Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury

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The Federal Correctional Institution Danbury is a federal prison (now for women, formerly for men) in Danbury, Connecticut, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of downtown Danbury and 70 miles (110 km) from New York City.[1][2] This prison was known popularly as a "country club" prison, especially among mobsters who were sent here.[citation needed]

Danbury houses low security female offenders and also has an adjacent satellite camp which houses minimum security female offenders.

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[edit] Notable inmates

Name Number Status Details
Leona Helmsley 15113-054 Released on Jan. 26, 1994[3] New York's City's so called "Queen of Mean"
Ring Lardner, Jr. Held for 10 months in 1950-1951, for contempt of Congress (one of the Hollywood 10)[citation needed] Writer
Robert Lowell several months for refusing to serve in World War II Poet
Sun Myung Moon 13 months for filing false tax records and conspiracy leader of the Unification Church,
George Jung famous cocaine sumggler in the '70s. He is portrayed by Johnny Depp in the 2001 film Blow which depicts his life story.
James Peck Held in Danbury.[4] World War II conscientious objector and civil rights activist
Piper Kerman Author of Orange is the New Black, which chronicles her time spent in prison.

[edit] In the Media

  • In Season 7 Episode 1 of Weeds, the lead character Nancy Botwin is released from this prison after serving three years for manslaughter.
  • In the Season 7 episode of CSI: NY "Identity Crisis", it is revealed that the biological mother of Ellie, Jo's adopted daughter, is serving a long sentence at FCI Danbury.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "FCI Danbury." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on December 22, 2010.
  2. ^ "Danbury city, Connecticut." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 22, 2010.
  3. ^ "Locate a Federal Inmate: Leona Helmsley". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2009. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Leona+&Middle=&LastName=Helmsley&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=39&y=15. Retrieved 2009-01-17. 
  4. ^ Bennett, Scott H., Radical pacifism : the War Resisters League and Gandhian nonviolence in America, 1915-1963, Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2003. ISBN 0815630034. Cf. pp.86, specifically, and various on Jim Peck.

[edit] External links

Portal icon Government of the United States portal
Portal icon Connecticut portal

Coordinates: 41°26′13″N 73°28′06″W / 41.4369°N 73.4683°W / 41.4369; -73.4683 (Federal Correctional Institution Danbury)

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