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
- ^ "FCI Danbury." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Danbury city, Connecticut." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 22, 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
