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Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island

2009-12-30T01:52:39Z

Russelldansmith: /* Famous inmates */ Russell Dan Smith and his incarceration at TI

'''Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island''' (FCI Terminal Island) is a low-security [[prison]] for men located on Reservation Point on [[Terminal Island]] in [[Los Angeles]]. The other Federal prison in the Los Angeles area is the [[Metropolitan Detention Center]] in [[Downtown Los Angeles]]. They are both managed by the Bureau of Prisons Western Regional Office in [[Dublin, California]]. In 2005, the prison housed just under 1,200 prisoners.

[[Federal Prison Industries, Inc.|Federal Prison Industries]] (a US govt. program) has a shop at FCI Terminal Island using prison labor that specializes in repairing, refurbishing, and reconditioning furniture, office equipment, tires, and other types of Government property.
[[Image:Terminal-Island.jpg|thumb|right|An aerial photo of Reservation Point on [[Terminal Island]]—the prison is in the top right half of the rectangular piece of land.]]

==Famous inmates==
* After [[Al Capone]] had finished his Federal [[felony]] sentence at [[Alcatraz]], he was transferred to FCI Terminal Island in 1939 to serve a one-year misdemeanor sentence.
* The [[Port Chicago 50]], 50 African-American sailors convicted of mutiny, served from November 1944 to January 1946.
* From early 1956 until late 1958 [[Charles Manson]] was imprisoned for stealing a '51 Mercury. Charles Manson was later convicted of trying to cash a government check and was first sentenced to [[McNeil Island]] in Washington state in 1961, but ended up back at Terminal Island in 1966. When he was released in 1967 he told the releasing officer that he didn't want to leave.
*Former Manson Family member [[Lynette Fromme]].
*[[Salvatore Bonanno|Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno]], subject of [[Gay Talese]]'s Mafia best-seller "Honor Thy Father" as well as the model for Michael Corleone in Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" served his sentence at TI. Upon his release, his younger brother, [[Joseph Bonanno Jr.|Joe Jr.]] (both sons of notorious Mafia chief "[[Joseph Bonanno|''Joey Bananas'']]") was transferred there to complete his Federal time 1972-1975.
*Dr. [[Timothy Leary]] (famed Harvard professor/LSD guru) was incarcerated there in 1974. By coincidence, it was at the same time as his arch legal nemesis, [[G. Gordon Liddy]], former FBI agent and Richard Nixon's head man in the [[Watergate scandal]].
*[[Jeffrey MacDonald]] was held twice at Terminal Island. First in 1979 right after he was convicted of murder, and then again in 1982 after the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] reversed the dismissal of his conviction.
*[[Anthony Parnes]] was held here by the FBI in 1989 for six months on the order of the British Government relating to his involvement in [[Guinness share-trading fraud|The Guinness Affair]].
*Automobile industry executive and alleged drug trafficker [[John DeLorean]].{{fact|date=October 2009}}
*Future actor ([[Reservoir Dogs]]) and screenwriter [[Eddie Bunker]] was often visited at TI by [[Dustin Hoffman]] to secure the rights to Bunker's prison novel "No Beast So Fierce" which became Hoffman's moderately successful film "[[Straight Time]]".
*During the mid 1970s music entrepreneur [[Steve Eastwood]] and jazz vocalist [[Flora Purim]] (ex-member of [[Chick Corea]]'s "[[Return to Forever]]") served time. They used their jail time to collaborate on Flora's acclaimed album "Open Your Eyes You Can Fly" which became known to jazz fans as her "freedom" album when released in 1976. The success of the album both re-established Flora's solo career and jump-started Eastwood's concert promotion success, which began with Hawaii's Diamondhead Crater Festival, New Years, 1976, just months after his release from Terminal Island.
*[[Edward Morrissey]], husband of [[Mary Manin Morrissey|Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey]] (founder of [[Living Enrichment Center]]), was released from FCI Terminal Island in late 2006. Edward Morrissey was serving time for [[money laundering]] and using church funds for personal expenses.
* Gangster [[Henry Hill (mobster)|Henry Hill]], the protagonist of the movie ''[[Goodfellas]]''<ref>''The Real Goodfella'', [[Channel 4]], April 25 2006</ref>
* [[Liz Renay]], [[author]] and [[actress]] of [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]]' [[Desperate Living]].
* [[Barry Minkow]], infamous stock manipulator and fraudster CEO of ZZZZ Best.
* Defense Contractor [[Brent R. Wilkes]], major figure in the [[Duke Cunningham]] bribery scandal.
* [[Brian O'Dea]], a noted Canadian drug smuggler, and author of the book 'High: Confessions of a Pot Smuggler'
* [[Russell Dan Smith]], Founder, [[Just Detention International]]: He was an activist against prison rape both during and after his incarceration. While on a transfer hold at TI he defended himself by slashing a larger man's throat. He remained at TI off & on for the next two years while he fought that case.

==References==

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[[Category:Federal Correctional Institutions in the United States]]
[[Category:Prisons in California]]
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United States Penitentiary Marion

2009-12-15T17:45:42Z

Russelldansmith: /* History */

{{Infobox Prison
|prison_name = USP Marion
|image = [[Image:USP-Marion.jpg|230px|U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois.]]
|location = [[Marion, Illinois]]
|coordinates = {{coord|37|39|47|N|88|59|3|W|type:landmark}}
|status = Operational
|classification = Medium
|capacity = 1,000
|opened = 1963
|closed =
|managed_by = [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]
|director =
}}
The '''United States Penitentiary''' is a former [[supermax]] prison, located in [[Marion, Illinois|Marion]], [[Illinois]]. It was built in 1963 to replace the [[Alcatraz]] prison in [[San Francisco]], which closed the same year. According to Carl Sifakis, author of ''The Encyclopedia of American Prisons'' (New York, NY:Facts on File, Inc., 2003), "Amnesty International has categorized it as inhumane" (156).

==History==
Opened in 1963, Marion became the United States' highest security prison by 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~kastor/ceml_articles/cu_in_us.html | title="Control Unit Prisons" | publisher=University of Massachusetts | accessdate = 2006-10-23}}</ref> The facility became the nation's first control unit when violence forced a long-term [[lockdown]] in 1983.

Marion was one of two [[supermax]] prisons in the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]], the other being [[ADX Florence]] in [[Colorado]]. The prison was originally constructed to hold 500 inmates. In 1968, a behavior modification program was implemented, called Control and Rehabilitation Effort, or CARE. Inmates placed in CARE wound up either in [[solitary confinement]], or were subjected to "group therapy", which involved psychological sessions.

In 1975 four prisoners walked out of the front door of the prison and escaped. One of them had been an electrician and over a period of time had been required to work on the lock mechanisms of all of the doors in the main corridors. He also converted a radio into a remote control, with which he opened all of the doors. One prisoner was recaptured within hours. Two gave themselves up after they became hungry. One made it to Canada, where he was arrested and imprisoned for separate charges.

On [[October 22]], [[1983]], two [[prison guard]]s, [[Merle E. Clutts]] and [[Robert L. Hoffman]], were killed in separate incidents, both at the hands of [[Aryan Brotherhood]] members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/about/history/heroes.jsp|title="Fallen Heroes"|publisher=United States Federal Bureau of Prisons|accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref> Clutts was stabbed by [[Thomas Silverstein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1393970.stm |title="America's Most Dangerous Prisoner?"|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref> The prison was, at the time, the holding place for the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]' most dangerous prisoners. Despite this, two inmates were able independently to kill their accompanying guards. Relatively lax security procedures allowed a prisoner, while walking down a hall, to turn to the side and approach a particular cell. An accomplice would subsequently unlock his [[handcuffs]] with a stolen key and provide him with a knife.

As a result of the incident, the prison in Marion went into "permanent [[lockdown]]," and was completely transformed into a "control unit" prison. This penal construction and operation theory, since named [[supermax]] (a [[portmanteau]] of ''super'' and ''maximum'') calls for the keeping of inmates in [[solitary confinement]] between twenty-two and twenty-three hours each day, and does not allow congregate dining, exercising, or religious services. These practices were used as administrative measures to keep prisoners under control.

==Communication Management Unit==

Although the supermax facility is gone, The United States Penitentiary at Marion is now home to one of two known "Communication Management Units" in the federal prison system.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-mcgowan/tales-from-inside-the-us_b_212632.html</ref> The other is at the [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute]], Indiana. The units severely restrict the visitation rights for inmates and monitor all telephone calls and mail. Most of the inmates are Arab Muslims. The prison also houses [[Daniel McGowan]], serving seven years for involvement in two arsons at logging operations in Oregon. His sentence was given "terrorism enhancements" as authorized by the US Patriot act.<ref>http://www.supportdaniel.org/faq/</ref>

The [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] created the Communication Management Unit (CMU) in response to criticism that it had not been adequately monitoring the communications of prisoners. "By concentrating resources in this fashion, it will greatly enhance the agency's capabilities for language translation, content analysis and intelligence sharing," according to the Bureau's summary of the CMU.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/24/AR2007022401231_pf.html Washington Post, February 2007] Facility holding terrorism inmates limits communication</ref> An [[ACLU]] law suit charges that CMUs of the federal prisons violates inmates' rights.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terror18-2009jun18,0,5232714.story LA Times, June 2009] ACLU to challenge isolation prisons</ref> In a [[Democracy Now]] interview on June 25 2009, animal rights activist Andrew Stepanian talks about being jailed at the CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the first prisoner released from a CMU.<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/25/exclusive_animal_rights_activist_jailed_at Democracy Now interview]</ref>

:''See also [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute#Communication Management Unit]]''

==The prison==

The prison is located approximately nine miles south of Marion, which is roughly {{convert|330|mi|km}} south of [[Chicago]].
Permanent lockdown, where prisoners remain in their cells 23 hours a day with little to no human contact, began in 1983 and ended in 2006, when the prison began extensive renovations as a medium security prison. The renovations increased Marion's inmate population from 383 to 900. <ref>{{cite web | last = Hunsperger | first = Kevin | authorlink = | coauthors =
| title = Marion Prison Tours
| work =
| publisher = WSIL TV
| date =
| url = http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=1560&type=local
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2008-03-24}} </ref> The majority of the inmates housed at Marion are weapons and drug offenders.

Besides the better known former supermax penitentiary, the facility also houses a minimum security work camp as well.

==Famous inmates==
*[[Carlos Lehder|Carlos Lehder]] (1949- ) - Medellin Cartel Co-Founder
*[[Joseph Merlino|Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino]] (1962- ) - American Mobster and boss of [[Philadelphia Crime Family]]
*[[Nicky Barnes|Leroy Antonio "Nicky" Barnes]] (1933- ) - former [[drug lord]] of [[Harlem]]
*[[Christopher John Boyce]] (1953- ) - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy
*[[Edward and Elaine Brown|Ed Brown]] - (current) [[New Hampshire]] tax evader and protester
*[[James Coonan]] (1946- ) - former leader of the "[[Westies]]" street gang, which operated in [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]], [[NYC]]
*[[William Daddano, Sr.]] (1912-1975) - favored "middle manager" in the [[Chicago Outfit]]
*[[Clayton Fountain]](1955-2004) Murdered correctional officer [[Robert L.Hoffman]] at [[USP Marion]] October 22 1983.
*[[John Gotti]] (1940-2002) - American mobster and head of the [[Gambino crime family]].
*[[Christopher Jeburk]] (1975?- ) - prison escapee and bank robber
*[[Chevie Kehoe]] (1973- ) - murderer and [[white supremacist]]
*[[Tom Manning (prisoner)|Tom Manning]] - [[United Freedom Front]] militant and left-wing extremist
*[[Leonard Peltier]] (1944- ) - [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] activist (incarcerated at Marion [[June 1]] [[1977]]-1985)
*[[Jonathan Pollard]] (1954- ) - [[Israel]]i spy (incarcerated 1986-1993, then transferred to [[Federal_Correctional_Complex,_Butner | FCI Butner]])
*[[Pete Rose]] (1941- ) - athlete charged with filing false [[income tax]] returns (incarcerated from August 8, 1990, through January 7, 1991)
*[[Nicodemo Scarfo]] (1929-) - former [[Philadelphia]] crime boss transferred to federal prison in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], until 2033
*[[Thomas Silverstein]] (1952- ) - murderer and [[Aryan Brotherhood]] leader
*[[Garrett Brock Trapnell]] (1938-1993) - skyjacker, bank robber, and con man
*[[Manuel Noriega]] (1934- ) - former Panamanian general and dictator
*[[John Anthony Walker]] (1937- ) - Soviet spy
*[[Russell Dan Smith]] (1950- ) - Founder, [[Just Detention International]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/mar/index.jsp USP Marion]

[[Category:Federal Correctional Institutions in the United States]]
[[Category:Prisons in Illinois]]
[[Category:Marion, Illinois|USP Marion]]
[[Category:Supermax prisons]]

[[ru:Исправительная тюрьма Марион]]

United States Penitentiary Marion

2009-12-15T17:36:02Z

Russelldansmith: /* Famous inmates */

{{Infobox Prison
|prison_name = USP Marion
|image = [[Image:USP-Marion.jpg|230px|U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois.]]
|location = [[Marion, Illinois]]
|coordinates = {{coord|37|39|47|N|88|59|3|W|type:landmark}}
|status = Operational
|classification = Medium
|capacity = 1,000
|opened = 1963
|closed =
|managed_by = [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]
|director =
}}
The '''United States Penitentiary''' is a former [[supermax]] prison, located in [[Marion, Illinois|Marion]], [[Illinois]]. It was built in 1963 to replace the [[Alcatraz]] prison in [[San Francisco]], which closed the same year. According to Carl Sifakis, author of ''The Encyclopedia of American Prisons'' (New York, NY:Facts on File, Inc., 2003), "Amnesty International has categorized it as inhumane" (156).

==History==
Opened in 1963, Marion became the United States' highest security prison by 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~kastor/ceml_articles/cu_in_us.html | title="Control Unit Prisons" | publisher=University of Massachusetts | accessdate = 2006-10-23}}</ref> The facility became the nation's first control unit when violence forced a long-term [[lockdown]] in 1983.

Marion was one of two [[supermax]] prisons in the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]], the other being [[ADX Florence]] in [[Colorado]]. The prison was originally constructed to hold 500 inmates. In 1968, a behavior modification program was implemented, called Control and Rehabilitation Effort, or CARE. Inmates placed in CARE wound up either in [[solitary confinement]], or were subjected to "group therapy", which involved psychological sessions.

On [[October 22]], [[1983]], two [[prison guard]]s, [[Merle E. Clutts]] and [[Robert L. Hoffman]], were killed in separate incidents, both at the hands of [[Aryan Brotherhood]] members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/about/history/heroes.jsp|title="Fallen Heroes"|publisher=United States Federal Bureau of Prisons|accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref> Clutts was stabbed by [[Thomas Silverstein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1393970.stm |title="America's Most Dangerous Prisoner?"|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref> The prison was, at the time, the holding place for the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]' most dangerous prisoners. Despite this, two inmates were able independently to kill their accompanying guards. Relatively lax security procedures allowed a prisoner, while walking down a hall, to turn to the side and approach a particular cell. An accomplice would subsequently unlock his [[handcuffs]] with a stolen key and provide him with a knife.

As a result of the incident, the prison in Marion went into "permanent [[lockdown]]," and was completely transformed into a "control unit" prison. This penal construction and operation theory, since named [[supermax]] (a [[portmanteau]] of ''super'' and ''maximum'') calls for the keeping of inmates in [[solitary confinement]] between twenty-two and twenty-three hours each day, and does not allow congregate dining, exercising, or religious services. These practices were used as administrative measures to keep prisoners under control.

==Communication Management Unit==

Although the supermax facility is gone, The United States Penitentiary at Marion is now home to one of two known "Communication Management Units" in the federal prison system.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-mcgowan/tales-from-inside-the-us_b_212632.html</ref> The other is at the [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute]], Indiana. The units severely restrict the visitation rights for inmates and monitor all telephone calls and mail. Most of the inmates are Arab Muslims. The prison also houses [[Daniel McGowan]], serving seven years for involvement in two arsons at logging operations in Oregon. His sentence was given "terrorism enhancements" as authorized by the US Patriot act.<ref>http://www.supportdaniel.org/faq/</ref>

The [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] created the Communication Management Unit (CMU) in response to criticism that it had not been adequately monitoring the communications of prisoners. "By concentrating resources in this fashion, it will greatly enhance the agency's capabilities for language translation, content analysis and intelligence sharing," according to the Bureau's summary of the CMU.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/24/AR2007022401231_pf.html Washington Post, February 2007] Facility holding terrorism inmates limits communication</ref> An [[ACLU]] law suit charges that CMUs of the federal prisons violates inmates' rights.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terror18-2009jun18,0,5232714.story LA Times, June 2009] ACLU to challenge isolation prisons</ref> In a [[Democracy Now]] interview on June 25 2009, animal rights activist Andrew Stepanian talks about being jailed at the CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the first prisoner released from a CMU.<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/25/exclusive_animal_rights_activist_jailed_at Democracy Now interview]</ref>

:''See also [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute#Communication Management Unit]]''

==The prison==

The prison is located approximately nine miles south of Marion, which is roughly {{convert|330|mi|km}} south of [[Chicago]].
Permanent lockdown, where prisoners remain in their cells 23 hours a day with little to no human contact, began in 1983 and ended in 2006, when the prison began extensive renovations as a medium security prison. The renovations increased Marion's inmate population from 383 to 900. <ref>{{cite web | last = Hunsperger | first = Kevin | authorlink = | coauthors =
| title = Marion Prison Tours
| work =
| publisher = WSIL TV
| date =
| url = http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=1560&type=local
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2008-03-24}} </ref> The majority of the inmates housed at Marion are weapons and drug offenders.

Besides the better known former supermax penitentiary, the facility also houses a minimum security work camp as well.

==Famous inmates==
*[[Carlos Lehder|Carlos Lehder]] (1949- ) - Medellin Cartel Co-Founder
*[[Joseph Merlino|Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino]] (1962- ) - American Mobster and boss of [[Philadelphia Crime Family]]
*[[Nicky Barnes|Leroy Antonio "Nicky" Barnes]] (1933- ) - former [[drug lord]] of [[Harlem]]
*[[Christopher John Boyce]] (1953- ) - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy
*[[Edward and Elaine Brown|Ed Brown]] - (current) [[New Hampshire]] tax evader and protester
*[[James Coonan]] (1946- ) - former leader of the "[[Westies]]" street gang, which operated in [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]], [[NYC]]
*[[William Daddano, Sr.]] (1912-1975) - favored "middle manager" in the [[Chicago Outfit]]
*[[Clayton Fountain]](1955-2004) Murdered correctional officer [[Robert L.Hoffman]] at [[USP Marion]] October 22 1983.
*[[John Gotti]] (1940-2002) - American mobster and head of the [[Gambino crime family]].
*[[Christopher Jeburk]] (1975?- ) - prison escapee and bank robber
*[[Chevie Kehoe]] (1973- ) - murderer and [[white supremacist]]
*[[Tom Manning (prisoner)|Tom Manning]] - [[United Freedom Front]] militant and left-wing extremist
*[[Leonard Peltier]] (1944- ) - [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] activist (incarcerated at Marion [[June 1]] [[1977]]-1985)
*[[Jonathan Pollard]] (1954- ) - [[Israel]]i spy (incarcerated 1986-1993, then transferred to [[Federal_Correctional_Complex,_Butner | FCI Butner]])
*[[Pete Rose]] (1941- ) - athlete charged with filing false [[income tax]] returns (incarcerated from August 8, 1990, through January 7, 1991)
*[[Nicodemo Scarfo]] (1929-) - former [[Philadelphia]] crime boss transferred to federal prison in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], until 2033
*[[Thomas Silverstein]] (1952- ) - murderer and [[Aryan Brotherhood]] leader
*[[Garrett Brock Trapnell]] (1938-1993) - skyjacker, bank robber, and con man
*[[Manuel Noriega]] (1934- ) - former Panamanian general and dictator
*[[John Anthony Walker]] (1937- ) - Soviet spy
*[[Russell Dan Smith]] (1950- ) - Founder, [[Just Detention International]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/mar/index.jsp USP Marion]

[[Category:Federal Correctional Institutions in the United States]]
[[Category:Prisons in Illinois]]
[[Category:Marion, Illinois|USP Marion]]
[[Category:Supermax prisons]]

[[ru:Исправительная тюрьма Марион]]