The Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood (FCC Allenwood) is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Pennsylvania. It is operated by the

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, a division of the

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. The prison property is located in the following townships: Gregg in Union County, and two in

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, and Clinton.

Facilities

The complex consists of three facilities: *

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. It is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC ...

(FCI Allenwood Low): a low-security facility *

Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Medium The Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Medium (FCI Allenwood Medium) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Com ...

(FCI Allenwood Medium): a medium-security facility *

United States Penitentiary, Allenwood The United States Penitentiary, Allenwood (USP Allenwood) is a high security United States federal prison in Pennsylvania. It is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, ...

(USP Allenwood): a high-security facility FCC Allenwood is located approximately north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the state capital.

Notable inmates

* Andrew Auernheimer, hacker better known as "weev" *

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, convicted of tax fraud; died in 2001 * James Holmes, perpetrator of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting *

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, baseball player, convicted of drug possession *

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, 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 *

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, 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

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sting. Died in 2008 at his home. *

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, white supremacist member of The Order and murderer of Jewish talk show host

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; died in prison in 2010 *

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, hitman for the

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; inmate transferred to

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, former CEO of

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; released as of February 22, 2016. *

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, former

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manager and CEO of

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; convicted of two counts of

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and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud

In popular culture

* Gil Scott-Heron's 1972 song "The King Alfred Plan" references Allenwood FCC as a possible location of one of the

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s set up for the

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to imprison Black Americans in order to suppress a Black uprising, a theory derived from

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's 1967 novel ''The Man Who Cried I Am''.

References

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Facilities

Notable inmates

In popular culture

See also

References