons . Archived from
the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012 .
^
"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Gregg township, PA" (PDF) .
U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-08-14 . Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex
^
"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brady township, PA" (PDF) .
U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-08-14 . Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex
^
"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Clinton township, PA" (PDF) .
U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-08-14 . Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex
^
"Google Maps" . Google Maps.
Archived from the original on 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2015-10-16 .
^ Kushner, David (July 22, 2014).
"We All Got Trolled" .
Medium .
Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016 .
^ Lubasch, Arnold H. (March 31, 1987).
"Capasso Receives 4 Years in Tax Case" .
The New York Times .
Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2020 .
^ Clifford, Timothy (August 29, 1987).
"Capasso Wife Sued on City Contract" .
Newsday . Long Island, N.Y.
Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2022-01-15 – via pqasb.pqarchiver.com.
^ Neuman, William (March 15, 2001).
"Cancer Kills 'Bess Mess' Big Capasso at Age 55" .
New York Post .
Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2020 .
^ Margolin, Josh; McKinley, Carol (September 28, 2017).
"Location of imprisoned Colorado theater shooter finally revealed by authorities" .
ABC News .
Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020 .
^
"SPORTS PEOPLE; Hoyt to Allenwood" .
The New York Times . January 17, 1988.
Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021 .
^ Roebuck, Jeremy.
" 'Jungle Jabbah,' ex-warlord living in Delco, sentenced to 30 years" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved 2022-04-02 .
^
"Raymond Lederer, Abscam Figure, Is Dead at 70" .
The New York Times .
Associated Press . December 3, 2008.
ISSN
0362-4331 .
Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019 .
^ Hilke, Wally (August 18, 2010).
"Death of an Assassin: The Order's Bruce Pierce Dies in Prison" .
Southern Poverty Law Center .
Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019 .
^
"Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator" .
Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2019 . Thomas Pitera has register number 29465-053 and is serving life at McCreary USP.
^
"Dying Adelphia founder, John Rigas, to be freed from prison" .
CNBC . February 22, 2016.
Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019 .
^ Merle, Renae (March 9, 2018).
"Martin Shkreli sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding investors" .
The Washington Post .
ISSN
0190-8286 .
Archived from the original on March 9, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
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