Alderson Federal Prison Camp
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| Name |
Alderson Federal Prison Camp |
| Address |
Glen Ray Road, Box B Alderson, West Virginia 24910 |
| Type |
Minimum/Female |
| Facility Code |
ALD |
Alderson Federal Prison Camp, also known as Federal Prison Camp, Alderson or FPC Alderson, is a federal prison in the United States for minimum-security female inmates. The prison is a prison camp with a population of around 1,050 and is located in the rural town of Alderson in southeast West Virginia, about 270 miles (435 km) southwest of Washington, DC. Eleanor Roosevelt, the future First Lady, and Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the Assistant U.S. Attorney General, first encouraged its establishment.
FPC Alderson opened in 1927 as the Federal Correctional Institution for Women and was the first federal prison for women. The camp is comprised of 105 acres (425,000 m²) of rolling hills. While there are no metal fences surrounding the camp, prisoners have schedules and must work. Free time is spent playing volleyball, softball or tennis.
Most of the inmates at FPC Alderson have been convicted of non-violent or white-collar crime. They sleep in bunk beds in dormitories.
The prison is nicknamed "Camp Cupcake" by most residents and the media, and "Yale" by one-time attendee Martha Stewart.
[edit] Notable inmates
- Velvalee Dickinson - imprisoned 1944-1951
- Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme - imprisoned 1979-1987 (escaped briefly)
- Billie Holiday - imprisoned 1947-1948
- Sara Jane Moore - imprisoned 1975-1978, 1979 (escaped briefly)
- Meg Scott Phipps- imprisoned 2004-present
- Tokyo Rose - imprisoned 1949-1956
- Axis Sally (aka Mildred Gillars) - imprisoned 1949-1961
- Martha Stewart - imprisoned 2004-2005
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (leftist heroine and co-founder of ACLU) - imprisoned 1955-57
Martha also went to prison in Conn.
[edit] Sources
- Marks, Alexandra. "The prison that Martha Stewart will call home." The Christian Science Monitor. October 8, 2004. [1].
