United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
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The United States Penitentiary Terre Haute is a maximum security prison for adult males located on Highway 41, two miles south of the city of Terre Haute, Indiana. USP Terre Haute is part of the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex. Established in 1940, the prison houses approximately 1500 inmates. USP Terre Haute is best known for containing the only death row in the United States federal prison system. The most publicized execution occurred in 2001 when Timothy McVeigh was put to death for carrying out the Oklahoma City Bombing. The prisoners who sit on death row in Indiana include David Hammer and Jeff Paul all who were transferred to the new death row when it was completed in 1999.
- See also: List of U.S. federal prisons
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U.S. Opens New Prison To Hold Mostly Arab Muslims The Washington Post is reporting the Justice Department has quietly opened a new prison unit in Terre Haute, Indiana designed to hold mostly Arab Muslim prisoners. The jail operates under special rules restricting the ability of prisoners to communicate with the outside world. All telephone calls and mail are monitored, the number of phone calls are limited and visits are restricted to a total of four hours per month. All prison conversations must be conducted in English unless otherwise negotiated. The Iraqi-born doctor Rafil Dhafir from upstate New York is among the prisoners being held. He is serving a 22-year sentence for violating the Iraqi sanctions by sending aid to Iraq through his charity Help the Needy. Five members of the so-called "Lackawanna Six" are also being held in the Indiana prison. Only two non-Muslims are being held at the jail.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/24/AR2007022401231.html
