Alderson Federal Prison Camp

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Alderson Federal Prison Camp
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. Both Florence Harding and Eleanor Roosevelt, former and future First Ladies, and Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the Assistant U.S. Attorney General, first encouraged its establishment.

FPC Alderson opened in 1927 as the Federal Industrial Institution for Women and was the first federal prison for women. The camp comprises 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 or in cottages.

The prison is nicknamed "Camp Cupcake" by most residents and the media, and "Yale" by one-time attendee Martha Stewart.

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[edit] Sources

  • Marks, Alexandra. "The prison that Martha Stewart will call home." The Christian Science Monitor. October 8, 2004. [1].

Julie Lucas (Frank Lucas' "American Gangster" wife) from 1982 to 1987.

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