Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield
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| Location | 501 Gary Hill Road Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 |
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| Coordinates | 33°45′31″N 81°55′10″W / 33.75861°N 81.91944°WCoordinates: 33°45′31″N 81°55′10″W / 33.75861°N 81.91944°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium (Male) |
| Capacity | 960 |
| Opened | 1998 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Edgefield Federal Correctional Institution also known as Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield, is a medium security federal prison for men located in Edgefield County, South Carolina; it is partially within the city limits of Edgefield, and partially in an unincorporated area.[1][2] The facility is located near the Georgia-South Carolina border, about 25 miles (40 km) from Augusta, Georgia.[3]
The facility was opened in November 1998, has the capacity to house 960 inmates, and has a staff of around 400. There is also a smaller satellite prison camp for minimum security inmates.[4]
[edit] Notable inmates
| Name | Number | Status | Details |
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| Michael David Barrett[5] | 22822-424 | person who secretly videotaped Erin Andrews | |
| William Cotton[6] | Former Hamilton County, Tennessee Commissioner, caught up in the Operation Tennessee Waltz corruption sting. | ||
| René González[7] | One of the Cuban five. | ||
| Kent Hovind | 06452-017 | At FCI, Edgefield from 2007 until August 2010[8] | Tax evador and founder of Creation Science Evangelism |
| Thomas Noe[7][9] | Ohio Republican party fundraiser and activist, guilty of money laundering for the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign | ||
| Merle Temple[10] | former campaign manager of Georgia schools superintendent Linda Schrenko, in prison for embezzling $600,000 in federal education money. | ||
| Mark Whitacre[7][11] | 07543-424 | He was in Edgefield minimum security satellite camp until May, 2003, and then incarcerated at the Pensacola, Florida Naval Base Prison Camp until his release in December, 2006 | He was the highest level executive of a Fortune 500 company in U.S. history to turn whistleblower and FBI informant[12] |
| George Capell | 57698-066 | TV pitchman who defrauded customers out of $39 million.[13] |
[edit] References
- ^ "FCI Edgefield Contact Information." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.
- ^ "Edgefield town, South Carolina." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.
- ^ "FCI Edgefield." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on July 28, 2010.
- ^ Mary Bosworth (2002). The U. S. federal prison system. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. ISBN 0-7619-2305-5.
- ^ "Michael David Barrett." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.
- ^ Lazenby, Brian (June 4, 2006). "Cotton to Begin Serving Time for Extortion". Chattanooga Times Free Press. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/comsite5/bin/pdinventory.pl?pdlanding=1&referid=2930&purchase_type=ITM&item_id=0286-18179808. Retrieved 2007-09-23.[dead link]
- ^ a b c Drew, James; Steve Eder (March 9, 2007). "Noe sent from Michigan to Oklahoma jail". The Blade. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070309/NEWS02/703090431. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ "Locate a Federal Inmate: Kent Hovind". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2009. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=Hovind&Middle=&FirstName=Kent&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=19&y=12. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ^ Drew, James; Steve Eder (May 1, 2007). "Noe's wife claims he is in solitary confinement". The Blade. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070501/SRRARECOINS/305010022. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ The Associated Press (November 25, 2006). "Former Schrenko Campaign Manager Seeks Bush Pardon". The Augusta Chronicle. http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/112506/D8LK7ET00.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ^ Weinberg, Neil (June 10, 2002). "Ring of Thieves". Forbes. http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2002/0610/064.html. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ Enghland, Scot (October 10, 2009). "FBI declares Whitacre a national hero". Decatur WAND NEWS 17. http://www.wandtv.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=4256195&h1=In%20Depth%20Coverage%3A%20Mark%20Whitacre. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ Associated, Press (November 15, 2006). "TV pitchman jailed for bilking customers". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15726319/. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
[edit] External links
- Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield – Official website
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