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Nellis Prison Camp was a United States federal minimum-security prison, also known as a Federal Prison Camp (FPC), located on Nellis Air Force Base in the state of Nevada. [1] The camp was operational between 1989 and 2006. [2] Notable former inmates include Peter Bacanovic who was convicted along with Martha Stewart of various crimes in the ImClone scandal.
History
The prison opened in 1989 to provide a labor force for the air force base. [3]
After 9/11, security at Nellis was beefed up considerably. The government did not want federal prisoners and their visitors in such a secure area and the prison was closed in 2006.[ citation needed]
Inmate labor
Inmates participated in a work program on Area II of Nellis AFB. The inmates typically performed janitorial services, groundskeeping, and cleaning of the base bowling alley.
See also
References
- ^ "congressional press release".
- ^ "BOP: Historical Closed Institutions". Archived from the original on 2006-08-06. Retrieved 2006-08-09.
- ^ Bosworth, Mary. The U.S. Federal Prison System. SAGE Publications. 2002. 270. ISBN 0-7619-2304-7, ISBN 978-0-7619-2304-6.
External links
- FPC Nellis at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-11-03) - Federal Bureau of Prisons
