The Federal Correctional Institution Danbury is a federal prison (now for women, formerly for men) in Danbury, Connecticut, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of downtown Danbury and 70 miles (110 km) from New York City.[1][2] This prison was known popularly as a "country club" prison, especially among mobsters who were sent here.
Danbury houses low security female offenders and also has an adjacent satellite camp which houses minimum security female offenders.
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| Name | Number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leona Helmsley | 15113-054 | Released on Jan. 26, 1994[3] | New York's City's so called "Queen of Mean" |
| Ring Lardner, Jr. | Held for 10 months in 1950-1951, for contempt of Congress (one of the Hollywood 10) | Writer | |
| Robert Lowell | several months for refusing to serve in World War II | Poet | |
| Sun Myung Moon | 13 months for filing false tax records and conspiracy | leader of the Unification Church, | |
| George Jung | famous cocaine sumggler in the '70s. He is portrayed by Johnny Depp in the 2001 film Blow which depicts his life story. | ||
| James Peck | Held in Danbury.[4] | World War II conscientious objector and civil rights activist | |
| Piper Kerman | Author of Orange is the New Black, which chronicles her time spent in prison. |