Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester

Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester
Location Clay County,
near Manchester, Kentucky
Status Operational
Security class Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population 1,100 (500 in prison camp)
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden S. Butler

The Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester (FCI Manchester) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Kentucky. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders.

FCI Manchester is located in eastern Kentucky, approximately 75 miles (121 km) south of Lexington, the state's second-largest city.[1]

In media

In August 2009, Jeff Smith, then a Missouri state senator, pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice and resigned his seat. Smith was subsequently sentenced to one year in federal prison and served eight months at FCI Manchester. The business magazine Inc. published an article written by Smith on its website in which Smith described his experience at the prison:

It was my first week in a federal prison, and I was beginning to see that it was far more nuanced than the hotbed of sex, drugs, and violence depicted on television documentaries. It was teeming with ambitious, street-smart men, many who appear to have been very successful drug dealers on the outside, and some of whom possess business instincts as sharp as those of the CEOs who wined and dined me six months before.

Notable inmates (current and former)

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Jeremy Hammond 18729-424 Serving a 10-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2020. Member of the computer hacking group Lulzsec; pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy for illegally accessing the systems of law enforcement agencies and government contractors, including the FBI and Stratfor, a global intelligence firm in Texas.[2][3][4]
Aref Nagi 40888-039 Serving a 37-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2039. Former leader of the Detroit Highwaymen Motorcycle Club; convicted in 2010 of racketeering, murder conspiracy, trafficking cocaine, marijuana, and ecstasy, theft, and weapons violations.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FCI Manchester". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. ↑ Nicole Perlroth; Colin Moynihan (May 28, 2013). "Lulzsec Hacker Pleads Guilty". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Winter, Jana (November 15, 2013). "Lulzsec hacker Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years in prison". Fox News. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jeremy Hammond Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Hacking Into The Stratfor Website And Other Company, Federal, State, And Local Government Websites". US Department of Justice. November 15, 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Leader of the Detroit Highwaymen Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

Coordinates: 37°10′46″N 83°47′22″W / 37.17944°N 83.78944°W