Federal Medical Center, Rochester

Federal Medical Center, Rochester
Location Rochester, Minnesota
Status Operational
Population 960
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Medical Center, Rochester (FMC Rochester) is a United States federal prison in Minnesota for male inmates requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental health care. It is designated as an administrative facility, which means it holds inmates of all security classifications. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

FMC Rochester is located in southeastern Minnesota, two miles east of downtown Rochester.[1]

Facility

FMC Rochester is one of six medical referral centers within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Health Services staff at FMC include physicians, a dentist, dental assistants, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, a radiological technician, physical therapists, laboratory technologists and a respiratory therapist. Mental Health Services through the Psychiatry and Psychology Departments are available to all inmates. These include educational groups, therapy groups, individual therapy, intensive diagnosis/assessment, and inpatient treatment. In addition, outpatient substance abuse treatment services are available.[2]

In 2009 Philip Fornaci, the director of the DC Prisoners' Project, stated that Rochester, along with FMC Butner and FMC Carswell, "are clearly the "gold standard" in terms of what BOP facilities can achieve in providing medical care" and that they had provided "excellent medical care, sometimes for extremely complex medical needs."[3]

Notable incidents

In July 2009, Richard Torres, a correction officer at FMC Rochester, was indicted for smuggling contraband into the facility for an inmate in exchange for thousands of dollars in bribes. The contraband included cellular telephones, tobacco and creatine powder. Torres was terminated and pleaded guilty to soliciting a bribe two months later and was sentenced to one year in federal prison.[4][5]

Notable inmates

Current

Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details
Loughner, Jared LeeJared Lee Loughner 15213-196 Serving a life sentence. Perpetrator of the 2011 Tucson shooting in Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2012 to the attempted assassination of US Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the murder of six people, including US District Judge John Roll.[6][7]
Melvin Mayes 09891-000 Serving a life sentence. Lieutenant for El Rukn street gang leader Jeff Fort; convicted in absentia in 1987 of racketeering, drug trafficking and conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in the US on behalf of the Libyan government; captured in 1995 after eight years as a fugitive.[8]
Luke Helder 36460-048 Currently being held indefinitely; the Bureau of Prisons lists his status as "Hospital Treatment Completed." Planted homemade pipe bombs in mailboxes in five Midwestern states in 2002; ruled incompetent to stand trial in 2004.[9][10][11]
Keith E. Anderson 63025-004 Serving a 20-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2020. Owner of Anderson's Ark & Associates tax preparation company; extradited from Costa Rica in 2002; convicted in 2004 of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering for assisting over 2,000 clients in five countries evade taxes on millions of dollars of income.[12][13]

Former

Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details
Jim Bakker 07407-058 Released from custody in 1994; served 5 years. Founder of Praise the Lord (PTL) Ministries; convicted of fraud in 1989 for stealing millions of dollars in donations from his members.[14][15]
Sol Wachtler 32571-054 Released from custody in 1994; served 11 months.[16] Former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals; pleaded guilty in 1992 to sending messages to his ex-mistress threatening to kidnap her 14-year-old daughter in retaliation for her ending their affair.[17]
Lyndon LaRouche 15204-083 Released from custody in 1994; served 5 years. Three-time Presidential candidate; convicted in 1988 of scheming to defraud the IRS and deliberately defaulting on more than $30 million in loans from his supporters.[18]
Miles J. Jones 20907-045 Released from custody in 2010; served 18 months. Forensic pathologist-physician convicted of income-tax evasion; previously investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling fetal parts via the internet.[19][20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FMC Rochester". Bop.gov. 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  2. ↑ "Admission and Orientation Handbook" (PDF). Bop.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  3. ↑ Fornaci, Philip (Director of the DC Prisoners' Project). "Federal Bureau of Prisons Oversight Hearing" (Archive). Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. July 21, 2009. Retrieved on February 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rochester prison guard charged with smuggling contraband | Minnesota Public Radio News". Minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  5. ↑ "Prison guard sentenced for smuggling contraband | Minnesota Public Radio News". Minnesota.publicradio.org. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  6. ↑ "Jared Lee Loughner Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Tucson Shooting". Federal Bureau of Investigation. August 7, 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Jacques Billeaud; Brian Skoloff (November 8, 2012). "Jared Loughner Sentenced To Life In Prison For Arizona Shooting That Wounded Gabrielle Giffords". Huffington Post. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "El Rukn Member Gets 3 Life Terms In Racketeering Case". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Federal charges brought against accused mailbox bomber". CNN. 2002-05-10.
  10. ↑ Van Hyfte, Vanessa (2004). "Helder not fit to stand trial". WQAD Report. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  11. ↑ "Experts say mailbox bomb suspect unlikely to be freed soon". WQAD Report. 2004-04-06. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  12. ↑ "10 Are Charged in Tax Evasion Case Said to Involve 2,000". The New York Times. 2002-12-12.
  13. ↑ "#210: 04-22-05 FOUR DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN $120 MILLION INTERNATIONAL TAX SHELTER CASE". Justice.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  14. ↑ "Bakker Begins Tests to Evaluate His Mental State". Los Angeles Times. 1989-09-02.
  15. ↑ "Jim Bakker arrives - PostBulletin.com: Home". PostBulletin.com. 1989-11-03. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  16. ↑ Van Gelder, Lawrence (August 27, 1994). "Ex-Judge Wachtler to Move From Prison to Halfway House". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  17. ↑ Seeking Leniency, Wachtler Blames Adversaries, The New York Times, September 5, 1993
  18. ↑ "Larouche Receives 15-Year Sentence". The New York Times. 1989-01-28.
  19. ↑ "John F. Wood : FORMER LIBERTY PATHOLOGIST SENTENCED FOR FAILING TO FILE TAX RETURNS" (PDF). Justice.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  20. ↑ "No Federal Law Broken In Sale of Fetal Body Parts, US Attorney Says". Cnsnews.com. 2000-03-08. Retrieved 2015-10-09.

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