Federal Correctional Institution, Miami

Federal Correctional Institution, Miami
Location 15801 SW. 137th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33177[1]
Status Operational
Security class Low/Medium[2][3]
Capacity 587[3]
Population 1,548[4] (as of July 8, 2010)
Opened March 26, 1976[3]
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Correctional Institution, Miami (FCI Miami) is a U.S. federal prison in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is a low to medium security facility housing male inmates and also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum-security male offenders.[2] As of 2002, it employed 320 staff and held 1,205 inmates.[3]

The prison is located in southwest Miami-Dade County, 30 miles from downtown Miami and off Florida's Turnpike (Homestead Extension, 152nd Street exit, 2.5 miles from 137th Street South). It generally holds convicts from the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, the federal court for the area.[2]

Contents

Notable inmates

See also

Miami portal
Government of the United States portal

References

  1. ^ "FCI Miami Contact Information." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "FCI Miami". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/mia/index.jsp. Retrieved July 13, 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c d Mary Bosworth (2002). "The U.S. Federal Prison System". SAGE Publications. p. 263. http://books.google.com/books?id=nypWXkksfp8C&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263. Retrieved July 13, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Weekly Population Report". Federal Bureau of Prisons. July 8, 2010. http://www.bop.gov/locations/weekly_report.jsp. Retrieved July 13, 2010. 
  5. ^ Inmate Search: Anthony Mannarino." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  6. ^ Inmate Search: Bernard NiCastro." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
  7. ^ "Inmate Search: Manuel Noriega." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
  8. ^ Wong, Craig (September 6, 2011). "Conrad Black returns to prison in Miami". Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/conrad-black-returns-to-prison-in-miami/article2154952/. Retrieved September 6, 2011. 

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