Federal Correctional Institution, Milan
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| Location | York Township, Washtenaw County, near Milan, Michigan |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Low-security |
| Population | 1,600 |
| Opened | 1933 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Milan (FCI Milan) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Michigan. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
FCI Milan is located in southeastern Michigan, 45 miles south of Detroit, 15 miles south of Ann Arbor, and 30 miles north of Toledo, Ohio.[1]
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History [edit]
FCI Milan was activated on April 6, 1933, as a "Federal Detention Farm" and has undergone mission changes throughout its history. FCI Milan held female inmates from 1933 to 1939, housed offenders sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act of 1950, and was once a medium-security institution.[citation needed] The only federal execution in Michigan occurred on July 8, 1938, when Anthony Chebatoris was hanged for the murder of Henry Porter, a truck driver from Bay City, who Chebatoris mistook for a police officer during a bank robbery.
Helen Gillis and Evelyn Frechette, the wives of notorious bank robbers Baby Face Nelson and John Dillinger, served one-year sentences at FCI Milan in the mid-1930s after being convicted of aiding their husbands evade authorities.[2][3]
Facility and inmate programs [edit]
FCI Milan covers 300 acres (120 ha) and offers a Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), which offers inmates completing its 500-hour residential program up to a 12-month sentence reduction and up to six months in a halfway house. There are very strict guidelines for admission due to the program's popularity.
The Life Connections Program (LCP) is an 18-month residential voluntary multi-faith restorative justice program which is offered in only four other federal prisons. The program is designed to reduce recidivism and bring reconciliation to the victim, community and inmate through personal transformation using the participant's faith commitment.
FCI Milan offers a unique program in federal prisons in conjunction with Milan High School where inmates can earn a high school diploma, the only federal prison which has a high school diploma program.[4]
Notable inmates (current and former) [edit]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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| Vicente Zambada-Niebla | Unknown | Currently awaiting trial. | Alleged leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, which imports hundreds of tons of cocaine into the US from Mexico and is responsible for thousands of drug-related murders in both countries; extradited to the US in 2010.[5] |
| Kwame Kilpatrick | 44678-039 | Currently awaiting sentencing. | Mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008; convicted of racketeering conspiracy in 2013 for using his office to commit extortion, bribery and fraud.[6][7][8] |
| Albert Gonzalez | 25702-050 | Currently serving a 20-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2025. | Pleaded guilty in 2009 to leading ShadowCrew, which infiltrated the networks of nationwide chain stores and stole the credit card numbers of millions of customers, causing losses of $4.3 million.[9][10] |
| Randolph Linn | 58384-060 | Currently serving a 20-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2030. | Former US Marine; pleaded guilty in December 2012 to violating federal hate crimes law for setting fire to the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, Ohio in September 2012, causing $1.4 million in damage.[11][12] |
| Arthur Payton | 36747-198 | Currently serving a 45-year sentence. | Serial bank robber; convicted in 1994, 2005 and 2012 of recruiting heroin-addicted prostitutes to rob banks in California and Michigan; appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1994 as the "bank-robbing pimp."[13][14] |
See also [edit]
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References [edit]
- ^ "FCI Milan". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- ^ "Helen Wawryzniak Gillis: The Wife of Baby Face Nelson". Ellen Poulsen. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ Frechette, Evelyn. "Primary Sources: 'What I Knew About John Dillinger' -- By His Sweetheart". PBS Online. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ Zych, C. "Admission and Orientation Handbook Federal Correctional Institution Milan, Michigan." Federal Bureau of Prisons. 9 (11 of 24). Retrieved on May 8, 2010.
- ^ Goudie, Chuck. "Mexican druglord unhappy with move from Chicago". ABC News. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, His Father Bernard Kilpatrick and City Contractor Bobby Ferguson Were Convicted on Racketeering, Extortion, Bribery, Fraud and Tax Charges". US Department of Justice. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Caron, Paul. "Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick convicted in corruption case". CNN. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Neavling, Steve. "Ex-Detroit mayor convicted of widespread corruption". Reuters. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Verini, James (November 10, 2010). "The Great Cyberheist". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Leader of Hacking Ring Sentenced for Massive Identity Thefts from Payment Processor and U.S. Retail Networks". US Department of Justice. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "NDIANA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED ATTACK ON TOLEDO-AREA MOSQUE". US Department of Justice. December 19, 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Mosque arsonist Randolph Linn sentenced to 20 years". Washington Post. April 17, 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "'Bank-robbing pimp' sentenced to 45 years". UPI. February 8, 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "SERIAL BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON". US Department of Justice. February 7, 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
External links [edit]
- FCI Milan from the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Coordinates: 42°05′40″N 83°40′07″W / 42.09444°N 83.66861°W
