Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low

The Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low (FCI Allenwood Low) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania.^[1] It is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.^[2]

Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low

Location	Gregg Township, Union County, near Allenwood, Pennsylvania
Status	Operational
Security class	Low-security
Population	1,450
Opened	1992
Managed by	Federal Bureau of Prisons
Website	www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/alf/

FCC Allenwood is located 75 miles north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the state capital, just west of US Route 15.

Notable incidents

In February 2013, Fred Hagenbuch, 52, a former correction officer at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, a high-security prison also located in Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of government property for stealing items from FCC Allenwood. The stolen property included electrical conduit, fence post, and mesh fencing valued at approximately $1,545.^[3]

Notable inmates (current and former)

Inmate Name	Register Number	Photo	Status	Details
Jeb Stuart Magruder			Released in January 1975 after serving seven months	A White House staffer and Nixon election campaign executive, Magruder was sentenced to ten months to four years for his role in the Watergate Scandal.
Ng Lap Seng	92441-054		Served a 4 year sentence released in 2021	Chinese businessman convicted in 2017 for bribery.
John P. McGonigle	20050-038		Released in 1999	A former Middlesex County Sheriff, McGonigle was convicted of tax evasion and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering for demanding kickbacks from two of his deputies.[4][5][6]
Kifah Jayyousi	39551-039		Released in 2017; served 12 years.[7]	Co-defendant of Jose Padilla; convicted in 2007 of murder conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism for sending money, equipment, and recruits to support jihad overseas.[8][9]
Alex van der Zwaan	35255-016		Released June 4, 2018, after serving 30 days, then deported[10] to England.	Making false statements in relation to the Special Counsel investigation on foreign interference in the 2016 US elections.
Nicholas Corozzo	19241-053		Released November 29, 2019 after serving 11 years.	High-ranking member of the Gambino crime family and top lieutenant of John Gotti. In 2009, Corozzo was sentenced to 13½ years for corruption charges and involvement in two 1996 murders.[11]
Kevin Seefried	25549-509		Serving a 3 year sentence, scheduled for release December 18, 2025	Participant in the Capitol Attack[12]
Martin Shkreli	87850-053		Released May 18, 2022 after serving four years, two months[13]	Nicknamed the "pharma bro." Convicted of securities fraud. Was originally at Fort Dix, until it was discovered he was still running his company via a contraband cellphone, which led to his transfer to Allenwood.
Tal Prihar	12911-509		Serving an eight year sentence, scheduled for release in 2026	Israeli man pleaded guilty of conspiracy for money laundering.[14]
Virgil Griffith	79038-112		Sentenced to 63 months, scheduled for release January 19, 2026.	Convicted of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, after speaking at a cryptocurrency conference in Pyongyang, North Korea.

See also

• Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Medium
• List of U.S. federal prisons
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Incarceration in the United States

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