Federal Medical Center, Carswell
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| Location | Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | All security levels (with minimum-security prison camp) |
| Population | 1,380 (280 in prison camp) |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Warden | Jody R. Upton |
The Federal Medical Center, Carswell (FMC Carswell) is a United States federal prison in Texas for female inmates of all security levels with special medical and mental health needs. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has a prison camp for minimum-security female inmates.
FMC Carswell is located in the northeast corner of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, formerly known as Carswell Air Force Base.[1][2] It lies in the northwest part of the city of Fort Worth, near the southeast corner of Lake Worth.
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Facility and programs [edit]
FMC Carswell is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the American Correctional Association.[citation needed] It is the only medical facility for women in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.[3]
Although most inmates at this facility have some form of medical condition requiring treatment, there is also a general population of inmates at FMC Carswell who do not. Carswell houses the two women who are currently under federal death sentences. FMC Carswell has an administrative high security unit,[4] which houses women in the BOP system who are classified as "special management concerns" due to violence and/or escape attempts.[5]
Notable incidents [edit]
Articles criticizing FMC Carswell have appeared in various media outlets relating to various forms of prisoner abuse. These articles focus on allegations of medical malpractice, neglect, and sexual abuse of inmates by staff.[6] Over a seven-year period, seven FMC Carswell staff members were convicted of sexual abuse of a prisoner.[7][8] In March 2000, a correction officer at FMC Carswell, Michael Lawrence Miller, raped a prisoner. The prisoner did not report the incident after it occurred, but kept a pair of sweatpants she wore during the incident as proof. As Shirley was being released in September 2000, she gave the sweatpants to a prison administrator.[9] He was convicted, and in 2004 he was sentenced.[10] He received 150 months (12 years and 6 months) of a sentence,[11] The evidence implicated Miller, who is currently imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution, Sandstone and has a projected release date of March 19, 2015.[12]
In May 2008, Vincent Inametti, 48, a Roman Catholic priest who worked as a chaplain at FMC Carswell, was sentenced to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay a $3,000 fine ($3198.92 when adjusted for inflation) after pleading guilty in November 2007 to two counts of sexual abuse of two inmates.[13][14] Inametti, BOP # 36889-177, is now imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) - Low in the Butner Federal Correctional Complex.[15]
Notable Inmates (current and former) [edit]
Death row [edit]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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| Lisa M. Montgomery | 11072-031 | Sentenced to death in 2008. | Convicted in 2007 of murdering Bobbie Jo Stinnett and kidnapping her unborn baby from her womb in 2004.[16] |
Former death row [edit]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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| Angela Johnson | 08337-029 | Sentenced to death in 2005; a federal judge vacated the death sentence in 2012; the Department of Justice has announced that it will seek the death penalty again. | Convicted in 2005 for her role in aiding her then-boyfriend, Dustin Honken, commit four drug-related homicides. Honken was also sentenced to death.[17][18] |
Non-death row [edit]
High-profile inmates [edit]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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| Lynne Stewart | 53504-054 | Currently serving a 10-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2018. | Disbarred civil rights attorney; convicted in 2005 of providing material support to a terrorist conspiracy for assisting her incarcerated client, Omar Abdel Rahman, communicate with his followers in violation of Special Administrative Measures prohibiting it.[19] |
| Wanda Barzee | 16650-081 | Currently serving a 15-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2016. | Pleaded guilty to kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor in connection with the abduction of Elizabeth Smart; Barzee's then-husband, Bryan David Mitchell, was sentenced to life.[20][21] |
| Lynette Fromme | 06075-180 | Released from custody in 2009 after serving 34 years. | Follower of incarcerated cult leader and serial killer Charles Manson; convicted in 1975 of attempting to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California on September 5, 1975.[22][23] |
| Marion Jones | 84868-054 | Released from custody in 2008 after serving 5 months. | Member of the US Olympic Track and Field Team during the 2000 Summer Olympics; pleaded guilty in 2007 to lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs during athletic events.[24][25] |
Other notable inmates [edit]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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| Kristen Gilbert | 90371-038 | Currently serving a life sentence. | Former nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Massachusetts; convicted of murder in 2001 for deliberately injecting four patients with fatal doses of the heart stimulant epinephrine in 1995 and 1996.[26][27][28] |
| Ana Montes | 25037-016 | Currently serving a 25-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2023. | Former senior analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency; pleaded guilty to espionage in 2002 for passing classified information to Cuban intelligence over a 16-year period, including the identities of four US spies.[29][30] |
| Aafia Siddiqui | 90279-054 | Currently serving an 86-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2083. | Pakistani neuroscientist; convicted in 2010 of attempting to murder US soldiers and FBI Agents while in custody at a police station in Afghanistan after she was arrested on suspicion of being an Al-Qaeda operative in 2008.[31] |
| Leona Beldini | 30118-050 | Currently serving a 3-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2014. | Former Deputy Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey; arrested during Operation Bid Rig, the largest corruption investigation in state history, and convicted of bribery in 2010; the operation was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.[32][33] |
See also [edit]
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References [edit]
- ^ http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/crw/index.jsp
- ^ http://www.bop.gov/locations/weekly_report.jsp
- ^ Brink, Betty. "Carswell Loses in Court." Fort Worth Weekly. Wednesday June 23, 2010. Retrieved on October 14, 2010.
- ^ Bosworth, Mary. The U.S. Federal Prison System. SAGE, 2002. 105-106. Retrieved from Google Books on October 14, 2010. ISBN 0-7619-2304-7, ISBN 978-0-7619-2304-6.
- ^ Bosworth, Mary. The U.S. Federal Prison System. SAGE, 2002. 108. Retrieved from Google Books on October 14, 2010. ISBN 0-7619-2304-7, ISBN 978-0-7619-2304-6.
- ^ "A Crack in the Carswell Wall", January 31, 2007, Fort Worth Weekly
- ^ The Federal Bureau of Prisons Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2003–March 31, 2004
- ^ "Another Carswell Conviction", February 18, 2004, Betty Brink, Fort Worth Weekly
- ^ Hess, Amanda. "We Know the Way to End Prison Rape. Is It Too Expensive?" Washington City Paper. April 27, 2010. Retrieved on July 5, 2010.
- ^ "Ex-correction officer is sentenced for rape." Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 3, 2004. 1B Metro. Retrieved on July 5, 2010.
- ^ "No. 07-501." (http://www.justice.gov/osg/briefs/2007/0responses/2007-0501.resp.pdf PDF]) United States Department of Justice. Retrieved on July 5, 2010.
- ^ "Michael Lawrence Miller." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on July 5, 2010.
- ^ http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/PressRel07/inametti_ple_pr.html
- ^ http://cbs11tv.com/local/vincent.inametti.sex.2.716410.html
- ^ "Vincent Inametti." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on May 24, 2010.
- ^ http://articles.cnn.com/2008-04-04/justice/pregnant.slaying_1_lisa-montgomery-bobbie-jo-stinnett-death-sentence?_s=PM:CRIME
- ^ http://www.salon.com/2012/03/23/judge_removes_1_of_2_women_from_federal_death_row/
- ^ http://globegazette.com/news/local/judge-vacates-iowa-angela-johnson-s-death-sentence/article_34777a36-7505-11e1-be5a-0019bb2963f4.html
- ^ http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/July10/stewartlynneresentencingpr.pdf
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/21/wanda-barzee-elizabeth-smart_n_584787.html
- ^ http://www.fbi.gov/saltlakecity/press-releases/2009/slc111709a.htm
- ^ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/squeaky-fromme-sentenced-to-life
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/MansonMurders/story?id=8327414&page=1#.UDveDlLAHyI
- ^ http://articles.cnn.com/2008-01-11/justice/jones.doping_1_cast-from-american-hero-watch-jones-federal-court?_s=PM:CRIME
- ^ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/12116-marion-jones-reports-to-federal-medical-prison-four-days-early
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93840&page=1
- ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-281605.html
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93723&page=1
- ^ http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/espionage/montes-guilty.htm
- ^ http://www.dhra.mil/perserec/osg/spystory/montes.htm
- ^ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/aafia_siddiqui/index.html
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/nyregion/12jersey.html
- ^ http://www.fbi.gov/newark/press-releases/2010/nk061410.htm
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