Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood

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]

Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood

Location	Gregg Township, Union County Brady and Clinton townships, Lycoming County, near Allenwood, Pennsylvania
Status	Operational
Security class	Low, medium, and high security
Population	2,900 (three facilities)
Managed by	Federal Bureau of Prisons

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]

• 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 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]
• 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

• United States portal
• Politics portal
• Pennsylvania portal

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

References

1. "BOP: FCC Allenwood". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
2. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Gregg township, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-08-14. Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex
3. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brady township, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-08-14. Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex
4. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Clinton township, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-08-14. Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex
5. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
6. Kushner, David (July 22, 2014). "We All Got Trolled". Medium. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
7. 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.
8. Clifford, Timothy (August 29, 1987). "Capasso Wife Sued on City Contract". Newsday. Long Island, N.Y. ProQuest 277800495. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2022-01-15 – via pqasb.pqarchiver.com.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. "SPORTS PEOPLE; Hoyt to Allenwood". The New York Times. January 17, 1988. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
12. Roebuck, Jeremy (19 April 2018). "'Jungle Jabbah,' ex-warlord living in Delco, sentenced to 30 years". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
13. "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.
14. 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.
15. "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.
16. "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.
17. 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.
18. "Fame, fortune and fraud: The rise and fall of 'the biggest art scammer in history' Inigo Philbrick". independent.co.uk. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
19. ""The Sopranos" the Test Dream (TV Episode 2004) - Quotes - IMDb". IMDb.

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