Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood Explained

Prison Name:	Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood
Location:	Gregg Township, Union County Brady and Clinton townships, Lycoming County, near Allenwood, Pennsylvania
Status:	Operational
Classification:	Low, medium, and high security
Population:	2,900 (three facilities)
Managed By:	Federal Bureau of Prisons

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:

• Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low (FCI Allenwood Low): a low-security facility
• Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Medium (FCI Allenwood Medium): a medium-security facility
• United States Penitentiary, Allenwood (USP Allenwood): a high-security facility

FCC Allenwood is located approximately 75miles 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]
• Inigo Philbrick, former art dealer; convicted of wire fraud^[18]

In popular culture

• Gil Scott-Heron's 1972 song "The King Alfred Plan" references Allenwood FCC as a possible location of one of the concentration camps set up for the CIA to imprison Black Americans in order to suppress a Black uprising, a theory derived from John A. Williams's 1967 novel The Man Who Cried I Am.
• In the HBO crime drama The Sopranos, characters Tony Blundetto and Angelo Garepe are mentioned as having served time at Allenwood FCC.^[19]

See also

• List of U.S. federal prisons
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Incarceration in the United States

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: BOP: FCC Allenwood . . August 3, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120815192932/http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/alx/index.jsp . August 15, 2012 .
2. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Gregg township, PA. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-08-14. Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex.
3. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brady township, PA. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-08-14. Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex.
4. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Clinton township, PA. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-08-14. Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex.
5. Web site: Google Maps . Google Maps . 2015-10-16 . 2014-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140612033112/https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl . live .
6. News: Kushner. David. We All Got Trolled. Medium. July 22, 2014. February 20, 2016. March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202111/https://medium.com/matter/the-martyrdom-of-weev-9e72da8a133d#.7qkimoq5o. live.
7. News: Capasso Receives 4 Years in Tax Case . Lubasch . Arnold H. . March 31, 1987. The New York Times. November 4, 2020. September 28, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180928233256/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/31/nyregion/capasso-receives-4-years-in-tax-case.html . live.
8. Web site: Capasso Wife Sued on City Contract . Timothy . Clifford . August 29, 1987 . . Long Island, N.Y. . pqasb.pqarchiver.com . 2022-01-15 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100512/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/doc/277800495.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug%2029,%201987&author=By%20Timothy%20Clifford&pub=Newsday%20(Combined%20editions)&edition=&startpage=&desc=Capasso%20Wife%20Sued%20on%20City%20Contract . live .
9. News: Cancer Kills 'Bess Mess' Big Capasso at Age 55 . Neuman . William . . March 15, 2001 . November 4, 2020 . September 28, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180928233247/https://nypost.com/2001/03/15/cancer-kills-bess-mess-big-capasso-at-age-55/ . live .
10. News: Location of imprisoned Colorado theater shooter finally revealed by authorities. Margolin. Josh. McKinley. Carol. ABC News. September 28, 2017. November 4, 2020. November 11, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111235314/https://abcnews.go.com/US/authorities-finally-reveal-location-jailed-colorado-theater-killer/story?id=50149429. live.
11. Web site: SPORTS PEOPLE; Hoyt to Allenwood . . January 17, 1988 . November 30, 2021 . November 30, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211130225323/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/17/sports/sports-people-hoyt-to-allenwood.html . live .
12. Web site: Roebuck . Jeremy . 'Jungle Jabbah,' ex-warlord living in Delco, sentenced to 30 years . 2022-04-02 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . en.
13. News: Raymond Lederer, Abscam Figure, Is Dead at 70 . . December 3, 2008 . . December 30, 2019 . en-US . 0362-4331 . December 30, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191230160610/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/04lederer.html . live .
14. News: Death of an Assassin: The Order's Bruce Pierce Dies in Prison . Hilke . Wally . August 18, 2010 . . December 30, 2019 . December 30, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191230160609/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2010/08/18/death-assassin-order%25E2%2580%2599s-bruce-pierce-dies-prison . live .
15. Web site: Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator . December 30, 2019 . March 4, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210304174952/https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ . live . Thomas Pitera has register number 29465-053 and is serving life at McCreary USP.
16. Web site: Dying Adelphia founder, John Rigas, to be freed from prison . February 22, 2016 . . en . December 30, 2019 . December 30, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191230174318/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/22/dying-adelphia-founder-john-rigas-to-be-freed-from-prison.html . live .
17. News: Martin Shkreli sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding investors . Merle . Renae . March 9, 2018 . . 0190-8286 . October 29, 2019 . March 9, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180309191649/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/03/09/martin-shkreli-to-be-sentenced-friday-faces-more-than-decade-in-prison/ . live .
18. Web site: Fame, fortune and fraud: The rise and fall of ‘the biggest art scammer in history’ Inigo Philbrick. independent.co.uk. 30 April 2024.
19. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0705285/quotes/