Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island (FCI Terminal Island) is a low-security prison

Prison

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 for men located on Reservation Point on Terminal Island

Terminal Island

Terminal Island is an island located in Los Angeles County, California between Los Angeles Harbor and Long Beach Harbor. Originally a mudflat known to the Spanish as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, and later called Rattlesnake Island, it has officially been Terminal Island since 1918...

 and in San Pedro, Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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. The other Federal prison in the Los Angeles area is the Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles

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. They are both managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Bureau of Prisons

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 Western Regional Office in Stockton, California

Stockton, California

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. In 2005, the prison housed just under 1,200 prisoners.

Federal Prison Industries

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

Federal Prison Industries, also known as UNICOR and FPI, is a wholly owned government corporation created in 1934 by statute and Executive Order that produces goods and services from the labor of inmates of the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons...

 (a US govt. program) has a shop at FCI Terminal Island using prison labor that specializes in repairing, refurbishing, and reconditioning furniture, office equipment, tires, and other types of Government property.

Notable inmates

Name	Number	Status	Details
Robert Angleton	13831-179	As of 2010 in TI	Bookie who took bets on sporting events. He was charged with murdering his wife in a state court, but found not guilty. He was found guilty of tax evasion and passport fraud.
Eddie Bunker		Was often visited at TI by Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters....  to secure the rights to Bunker's prison novel "No Beast So Fierce" which became Hoffman's moderately successful film "Straight Time Straight Time Straight Time is a 1978 film directed by Ulu Grosbard, starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, and Kathy Bates.-Plot summary:... ".	Future actor (Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs is an American crime film marking debut of director and writer Quentin Tarantino. It depicts the events before and after a botched diamond heist, but not the heist itself. Reservoir Dogs stars an ensemble cast: Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, and... ) and screenwriter.
Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno Salvatore Bonanno Salvatore Vincent "Bill" Bonanno was the son of Cosa Nostra boss Joseph Bonanno. Although his father never intended for him to be the underboss of the Bonanno crime family, his appointment to high positions in the syndicate precipitated a "mob war" which led to the Bonanno family's exile to Arizona...		Served his sentence at TI. Upon his release, his younger brother, Joe Jr. (both sons of notorious Mafia chief "Joey Bananas Joseph Bonanno Joseph Charles Bonanno, Sr. was a Sicilian-born American mafioso who became the boss of the Bonanno crime family. He was nicknamed "Joe Bananas," a name he despised.-Early life:... ") was transferred there to complete his Federal time 1972-1975.	Subject of Gay Talese Gay Talese Gay Talese is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism... 's Mafia best-seller "Honor Thy Father" as well as the model for Michael Corleone in Mario Puzo's "The Godfather".
Al Capone Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early...		After finishing his Federal felony Felony A felony is a serious crime in the common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors...  sentence at Alcatraz, he was transferred to FCI Terminal Island in 1939 to serve a one-year misdemeanor sentence.	Famed mobster
The Port Chicago 50		Served from November 1944 to January 1946.	50 African-American sailors convicted of mutiny
Charles Manson Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...		From early 1956 until late 1958 was imprisoned for stealing a '51 Mercury. Charles Manson was later convicted of trying to cash a government check and was first sentenced to McNeil Island McNeil Island McNeil Island is an island in western Puget Sound, located just west of Steilacoom, Washington, with a land area of 17.177 km² . It lies just north of Anderson Island. Fox Island is to the north, across Carr Inlet. To the west McNeil Island is separated from Key Peninsula by Pitt Passage. The...  in Washington state in 1961, but ended up back at Terminal Island in 1966. When he was released in 1967 he told the releasing officer that he did not want to leave. Currently serving a life sentence at Corcoran State Prison.	Head of Manson Family and mastermind of Tate and LaBianca murders.
Lynette Fromme Lynette Fromme Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme is an American member of the Manson Family. She was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975...		Released on Parole from federal medical center Carswell on September 14, 2009. Now living in Marcy, New York.	Former Manson Family member
Timothy Leary Timothy Leary Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs. During a time when drugs like LSD and psilocybin were legal, Leary conducted experiments at Harvard University under the Harvard Psilocybin Project, resulting in the Concord Prison...		Incarcerated there in 1974. By coincidence, it was at the same time as his arch legal nemesis, G. Gordon Liddy G. Gordon Liddy George Gordon Liddy was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed from July–September 1971, during Richard Nixon's presidency. Separately, along with E. Howard Hunt, Liddy organized and directed the Watergate burglaries of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in... , former FBI agent and Richard Nixon's head man in the Watergate scandal Watergate scandal The Watergate scandal was a political scandal during the 1970s in the United States resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement... .	famed Harvard professor/LSD guru
Jeffrey MacDonald		Was held twice at Terminal Island. First in 1979 right after he was convicted of murder, and then again in 1982 after the U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...  reversed the dismissal of his conviction. Currently serving his sentence at the federal prison in Cumberland, Maryland.
Anthony Parnes Anthony Parnes Anthony Keith Parnes is a millionaire stockbroker who was involved with Ernest Saunders, Gerald Ronson, and Jack Lyons in the Guinness share-trading fraud of the 1980s; they collectively became known as "the Guinness Four"....		Was held here by the FBI in 1989 for six months on the order of the British Government relating to his involvement in The Guinness Affair Guinness share-trading fraud The Guinness share-trading fraud was a famous British business scandal of the 1980s. It involved an attempt to manipulate the stock market on a massive scale to inflate the price of Guinness shares and thereby assist a £2.7 billion take-over bid for the Scottish drinks company Distillers... .
John DeLorean		Released March 29, 1982 - Died March 19, 2005	Automobile industry executive and alleged drug trafficker.
Edward Morrissey Edward Morrissey Edward Morrissey is the second ex-husband of Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey. He pled guilty to money laundering and using funds from his wife's New Thought church, Living Enrichment Center, for personal expenses. Edward Morrissey was sentenced to federal prison for his crimes...		Was released from FCI Terminal Island in late 2006. Edward Morrissey was serving time for money laundering Money laundering Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...  and using church funds for personal expenses.	Husband of Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey Mary Manin Morrissey Mary Manin Morrissey is a New Thought minister from Oregon, U.S.A. She was a founding minister of Living Enrichment Center in the 1970s. By the mid-1990s, the church's congregation was variously estimated at numbering between 2,000 and 5,000, making it the biggest New Thought church in the state...  (founder of Living Enrichment Center Living Enrichment Center Living Enrichment Center, often referred to as LEC, was a New Thought megachurch and retreat center in the U.S. state of Oregon. Originally founded in the Scholls, Oregon farmhouse of senior minister Mary Manin Morrissey in the mid-1970s, the church grew so exponentially that it moved to a 94,500... ).
Brian O'Dea Brian O'Dea Brian O'Dea is a Canadian former drug smuggler.Born in Newfoundland, he first worked as a minor drug dealer in the province. Moving up he became an importer of marijuana to Canada from the United Kingdom...			A noted Canadian drug smuggler, and author of the book 'High: Confessions of a Pot Smuggler'.
Henry Hill Henry Hill (mobster) Henry Hill is a former American mobster, Lucchese crime family associate, and FBI informant whose life story was documented in the book Wiseguy, written by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi, and in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film, Goodfellas, in which Hill was played by Ray Liotta.-Early life:Henry...			The protagonist of the movie Goodfellas Goodfellas Goodfellas is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese... .
Liz Renay Liz Renay Liz Renay, née Pearl Elizabeth Dobbins was an American author, actress and convicted felon, who appeared in John Waters' film Desperate Living ....			Author Author An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...  and actress of John Waters John Waters (filmmaker) John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films... ' Desperate Living Desperate Living Desperate Living is a 1977 American crime comedy fantasy horror film directed, produced, written, and photographed by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Liz Renay, Jean Hill, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, and Mary Vivian Pearce.-Plot:... .
Barry Minkow Barry Minkow Barry Jay Minkow is a former businessman, pastor and convicted felon. While still in high school, he founded ZZZZ Best , which appeared to be an immensely successful carpet-cleaning and restoration company. However, it was actually a front to attract investment for a massive Ponzi scheme...		Released from prison in 1995 and now living in San Diego.	Infamous stock manipulator and fraudster CEO of ZZZZ Best.
Brent R. Wilkes		Released on bail pending appeal on January 6, 2009 as Ordered by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on March 27, 2008.	Defense Contractor and major figure in the Duke Cunningham Duke Cunningham Randall Harold Cunningham , usually known as Randy or Duke, is United States Navy veteran, convicted felon, and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005.Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28,...  bribery scandal.
Anita O'Day Anita O'Day Anita O'Day was an American jazz singer.Born Anita Belle Colton, O'Day was admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer"...			Famous jazz singer

External links

• FCI Terminal Island