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Federal Correctional Institution, Marianna
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LocationJackson County, Florida
StatusOperational
Security classMedium-security (with minimum-security female prison camp)
Population1,300 (380 in prison camp)
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution, Marianna (FCI Marianna) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Florida. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also includes an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security female offenders.[1]

FCI Marianna is in the Judicial district of United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, and is 65 miles west of Tallahassee, the state capital.

Notable incidents

In 2012, several dozen federal correctional officers who supervised inmates involved in a computer recycling program at FCI Marianna filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and its prison-owned industry, UNICOR, seeking compensation for illnesses and resulting quality-of-life losses they say they suffered from exposure to toxic dust generated in the process of recycling computers, which have components containing lead, cadmium, beryllium, mercury and possibly other toxic substances. The officers further allege that the Federal Bureau of Prisons failed to ensure that the program was being operated safely and did not have the proper safety measures in place. They had previously filed administrative claims in their case, but those were denied late last year. Having exhausted their options on the administrative pathway, the officers were then free to file the suit. Some inmates are also in the process of seeking remedy.[2]

Also in 2012, two correction officers at FCI Marianna, Steven M. Smith, 28, and Mary S. Summers, 30, were charged with smuggling contraband, including marijuana, cellular telephones and tobacco, into the prison and to delivering it to inmates in exchange for cash payments. They were charged with bribery and and smuggling contraband to a federal inmate. If convicted, Smith and Summers each face up to 15 years in prison.[3]

Notable Inmates (current and former)

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Daniel Boyd 51765-056 Currently serving an 18-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2025. Member of the Raleigh jihad group; pleaded guilty in 2011 to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and murder people in a foreign country for attending terrorist training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan and recruiting men to engage in violent jihad.[4][5]
Phillip E. Hill, Sr. 56433-019 Currently serving a 28-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2031. Convicted in 2007 of fraud and money laundering for orchestrating a massive mortgage fraud scheme which caused lenders and guarantors to lose $38 million.[6][7]
Karen Sypher 10899-033 Currently serving a 7-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2017. Convicted of extortion in 2010 for threatening to level false allegations of rape against basketball coach Rick Pitino unless Pitino gave her money and gifts.[8]
Michael Bliss 21150-112 Currently serving a 22-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2021. Serial child molester and former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive; pleaded guilty in 2003 to sexually assaulting minors in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts and videotaping the assaults.[9][10]
Jon Bartlett 08430-089 Currently serving a 17-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2022. Former Milwaukee police officer; convicted in 2007 of civil rights violations in connection with the knifepoint beatings of Frank Jude, Jr. and Lovell Harris in 2004 in what is known as the worst incident of police brutality in the city's history; two other officers were sentenced to 15 years.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/mna/index.jsp
  2. ^ http://www2.jcfloridan.com/news/2012/may/23/officers-sue-federal-prison-marianna-ar-3846862/
  3. ^ http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/press/2012/june/smith_summers_indictment.html
  4. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/09/north.carolina.terror.plea/index.html
  5. ^ http://www.fbi.gov/charlotte/press-releases/2012/north-carolina-resident-daniel-patrick-boyd-sentenced-for-terrorism-violations
  6. ^ http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan/press/2007/09-21-07.pdf
  7. ^ http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/convictions-upheld-in-massive-976598.html
  8. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigeast/2011-02-18-karen-sypher-sentencing_N.htm
  9. ^ http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/the-federal-bureau-of-investigation-today-placed-michael-scott-bliss-a-convicted-felon-on-its-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list
  10. ^ http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/innocent-images-1
  11. ^ http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2007/November/07_crt_956.html

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