Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton

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Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton
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Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton (West Virginia)
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Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton (the United States)
Location Preston County, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°40′26″N79°29′56″W / 39.673896°N 79.498826°W / 39.673896; -79.498826
StatusOperational
Security classMedium-security with Secure Female Facility
Population2,015 (April 2024) [1]
Opened2015
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden Frederick Entzel Jr [2]

The Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton (FCI Hazelton) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates, as well as a secure facility for female inmates, located in unincorporated Preston County, West Virginia. [3] It is the newest facility in the federal prison system and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The New York Times notes that its nickname is "Misery Mountain". [4]

Contents

The Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Hazelton has two prisons, physically adjacent but distinct: FCI Hazelton and the high-security United States Penitentiary, Hazelton constructed in 2004. Both are operated by the FBOP. [5]

Facility details

FCI Hazelton has a Special Housing Unit where inmates are generally allowed out of their cells only for an hour recreation each weekday as well as for medical appointments. Inmates may be sent to the SHU pending investigations, as punishment for rule violations, for protection from other inmates, or for other administrative reasons.

The facility has a Vocational Training Program, which includes building trades such as Carpentry, Dry Wall, Electrical, HVAC, Masonry, Plumbing, and Welding, Culinary Arts, Graphic Arts, and Microsoft Office. [6]

Notable inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Michael Nunn 11772-030Released from custody on August 22, 2019.Former world middleweight boxing champion; pleaded guilty in 2003 to conspiracy to distribute cocaine for buying $24,000 worth of cocaine from an undercover FBI Agent in 2002. [7] [8] [9]
Joaquin Valencia-Trujillo 02440-748Scheduled for release in 2036; currently at FCI Oakdale.Former leader of the Cali Cartel in Colombia; extradited to the US in 2004; convicted in 2006 of drug trafficking conspiracy for directing the shipment of more than 100 tons of cocaine a year into the US over a ten-year period. [10]
James Alex Fields Jr. 22239-084 Serving a life sentence. Transferred to USP Allenwood.White supremacist, pleaded guilty in 2019 of 29 federal hate crime charges using his car to harm counter-protestors during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing 32 year-old Heather Heyer and injuring up to 19 more.
Stewart Parnell 96284-020 Serving a 28-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2038.Former chief executive officer of the Peanut Corporation of America. Convicted of his role in a salmonella outbreak which killed at least 9 people and sickened at least 714 more. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Nancy Salzman 25533-052 Released in March 2024.Co-founder and "Prefect" of NXIVM, an Albany, New York-based multi-level marketing firm and cult that also engaged in sex trafficking; has been described as enabling fellow co-founder Keith Raniere, who was sentenced to 120 years after his conviction at trial. Pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy in September 2021. [19]
Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem44126-408Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2041.Conspirator in the Curtis Culwell Center attack. Knowingly provided the shooters with firearms and ammunition. [20]
Rachel Powell 28873-509Serving a 57-month sentence; scheduled for release in January 2028Rioter and insurrectionist who participated in the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
Christian Lee Dedmon71503-510Serving a 40 year sentence; scheduled for release in 2057Rankin County Mississippi Sheriffs Deputy involved in the Rankin County Good Squad Rankin County torture incident.

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References

  1. ↑ "FCI Hazelton".
  2. ↑ "FCI Hazelton Becomes 120th Bureau of Prisons Facility". Federal Bureau of Prisons. US Department of Justice. June 18, 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Preston County, WV" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/20). Retrieved 2022-08-15. United States Penitentiary Hazelton
  4. ↑ Ivory, Danielle (30 November 2018). "After Whitey Bulger Killing, Warden of 'Misery Mountain' Faces Removal". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Murphy, Matt (30 October 2014). "Workers Raise Prison Safety Awareness". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "INMATE ADMISSION & ORIENTATION HANDBOOK" (PDF). Federal Bureau of Prisons. US Department of Justice. May 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ex-middleweight champ Nunn sentenced to 24 years in jail". USA Today. January 30, 2004.
  8. ↑ Keeler, Sean (July 6, 2008). "Rise and fall of boxing champion Michael Nunn". Des Moines Register.
  9. ↑ Dvorak, Todd (January 30, 2004). "Ex-Boxing Champ Michael Nunn Sentenced". The Washington Post.
  10. ↑ Weimar, Carrie (February 2, 2007). "Cartel leader gets 40 years". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Parnell brothers finally in prison for deadly peanut butter outbreak". 17 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Food Safety News | Chinese Association for Food Protection in North America北美华人食品保护协会".
  13. ↑ "News Feed". 20 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Ill-fated quality control officer for Peanut Corp of America freed from federal custody". 9 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Inmate Locator".
  16. ↑ "Ex-PCA manager Daniel Kilgore leaves federal prison in crisis for half-way house". 13 April 2020.
  17. ↑ "Vaccines but no 'compassionate release' for Parnell brothers prior to May hearings". 12 April 2021.
  18. ↑ "Parnell brothers are also asking for 'compassionate release'". 3 March 2021.
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  20. ↑ "Man sentenced to 30 years in attack on anti-Islam cartoon contest". NBC News. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
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