Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee

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FCI Tallahassee
Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee
Location501 Capital Circle N.E. Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
StatusOperational
Security class Low security
Population753 (April 29, 2021) [1]
OpenedJanuary 1938
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden Erica Strong

Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee (FCI Tallahassee), is a low security United States federal prison for female inmates in Tallahassee, Florida with a designed designated capacity of 812. [1] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent detention center that houses administrative security level male inmates.

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FCI Tallahassee is three miles (5 km) east of downtown Tallahassee on US Highway 319. [2]

History

2006 shootings

On June 21, 2006 at 7:42 a.m. local time, Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General agents attempted to arrest six correctional officers in connection with a corruption investigation into correctional officers trading drugs and other contraband for sex with female inmates.

One of the correctional officers, Ralph Hill, used a personal handgun and opened fire on the agents. The shooting began in the lobby of the building and moved into the courtyard near the US 319 highway. William "Buddy" Sentner, an agent with the DOJ Office of Inspector General, shot Hill; Hill returned fire. Both died from their wounds. A lieutenant with the Federal Bureau of Prisons was injured in the shooting and transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.

The federal officers were unarmed at the time and the correctional officers were supposed to have been unarmed as well. Michael Folmar, the FBI's special agent in charge in Jacksonville, said "This arrest situation was done in a manner to be very controlled ... where nobody would have any weapons, and we could take this down so there wouldn't be any violence, and this is exactly how it would be handled normally across the United States." [3] The officers to be arrested, Alfred Barnes, Gregory Dixon, Alan Moore, and E. Lavon Spence were transported to Wakulla County Jail south of Tallahassee. Vincent Johnson, the last officer named in the indictment, was not involved in the sexual misconduct, but was alleged to have illegally influenced the prisoners to engage in the behavior. [4]

All five surviving guards were convicted and sentenced to one year in prison plus three months probation in January/February 2007. However, Spence, who had suffered a stroke, was re-sentenced to one year home detention plus three months probation. The case did bring about metal detector screening and bag searches of guards coming to work - which was and is still strongly opposed by the guards' union. [5]

Conditions

An unannounced inspection by the Justice Department's inspector general in 2023 found "alarming" conditions, with inmates being fed spoiled food, and with rodent droppings and bugs being an issue. A crumbling infrastructure and staffing issues were cited as the biggest issues facing the facility. [6] [7]

Notable inmates

Inmate nameRegister No.StatusDetails
Jean McIntosh68895-066Serving a 40-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2045.Convicted for her involvement in the Philadelphia basement kidnapping. [8]
Colleen LaRose 61657-066 Served 10 years; released in November 2018. [9] US citizen known as "Jihad Jane;" pleaded guilty in 2011 to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism and conspiracy to kill in a foreign country for using the Internet to recruit people to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe.
Andrew Fahie 07491-506Serving an 11-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2033.Former leader of the British Virgin Islands who was convicted of a conspiracy on charges of cocaine trafficking, money laundering and bribery. [10]
Chelsea Gerlach 69097-065 Released from custody in 2013; served 6 years. [11] Member of the ecoterrorist group Earth Liberation Front (ELF); pleaded guilty in 2006 to committing arson at the Vail Ski Resort in Colorado and businesses in Oregon between 1996 and 2001; several other members were also sentenced to prison. [12] [13] [14]
Maria Butina 35406-016Served an 18-month sentence; released in October 2019. [15] Convicted of the Espionage act. Was deported back to Russia after her release from Federal Custody. [15]
Catherine May Wood 05523-045Served a 20–40 year sentence; released January 16, 2020. [16] [17] Serial killer who murdered nursing home patients in conjunction with her partner Gwendolyn Graham.
Narcisa Veliz Novack 91518-004Life in prison without parole for the beating deaths of her husband and mother-in-law. [18] In 2009, Bernice Novack and her son, multi-millionaire Ben Novack Jr., were murdered three months apart. Narcy Novack, Ben's estranged wife, was convicted of orchestrating the murders. [18]
Jaelyn Delshaun Young 16906-042Scheduled for release in 2024.American woman from Vicksburg, Mississippi, who was convicted of attempting to join ISIS with her fiancé, Muhammad "Moe" Dakhlalla. On August 11, 2016, Young was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Dakhlalla pleaded guilty and testified against Young and received 8 years in prison.
Ghislaine Maxwell [19] 02879-509Sentenced to 20 years in prison, release date of 17 July 2037.Associate of Jeffrey Epstein, convicted of sexual trafficking of minors and related offenses.
Mary Wilkerson96283-020Served 5 years in prison, released on 9 February 2020.Quality control officer of the Peanut Corporation of America convicted of obstruction of justice. [20]

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