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

Facilities

The complex consists of three facilities: * Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low (FCI Allenwood Low): a low-security facility *

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(FCI Allenwood Medium): a medium-security facility * United States Penitentiary, Allenwood (USP Allenwood): a high-security facility FCC Allenwood is located approximately north of

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Notable inmates

* Andrew Auernheimer, hacker better known as "weev"; released on April 11, 2014 * Carl Andrew Capasso, convicted of tax fraud; died in 2001 * James Alex Fields, perpetrated Charlottesville car attack in 2017 that killed one person and injured 35; serving a life sentence * Jeffrey Grant, lawyer and minister convicted of loan fraud, co-founded Progressive Prison Ministries and the White Collar Support Group. * James Holmes, perpetrator of the

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* LaMarr Hoyt, baseball player, convicted of drug possession * Mohammed Jabbateh, former Liberian warlord known as Jungle Jabbah; convicted of immigration fraud and perjury for lying about being a war criminal in the

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* Raymond Lederer, 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. * Inigo Philbrick, former art dealer; convicted of wire fraud * Bruce Pierce, white supremacist member of The Order and murderer of Jewish talk show host

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; died in prison in 2010 * Tommy Pitera, hitman for the Bonanno crime family; inmate transferred to USP McCreary in

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; currently at USP Big Sandy in Kentucky *

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's 1972 song "The King Alfred Plan" references Allenwood FCC as a possible location of one of the

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to imprison

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in order to suppress a Black uprising, a theory derived from John A. Williams's 1967 novel '' The Man Who Cried I Am''. * In the

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'', characters Tony Blundetto and Angelo Garepe are mentioned as having served time at Allenwood FCC.

References

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Facilities

Notable inmates

See also

References