Federal Medical Center, Lexington

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Federal Medical Center, Lexington
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Federal Medical Center, Lexington
Location Fayette County, Kentucky
StatusOperational
Security classAdministrative facility (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population1,950 (330 in prison camp)
Opened1935 (designated as federal prison in 1974)
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden David Paul

The Federal Medical Center, Lexington (FMC Lexington) is a United States federal prison in Kentucky for male or female inmates requiring medical or mental health care. It is designated as an administrative facility, which means that 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. The facility also has an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp for female inmates.

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FMC Lexington is located 7 miles (11 km) north of Lexington and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Frankfort, the state capital. [1]

History

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Undated aerial view of the hospital

The site opened on May 15, 1935, on 1,000 acres (400 ha) under the name "United States Narcotic Farm" then changed shortly after to "U.S. Public Health Service Hospital." In 1967, it changed its name again to "National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Research Center." Its original purpose was to treat people who "voluntarily" were admitted with drug abuse problems and treat them, with mostly experimental treatments; it was the first of its kind in the United States. The 1,050-acre (420 ha) site included a farm where patients would work. [2]

Throughout the life of the institution as a prison/hospital, approximately two-thirds of those sent to the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital were considered volunteers. While many traveled to the institution on their own to volunteer for treatment, other so-called volunteers were in fact motivated to go there in lieu of federal sentencing. The remaining one-third of the prison's population, which reached 1,499 inmates at its peak, were there due to federal charges either directly or indirectly related to drug use.

In 1974, the institution became a federal prison but maintained a "psychiatric hospital" title until 1998, the year 2 inmates killed another with a fire extinguisher. Most psychiatric patients were subsequently moved to other federal medical centers, although the change in mission was due to the psychiatric function being transferred to a new Federal Medical Center in Devens, Massachusetts, and not the homicide.

Literature

Notable inmates (current and former)

Former

† Inmates released from custody prior to 1982 are not listed on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

InmateRegister numberPhotoStatusDetails
Narseal Batiste 76736-004 Served a 13-year sentence; released in 2018.Leader of the Universal Divine Saviors religious cult; convicted of terrorism conspiracy in 2009 for masterminding a foiled plot to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago. Four co-conspirators were also convicted. [5] [6]
Larry Langford 27349-001 [7] Larry P Langford.jpg Served a 15-year sentence. Released in 2018. Died in 2019.Former mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, sentenced for conspiracy to commit bribery, and wire fraud
Susan Rosenberg 03684-016 Released in 2001 after her sentence was commuted by President Bill Clinton; served 16 years of a 58-year sentence.Political activist and former member of the May 19th Communist Organization, a terrorist group which carried out bombings of government facilities and bank robberies in the 1980s; convicted of possessing explosives in 1984. [8] [9]
Silvia Baraldini 05125-054 Silvia Baraldini.jpg Transferred to an Italian prison in 1999 while serving a 40-year sentence.Political activist from Italy; convicted of racketeering in 1982 for taking part in two armored truck robberies, as well as for aiding convicted murderer Assata Shakur escape from prison. [10] [11]
Wayne Kramer Unlisted† Wayne Kramer - Fabrik Hamburg 2018 04.jpg Held at FMC Lexington in the 1970s; served 2 years.Guitarist and co-founder of the Detroit rock band MC5; convicted of selling cocaine to undercover police officers. [12]
Norman Hsu 60590-054 Released in 2019; served 10 years.Convicted of campaign finance law violations. [13]
Red Rodney Unlisted† Red Rodney, ca. June 1946 (William P. Gottlieb).jpg Held at FMC Lexington in the 1970s; served 27 months. Bop and hard bop trumpeter; convicted of fraud and theft for impersonating an Army officer in order to steal $10,000 from the Atomic Energy Commission of San Francisco. [14]
Leona Helmsley 15113-054 [15] Leona Helmsley cropped mug.jpg Released in January 1994 after serving 18 months of a 4-year sentence.Helmsley was sentenced to serve four years for income tax fraud in 1992
Daniel Cowart 22540-076 Served a 14-year sentence; released on September 25, 2020. White supremacist; pleaded guilty in 2010 to plotting the assassination of then-Presidential nominee Barack Obama in 2008. [16] [17]
Mutulu Shakur 83205-012 Mutulu Shakur.jpg Deceased.

Served 36 years of a 60-year sentence; released on parole on December 16, 2022. Died on July 6, 2023.

Convicted in connection with a 1981 bank robbery and shootout during which Brink's guard Peter Paige, as well as Sergeant Edward O'Grady and Police Officer Waverly Brown of the Nyack Police Department in New York State, were killed. Shakur is the stepfather of late rapper Tupac Shakur. [18]

Current

InmateRegister numberStatusDetails
Julie Chrisley 72601-019Currently held at FMC Lexington. Scheduled release date of November 13, 2028.Currently serving 7 years. She was sentenced in 2022. Convicted in connection with the Georgia case, which her and her husband Todd Chrisley were charged with bank fraud and tax evasion. The couple was indicted in 2019 on the bank and tax evasion charges. The couple was found guilty on these charges in November 2022. The couple was sentenced to a combined 19 years - Todd was given 12 years and Julie was given seven years. They both self surrendered to start their sentences on January 17, 2023.
Jerry Harris 55287-424Currently held at FMC Lexington. Scheduled release date of January 2031.American former cheerleader and convicted child sex offender who received national recognition after appearing in the 2020 Netflix docuseries Cheer . In September and December 2020, he was charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with production of child pornography and other child-related sex crimes: "sexual exploitation of children, receiving child pornography, traveling with the attempt to engage in sexual conduct with a minor, enticement and other charges.

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