Federal Correctional Complex, Butner is a U.S. federal prison complex located in Butner

Butner, North Carolina

Butner is a town in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,591 at the 2010 census]. Butner was managed by the state of North Carolina from 1947 through 2007. A bill passed by the North Carolina General Assembly incorporating the town was signed by Gov. Mike Easley on...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

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, United States

United States

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, about 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...

, the state capital.

Facilities

The complex consists of four facilities:

• 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 drug abuse programs; the other is in Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

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Inmates are fed at a cost of about $2.70 a day for three meals. In common areas they have access to "a handful" of cable channels such as the Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel

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FCI Butner Low

Name	Number	Status	Details
Jon Burge Jon Burge Jon Graham Burge is a convicted felon and former Chicago Police Department detective and commander who gained notoriety for allegedly torturing more than 200 criminal suspects between 1972 and 1991, in order to force confessions...	50504-018	As of 2010 at Butner (Low)	former Chicago Police Department Chicago Police Department The Chicago Police Department, also known as the CPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chicago. It is the largest police department in the Midwest and the second largest local law enforcement agency in the...  detective and commander, who gained notoriety for allegedly torturing more than 200 criminal suspects between 1972 and 1991, in order to force confessions. In 2010, he was convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury.
John Connolly John Connolly (FBI) John J. Connolly, Jr. is a former FBI agent, who was convicted of racketeering and obstruction of justice convictions stemming from his relationship with James J. "Whitey" Bulger, Steve Flemmi, and the Winter Hill Gang...  ‎	22928-038	Released to Florida custody, June 28, 2011	former FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...  agent, convicted of racketeering and obstruction of justice stemming from his relationship with James J. "Whitey" Bulger James J. Bulger James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. is a former organized crime figure from Boston, Massachusetts.Local folklore depicted Bulger as a Robin Hood-style social bandit dedicated to protecting the neighborhood and its residents. Bulger allegedly masterminded a protection racket targeting drug kingpins... , Steve Flemmi Stephen Flemmi Stephen Joseph "The Rifleman" Flemmi is an Italian-American mobster and close associate of Winter Hill Gang boss James J. Bulger. Beginning in 1965, Flemmi was a top echelon informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation... , and the Winter Hill Gang Winter Hill Gang The Winter Hill Gang is a structured confederation of Boston, Massachusetts-area organized crime figures, predominantly Irish-American with a small Italian-American faction. It derives its name from the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts north of Boston. Its members have... . The scandal was the basis for the book Black Mass and is alluded to in the 2006 crime thriller film, The Departed The Departed The Departed is a 2006 American crime thriller film, fashioned as a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan... . Now released, he has begun a 40-year sentence in Florida prison for the murder of a witness.
Anthony Graziano Anthony Graziano Anthony "T.G." Graziano is a New York mobster and former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family.- Bonanno captain :...	48743-080	As of 2010 at Butner (Low)	former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family.
Peter Halat, Jr.	20918-077	As of 2010 at Butner (Low)	former Mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi Biloxi, Mississippi Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....  and a figure in the Kirksey Nix Kirksey Nix Kirksey McCord Nix, Jr. is reputedly the former leader of the Dixie Mafia.He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff Buford Pusser and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967....  case
Keith Gordon Ham, also known as Kirtanananda Swami Kirtanananda Swami Kirtanananda Swami, also known as Swami Bhaktipada was the highly-controversial charismatic Hare Krishna guru and co-founder of the New Vrindaban Hare Krishna community in Marshall County, West Virginia, where he served as spiritual leader for 26 years .-Early life:Kirtanananda was born Keith...	01120-087	released on June 16, 2004	co-founder of the New Vrindaban New Vrindaban New Vrindaban is an unincorporated town and ISKCON intentional community located in Marshall County near Moundsville, West Virginia. The town consists of , and several building complexes, homes, apartment buildings, and businesses including the Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra Temple and the...  Hare Krishna International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness , known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organization. It was founded in 1966 in New York City by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada...  community in West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east... . In 1990 the US federal government indicted Kirtanananda on five counts of racketeering, six counts of mail fraud, and conspiracy to murder two of his opponents in the Hare Krishna movement (Chakradhari and Sulochan). In 1996, before Kirtanananda's retrial was completed, he pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering (mail fraud). He was sentenced to 20 years in prison but was released in 2004.
Thomas G. Manuel	32566-018	As of 2010 at Butner (Low)	former Chair of the St. Johns County, Florida Board of County Commissioners, who pled guilty to bribery in 2010.
John Rigas	53983-054	As of 2010 at Butner (Low)	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.

FCI Butner Medium

Name	Number	Status	Details
Bernard Madoff Bernard Madoff Bernard Lawrence "Bernie" Madoff is a former American businessman, stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier. He is the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, and the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered to be the largest financial fraud in U.S...	61727-054	As of 2010 at Butner (Medium)	former financier sentenced to 150 years for perpetrating a $65 billion Ponzi scheme Ponzi scheme A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation... .
Carmine Persico Carmine Persico Carmine John Persico, Jr. also known as "Junior", "The Snake" and "Immortal", has been the de-facto boss of the Colombo crime family since the early 1970s. Persico has overseen gang wars, murders, and major rackets, most of the time from prison. He has been serving life imprisonment without...	74666-158	As of 2010 at Butner (Medium)	boss of the Colombo crime family Colombo crime family The Colombo crime family is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia .... .
Jonathan Pollard Jonathan Pollard Jonathan Jay Pollard worked as a civilian intelligence analyst before being convicted of spying for Israel. He received a life sentence in 1987....	09185-016	As of 2010 at Butner (Medium)	civilian United States Navy United States Navy The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...  intelligence analyst convicted of spying Espionage Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...  for Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... .
Joseph Testa	07556-054	As of 2010 at Butner (Medium)	DeMeo crew member, convicted of multiple murders

FMC Butner

Name	Number	Status	Details
Omar Abdel-Rahman Omar Abdel-Rahman Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman , commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center which is part of the Butner Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, United...	34892-054	As of 2010 at Butner Med	Islamic terrorist nicknamed "The Blind Sheikh"; masterminded 1993 World Trade Center bombing 1993 World Trade Center bombing The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on February 26, 1993, when a truck bomb was detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The 1,336 lb urea nitrate–hydrogen gas enhanced device was intended to knock the North Tower into the South Tower , bringing... .
Russell Eugene Weston, Jr United States Capitol shooting incident (1998) The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1998 was an attack on July 24, 1998 which led to the death of two United States Capitol Police officers. Detective John Gibson and Officer Jacob Chestnut were killed when Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the Capitol and opened fire...	22372-016	As of 2010 at Butner Med	murdered Detective John Gibson John Gibson (police officer) John Michael Gibson was a United States Capitol Police detective assigned to the dignitary protection detail of Congressman Tom DeLay. Gibson was one of two people killed inside the United States Capitol during a 1998 shooting rampage.-Personal life:Gibson was a native of Boston, Massachusetts...  and Officer Jacob Chestnut Jacob Chestnut Jacob Joseph Chestnut , one of the two United States Capitol Police officers killed in the line of duty on July 24, 1998, was the first African American to lie in honor in the United States Capitol. Chestnut is buried in Arlington National Cemetery...  in 1998 after entering the United States Capitol United States Capitol The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall... .

Former inmates

Past notable inmates within the complex have included:

Name	Number	Status	Details
Jim Bakker Jim Bakker James Orsen "Jim" Bakker is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God minister, and a former host of The PTL Club, a popular evangelical Christian television program.A sex scandal led to his resignation from the ministry...	07407-058	Former inmate, released December 1, 1994	televangelist imprisoned for accounting fraud.
John Hinckley, Jr. John Hinckley, Jr. John Warnock Hinckley, Jr., attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981, as the culmination of an effort to impress teen actress Jodie Foster. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and has remained under institutional psychiatric care since...	00137-177	Former inmate, released August 18, 1981	attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... .
Richard J. Schneiderhan Richard J. Schneiderhan Richard Joseph Schneiderhan is a former Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant in the Attorney General's Organized Crime Unit. He was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice stemming from his relationship with gangster Stephen Flemmi and the Winter Hill Gang...	23403-038	Former inmate, released October 4, 2006	former Massachusetts State Police Massachusetts State Police The Massachusetts State Police is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Public Safety and Security responsible for criminal law enforcement and traffic vehicle regulation across the state...  Lieutenant Lieutenant A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...  convicted of obstruction of justice Obstruction of justice The crime of obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, refers to the crime of interfering with the work of police, investigators, regulatory agencies, prosecutors, or other officials...  stemming from his relationship with the Winter Hill Gang Winter Hill Gang The Winter Hill Gang is a structured confederation of Boston, Massachusetts-area organized crime figures, predominantly Irish-American with a small Italian-American faction. It derives its name from the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts north of Boston. Its members have... .
Sol Wachtler Sol Wachtler Solomon Wachtler, born , is a lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1993. Known for the remark, "A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity" , Wachtler was a key figure in...	32571-054	Former inmate, released October 26, 1994	former Chief Judge Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals refers to the position of chief judge on the New York Court of Appeals.The chief judge supervises the seven-judge Court of Appeals...  of the New York Court of Appeals New York Court of Appeals The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge and six associate judges who are appointed by the Governor to 14-year terms...  pleaded guilty to sending messages to his ex-mistress threatening to kidnap her 14-year-old daughter.

External links

• Official profile from the Federal Bureau of Prisons
  Federal Bureau of Prisons
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• "Butner Federal Correctional Institution III." John J. Kirlin, LLC.