Federal Detention Center, Miami

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Federal Detention Center, Miami
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Federal Detention Center, Miami
Location Miami, Florida
Coordinates 25°46′43″N80°11′36″W / 25.77851°N 80.19322°W / 25.77851; -80.19322
StatusOperational
Security class Administrative
Population1,380 [1]
Opened1995 [2]
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden E.K.Carlton [3]

The Federal Detention Center, Miami (FDC Miami) is a prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is located in downtown Miami, at the corner of Northeast Fourth Street and North Miami Avenue. The administrative facility employed 311 staff as of 2002 and housed 1,512 male and female inmates as of July 15, 2010.

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Background

Built in 1995, the detention center was designed for a capacity of 1,259 inmates. The facility primarily houses prisoners of the U.S. Marshals Service, both male and female. Its mission is to provide a safe and humane confinement of inmates and detainees, many of whom are involved in federal court proceedings in the Southern District of Florida. [4]

Security procedures

Inmates are screened by a unit team member, and assigned quarters based on personal profile and security needs. Each unit team is composed of a unit manager, case manager(s), correctional counselor(s), and at times, an education representative. A federal register number is assigned to each inmate for identification and forwarding of correspondence while in federal custody. [4]

In June 2010, the facility's security procedures prevented attorney Brittney Horstman from meeting a client when her underwire bra set off a metal detector. After returning from a bathroom without the item, she was turned away because of the detention center's dress code. The federal public defender's office contacted Warden Linda McGrew, who conducted an inquiry. McGrew concluded the incident was "an aberration" and promised it would not happen again. [3]

Sexual victimization

According to a 2005 U.S. Department of Justice report, an estimated 12 percent of the complaints received by the department's inspector general involved inmates claiming sexual victimization by prison staff. In 2009, federal judge Cecilia Altonaga wrote that although the statute of limitations had passed to award damages in a civil case, "the BOP and FDC Miami did have notice of the illegal conduct taking place, and were woefully deficient in addressing it." [2]

Notable inmates (current and former)

†Inmates in the Federal Witness Protection Program are not listed on the Bureau of Prisons website.

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Esteban Santiago-Ruiz15500-104Serving five life sentences plus 120 years. Transferred to USP Tucson.Perpetrator of the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting.
Jatavia Johnson 16486-104 Sentenced to serve a term of 24 months. Released on October 8, 2019.Member of rap duo City Girls; charged with aggravated identity theft.
Douglas M. Hughes 62746-007Received a 4-month sentence. Released from a halfway house on October 7, 2016.Activist seeking campaign finance reform; landed a gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol Lawn in April 2015.
Harlem Suarez 06262-104 Serving a life sentence; now at USP Florence High ISIS sympathizer; charged with attempting to detonate a backpack bomb on a public beach in Key West. [5] [6]
Simone Gold 26132-509Released September 9, 2022Participated in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
Colton Harris-Moore 83421-004 [ permanent dead link ]Held at FDC Miami after being apprehended in the Bahamas in 2010. Released from prison in 2016. [7] Former fugitive known as the "Barefoot Bandit"; pleaded guilty in 2011 to engaging in a multi-state crime spree during which he stole several small planes and a boat, and committed numerous burglaries. [8] [9]
Paul Allard Hodgkins 30165-509Released from custody in April 2022.Participant in the U.S. Capitol attack
Joseph Cartagena 64967-050 Released from custody in December 2014; served a 4-month sentence. Grammy Award–nominated rapper; pled guilty in 2012 to failing to file tax returns from 2007 to 2010 in order to avoid paying $718,00 in federal taxes. [10] [11]
Scott W. Rothstein Unlisted†Moved to an undisclosed location after entering the Federal Witness Protection Program.Attorney; pleaded guilty in 2010 to running a Ponzi scheme which defrauded investors out of $1.2 billion [12] [13]
Camilla Broe 82672-004 Released from custody in February 2010 after drug trafficking charges against her were dismissed.First Danish citizen to be extradited to the U.S. since the founding of the European Union

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  2. 1 2 Francisco Alvarado (March 19, 2009). "Unequal Justice". Miami New Times . Retrieved July 13, 2010.
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