Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury
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Federal Correctional Institution Danbury is a federal prison for women (formerly for men) in the United States. It is located near the city of Danbury in Fairfield County, Connecticut, 70 miles from New York City and 3 miles north of Danbury.
Danbury houses low security female offenders and also has an adjacent satellite camp which houses minimum security female offenders.
Famous Inmates Include
- Jean Harris,
- Ring Lardner, Jr., writer, 10 months in 1950-1951, for contempt of Congress (one of the Hollywood 10)
- Robert Lowell, poet, several months for refusing to serve in World War II
- Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church, 13 months for filing false tax records and conspiracy
- Martha Stewart, convicted for insider trading
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