Federal Correctional Institute, Allenwood
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Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) is a United States
Federal Bureau of Prisons
facility located on U.S. Route 15
in Gregg Township
, Union County
, Pennsylvania
. The prison, at the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains
, is on U.S. Route 15
, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Allenwood, 11 miles (17.7 km) south of Williamsport
, and 197 miles (317 km) north of Washington, DC. It is near White Deer.
It consists of three facilities, all for male inmates:
United States
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
Federal Bureau of Prisons
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a federal law enforcement agency subdivision of the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. The system also handles prisoners who committed acts considered felonies under the District of Columbia's...
facility located on U.S. Route 15
U.S. Route 15
U.S. Route 15 is a -long United States highway, designated along South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. The route is signed north–south, from U.S. Route 17 Alternate in Walterboro, South Carolina to Interstate 86 and NY 17 in Painted Post, New York.US...
in Gregg Township
Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania
Gregg Township is a township in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,687 at the 2000 census, .-History:Gregg Township, named for U.S...
, Union County
Union County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 41,624 people, 13,178 households, and 9,211 families residing in the county. The population density was 131 people per square mile . There were 14,684 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. The prison, at the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains
Allegheny Mountains
The Allegheny Mountain Range , also spelled Alleghany, Allegany and, informally, the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada...
, is on U.S. Route 15
U.S. Route 15
U.S. Route 15 is a -long United States highway, designated along South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. The route is signed north–south, from U.S. Route 17 Alternate in Walterboro, South Carolina to Interstate 86 and NY 17 in Painted Post, New York.US...
, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Allenwood, 11 miles (17.7 km) south of Williamsport
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. In 2009, the population was estimated at 29,304...
, and 197 miles (317 km) north of Washington, DC. It is near White Deer.
It consists of three facilities, all for male inmates:
- FCI Allenwood Low - A low security Federal Correctional Institution
- FCI Allenwood Medium - A medium security Federal Correctional Institution
- USP Allenwood - High security United States Penitentiary
Notable inmates
- Aldrich AmesAldrich AmesAldrich Hazen Ames is a former Central Intelligence Agency counter-intelligence officer and analyst, who, in 1994, was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia...
: former CIA agent and convicted Soviet/Russian spy is serving a life sentence. - Gerald BullGerald BullGerald Vincent Bull was a Canadian engineer who developed long-range artillery. He moved from project to project in his quest to launch economically a satellite using a huge artillery piece, to which end he designed the Project Babylon "supergun" for the Iraqi government...
: head of Space Research CorporationSpace Research CorporationSpace Research Corporation was a corporation founded by Gerald Bull, after the budget for his research at Project HARP for the United States and Canadian federal governments was cut in 1967, in order to commercialize the technology of long-range artillery. Project HARP's assets were then given to...
, for illegally exporting howitzer shells to the then-embargoed South African government. - Louis DaidoneLouis DaidoneLouis "Louie Bagels" Daidone is a New York mobster and former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family.-Sidewalk soldier:...
: former New York City mobster and LuccheseLucchese crime familyThe Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano "Tommy" Reina serving as boss up until his murder...
family boss, serving a life sentence for racketeering. - Larry Levenson: First owner of Plato's RetreatPlato's RetreatPlato's Retreat was a swingers' club in New York City, owned first by Larry Levenson, and later by Fred J. Lincoln, that catered to heterosexual couples.-History:The club was opened by Larry Levenson in 1977, and was popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
which was a swingers' club in New York City, convicted of tax evasion. - Gerald McCannGerald McCannGerald McCann is an American Democratic Party politician who served two non-consecutive terms as mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey before being convicted of fraud in a savings and loan scam. When he was elected in 1981 he was the second youngest mayor in the city's history.-Biography:He was born in...
: former mayor of Jersey City convicted of fraud in a savings and loan scam. - John StanfaJohn StanfaGiovanni "John the Dour Don" Stanfa is a former acting boss of the Scarfo crime family. Convicted of multiple charges in 1995, Stanfa is currently serving five consecutive life sentences.-Early life and Mafia member:...
: convicted Philadelphia mobster serving five life sentences. - James TraficantJames TraficantJames Anthony Traficant, Jr. is a former Democratic Representative in the United States Congress from Ohio . He represented the 17th Congressional District, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley...
: former U.S. Representative from OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
convicted of bribery, racketeering, and tax evasion. - Thomas PiteraThomas PiteraThomas "Tommy Karate" E. Pitera is a former Mafia hitman in the Bonanno crime family. Pitera earned a reputation as a vicious and sadistic killer who enjoyed murdering people. He was suspected by law enforcement of as many as 60 murders. He was well known for his use of karate and other martial...
: mafia capo for the Bonnano crime family, serving a life sentence. - Clifford IrvingClifford IrvingClifford Michael Irving is an American author of novels and works of nonfiction, but best known for using forged handwritten letters to convince his publisher into accepting a fake "autobiography" of reclusive businessman Howard Hughes in the early 1970s...
: author. Convicted of forging the autobiography of Howard Hughes. - David Paul HammerDavid Paul HammerDavid Paul Hammer is an American murderer and a prisoner on death row at Terre Haute prison, Indiana. He was sentenced to death on November 4, 1998 for the murder of his cell mate, Andrew Marti...
: killed his cellmate within USP Allenwood - Henry Hill: associate for the Lucchese crime familyLucchese crime familyThe Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano "Tommy" Reina serving as boss up until his murder...
served six years to a ten-year sentence for extortionExtortionExtortion is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime...
in 1972 and was released in 1978. - Raymond F. LedererRaymond F. LedererRaymond Lederer was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's Third Congressional District from 1977 to 1981....
, a Pennsylvania Congressman, convicted in ABSCAMAbscamAbscam was a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation sting operation run from the FBI's Hauppauge, Long Island, office in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
in 1981.