United States Penitentiary, Coleman

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United States Penitentiary, Coleman
USPColemanII.jpg
Location Sumter County, near Wildwood, Florida
Status Operational
Security class High-security
Population 3,000
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden Tamyra Jarvis (USP Coleman I),
Charles Lockett (USP Coleman II)

The United States Penitentiary, Coleman (USP Coleman) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Florida. It is part of the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Coleman) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

FCC Coleman is located in central Florida, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Orlando, 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Tampa, and 35 miles (56 km) south of Ocala.[1]

Correction Officer Michael Rudkin

In late 2008, Michael Rudkin was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having sex with a female inmate and plotting with her to kill his wife while she was a correction officer at the Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, a federal prison for women in Connecticut.[2] Rudkin was sent to FCC Coleman to serve his sentence. While at Coleman, Rudkin solicited the help of fellow inmates in June 2009 to find a hitman to kill his ex-wife, her new boyfriend, his former inmate paramour and a federal investigator. He provided a handwritten note giving physical descriptions and locations of the intended victims to fellow inmates. The inmates alerted authorities, who instructed the inmates to provide Rudkin with a false name and address of a "hitman." Rudkin subsequently mailed money from his inmate account to the alleged "hitman" as an advance. Rudkin was subsequently convicted of orchestrating the plot and sentenced to 90 years in prison, which he is serving at the United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX, the federal supermax facility in Colorado.[3][4]

Notable inmates (current and former)

†The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 eliminated parole for federal inmates. However, inmates sentenced for offenses committed prior to 1987 are eligible for parole consideration.[5]

Law enforcement murders

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Leonard Peltier 89637-132 Serving two life sentences plus seven years for an armed escaped from USP Lompoc; eligible for release in 2040.†[6] Member of the American Indian Movement, a Native American activist group; convicted in 1977 of murdering FBI Agents Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams during a shootout at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975.[7]

Financial crimes

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Allen Stanford 35017-183 Serving 110 years under his actual name, Robert Allen Stanford.[8] Owner of the now-defunct Stanford Financial Group; convicted in 2012 of fraud, money laundering and other charges for masterminding a Ponzi scheme which defrauded thousands of investors of over $7 billion; the story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.[9]

Terrorists

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Ghassan Elashi 29687-177 Serving a 65-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2069. Former Chairman of the Holy Land Foundation; convicted in 2008 of providing material support for terrorism charges for funneling money to the terrorist organization Hamas. Four co-conspirators were also convicted.[10][11]
Amine El Khalifi 79748-083 Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2038.[12] Al-Qaeda supporter; pleaded guilty in June 2012 to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction for plotting to conduct a suicide bombing at the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC in February 2012.[13][14]

Organized crime figures

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Whitey Bulger 02182-748 Serving sentence of life plus five years under his real name, James J. Bulger.[15] Former leader of the Winter Hill Gang in Massachusetts and FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive; apprehended in 2011 after 16 years on the lam; convicted in 2013 of ordering 11 murders, as well as extortion, money laundering and drug trafficking.[16][17]
Benjamin Arellano Felix 00678-748 Serving a 25-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2033.[12] Former leader of the Tijuana Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy and money laundering for directing the importation of thousands of tons of cocaine into the US; the cartel killed over 1,000 civilians and police officers over a 16-year period.[18]
Stephen Caracappa 04597-748 Serving a sentence of life plus 80 years.[12] Former NYPD detective; convicted in 2006 of taking bribes to carry out murders and leak law enforcement intelligence disclosing the identities of witnesses for the Gambino Crime Family; his partner, Louis Eppolito, was sentenced to life plus 100 years.[19]
Ronnie Thomas 43322-037 Serving a 20-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2023.[12] Leader of the Tree Top Pirus, a subset of the Bloods street gang in Maryland, and producer of the Stop Snitchin' video series; convicted in 2010 of racketeering for participating in murder conspiracy, drug trafficking and robbery.[20][21]

Others

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Randy Lanier 04961-069 Released in 2014; served 26 years.[22] Racecar driver, 1984 IMSA Camel GT champion and 1986 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year; convicted in 1988 of directing a drug operation that brought more than 600,000 pounds of marijuana into the United States from Colombia between 1982 and 1986.[23][24]

See also

References

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