Federal Correctional Complex, Butner is a U.S. federal prison complex located in Butner, North Carolina, United States, about 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Raleigh, North Carolina.[1]
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Facilities
The complex consists of several facilities:[2]
- FMC Butner, a Federal Medical Center housing male inmates of all security levels
- FCI Butner Medium, a medium-security Federal Correctional Institution
- FCI Butner Medium II, a medium-security Federal Correctional Institution
- FCI Butner Low, a low-security Federal Correctional Institution
Butner has the largest medical/psychological complex in the entire federal prison system. Butner is the home to one of the top two[clarification needed] Drug Abuse Programs; the other is in Lexington, Kentucky.[2]
Inmates are fed at a cost of about $2.70 a day for three meals.[3] They have access to "a handful" of cable channels such as the Discovery Channel in common areas.[3]
Inmates
Notable inmates include:
- Bernard Madoff, 61727-054, former financier sentenced to 150 years for perpetrating a $65 billion Ponzi scheme.[4][5]
- Carmine Persico, 74666-158, Boss of the Colombo crime family.[6]
- Jonathan Pollard, 09185-016, civilian United States Navy intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Israel.[7]
- Omar Abdel-Rahman, 34892-054, Islamic terrorist nicknamed "The Blind Sheik"; masterminded 1993 World Trade Center bombing.[5]
- John Rigas, 53983-054, former CEO of Adelphia Communications Corporation convicted of bank, wire, and securities fraud. Rigas was accused of looting the corporation by concealing $2.3 billion in liabilities from corporate investors and of using corporation funds as personal funds.[5]
- Russell Eugene Weston, Jr, 22372-016, murdered Detective John Gibson and Officer Jacob Chestnut after entering the United States Capitol.[8]
Past notable inmates have included:
- Jim Bakker, televangelist imprisoned for accounting fraud.[7]
- John Hinckley, Jr., attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan.[7]
- Richard J. Schneiderhan, former Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant convicted of obstruction of justice stemming from his relationship with the Winter Hill Gang.[9]
References
- ^ "Madoff starts 150-year sentence at NC prison". Yahoo News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090714/ap_on_re_us/us_madoff_behind_bars. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ a b "Federal Bureau of Prisons data". www.bop.gov. http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bux/index.jsp. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ a b "Little Sympathy for Madoff in New Hometown". Wall Street Journal. July 18, 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124787545319460821.html. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Bray, Chad (2009-07-14). "Madoff Is Moved to A Prison in Butner, N.C.". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124752771713635527.html?mod=googlenews_wsj. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ a b c "Madoff Arrives at Federal Prison in North Carolina". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/business/15madoff.html. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ "'Gorgeous' Is Sitting Pretty". The New York Sun. http://www.nysun.com/new-york/gorgeous-is-sitting-pretty/13706/. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ a b c "Madoff's Butner Prison Is The "Crown Jewel" Of Federal Prison System". Business Insider. http://www.businessinsider.com/madoffs-butner-prison-is-the-crown-jewel-of-federal-prison-system-2009-7. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ "Judge Rules Capitol Gunman Can Be Forced to Take Medicine". Newyorktimes.com. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9F07E5DE153BF930A3575BC0A9649C8B63&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fC%2fChestnut%2c%20Jacob%20J%2e. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ Murderous thug Flemmi's friends worth Zip, Boston Herald, July 20, 2005
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Coordinates: 36°08′22″N 78°48′16″W / 36.13944°N 78.80442°W
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