Alexandria City Jail

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Alexandria City Jail (formally William G. Truesdale - Alexandria Adult Detention Center) is a jail facility at 2001 Mill Road, Alexandria, Virginia, US serving several courts and police agencies in Northern Virginia, including the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (commonly called the Alexandria federal court).

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This facility is not owned or operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP); the facility has an agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service. [1]

Coordinates: 38°47′52.5″N77°3′52.7″W / 38.797917°N 77.064639°W / 38.797917; -77.064639

Notable prisoners

Defendants involved in federal criminal proceedings there are often housed in the jail, including (with approximate dates of incarceration):

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  2. ↑ "Alexandria Deputy Dies After Shooting". Richmond Times-Dispatch . 1981-01-28. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-13– via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rachel Weiner (July 12, 2018), "Paul Manafort moves to Alexandria jail, a past home to spies and terrorists", Chicago Tribune
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  11. ↑ Amanda Whiting (2018-08-22). "Paul Manafort is Still in the Alexandria Jail. What Happens Next?". Washingtonian . Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  12. ↑ Betsy Woodruff, Pervaiz Shallwani (2018-08-18). "Alleged Russian Agent Marina Butina Moved to Virginia Jail, Unclear Why". The Daily Beast . Retrieved 2018-09-01.
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  18. ↑ Yaron Steinbuch (Feb. 5, 2021), "'QAnon Shaman' unrecognizable in mugshot from Virginia jail", New York Post
  19. ↑ (Feb. 5, 2021), "Man who wore horns in Capitol riot moved to Virginia jail that serves organic food", NBC News via Associated Press
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