Butner Federal Correctional Institution

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Butner Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina was the prison recommended by U.S. District Judge Sim Lake to be the prison where Jeffrey Skilling would serve his 24 year and 4 month prison term for his role in the Enron collapse. However, he is serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Waseca in Minnesota. Convicted terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman is serving a life sentence at Butner. Other inmates include convicted Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard. Butner is the largest medical/psychological complex in the enrite Federal system. Butner is home to one of the top two Drug Abuse Programs; the other is in Lexington, Kentucky.

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• Federal Bureau of Prisons data