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The '''United States Penitentiary, Canaan''' ('''USP Canaan''') is a high-security United States [[federal prison]] for male inmates, with a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates. It is operated by the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]], a division of the [[United States Department of Justice]].
The '''United States Penitentiary, Canaan''' ('''USP Canaan''') is a high-security United States [[federal prison]] for male inmates in northeastern [[Pennsylvania]], with a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates. It is operated by the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]], a division of the [[United States Department of Justice]].


USP Canaan is located in [[Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania|Canaan Township]], [[Wayne County, Pennsylvania|Wayne County]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st42_pa/cousub/cs4212711056_canaan/DC20BLK_CS4212711056.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Canaan township, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-08-12|quote=United States Penitentiary Canaan}}</ref> northeastern Pennsylvania, {{convert|20|mi}} east of Scranton and {{convert|134|mi}} north of Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/caa/index.jsp |title=USP Canaan |publisher=Bop.gov |date=4 February 2014 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref>
USP Canaan is located in [[Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania|Canaan Township]], [[Wayne County, Pennsylvania|Wayne County]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st42_pa/cousub/cs4212711056_canaan/DC20BLK_CS4212711056.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Canaan township, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-08-12|quote=United States Penitentiary Canaan}}</ref> Pennsylvania, {{convert|20|mi}} east of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]] and {{convert|134|mi}} north of [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/caa/index.jsp |title=USP Canaan |publisher=Bop.gov |date=4 February 2014 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref>


==History and facility==
==History and facility==
USP Canaan is a {{convert|170000|sqyd|adj=on}} facility designed by David R. Cassara Associates, Structural Engineering and Consulting of [[Rochester, New York]] for $141 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drc-associates.com/index.htm|title=DRC Associates Structural Engineering in Rochester NY |publisher=Drc-associates.com |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> USP Canaan opened in March 2005 and is designed to house 1088 male inmates in six housing units. Six V-shaped buildings facing each other and a larger maintenance building surround a central yard with a tower in the middle. Six additional towers are lined along the rectangular-shaped facility. The facility is surrounded by a lethal electrical double fence.
USP Canaan is a {{convert|170000|sqyd|adj=on}} facility designed by David R. Cassara Associates, Structural Engineering and Consulting of [[Rochester, New York]] for $141 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drc-associates.com/index.htm|title=DRC Associates Structural Engineering in Rochester NY |publisher=Drc-associates.com |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> USP Canaan opened in March 2005 and is designed to house 1088 male inmates in six housing units. Six V-shaped buildings facing each other and a larger maintenance building surround a central yard with a tower in the middle. Six additional towers are lined along the rectangular-shaped facility. The facility is surrounded by a lethal electrical double fence.


Cells are approximately {{convert|4|x|2|m|ft|abbr=on}} in size, equipped with a bunkbed, a stainless steel sink-toilet combination, and a small table with a non-removable stool. Cells are usually occupied by two inmates and are air conditioned. The administrative and disciplinary unit, called the Special Housing Unit, can hold approximately 250 inmates. Cells in the disciplinary unit have showers and are occupied by two inmates.
Cells are approximately {{convert|4|x|2|m|ft|abbr=on}} in size, equipped with a bunkbed, a stainless-steel sink-toilet combination, and a small table with a non-removable stool. Cells are usually occupied by two inmates and are air conditioned. The administrative and disciplinary unit, called the Special Housing Unit, can hold approximately 250 inmates. Cells in the disciplinary unit have showers and are occupied by two inmates.


Units A1 & A2, closest to the dining area and the Receiving & Discharge area, are primarily used for inmates in transit. One unit houses Minimum and Low security inmates in transit and the other housing Medium and Maximum security inmates. Administrative Maximum custody inmates are generally housed in the SHU during transit.
Units A1 & A2, closest to the dining area and the Receiving & Discharge area, are primarily used for inmates in transit. One-unit houses Minimum and Low security inmates in transit and the other housing Medium and Maximum-security inmates. Administrative Maximum custody inmates are generally housed in the SHU during transit.
These units have also been used when the USP Canaan SHU is filled beyond capacity. Inmates will then be locked in a cell without a shower and only be able to shower three times weekly.
These units have also been used when the USP Canaan SHU is filled beyond capacity. Inmates will then be locked in a cell without a shower and only be able to shower three times weekly.


Inmate transit usually occurs at least twice a week to and from USP Canaan with Monday being the “airlift” day where inmates are brought to the Harrisburg airport by bus for secure transit to another prison. The trips to the next prison occur either by another bus trip or a flight on what is often called “Con Air” (operated by US Marshals Justice Prisoner & Alien Transportation System or JPATS).
Inmate transit usually occurs at least twice a week to and from USP Canaan with Monday being the “airlift” day where inmates are brought to the [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] airport by bus for secure transit to another prison. The trips to the next prison occur either by another bus trip or a flight on what is often called “Con Air” (operated by [[United States Marshals Service|US Marshals]] [[Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System]] or JPATS).
Tuesday is generally the transit day for inmates going to or from MDC Brooklyn and MCC Manhattan (when it was open).
Tuesday is generally the transit day for inmates going to or from [[Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn|MDC Brooklyn]] and MCC Manhattan (when it was open).


==Notable incidents==
==Notable incidents==
Four inmate murders have taken place at USP Canaan since its opening in 2005.
Four inmate murders have taken place at USP Canaan since its opening in 2005.
*On 25 April 2010, Allen Hurley, an inmate serving a 37-year sentence for multiple [[armed robberies]], became involved in a physical altercation with Joseph O'Kane while they were both in Hurley's cell. Hurley pulled out a homemade prison knife known as a [[shank (weapon)|shank]], and stabbed O'Kane 92 times. O'Kane, an associate of the [[Gambino Crime Family]] in New York City who was serving a life sentence for [[racketeering]] and murder, died at the scene. Hurley was convicted of [[manslaughter]] on 21 June 2012 and was sentenced to life in prison in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Steve McConnell |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/inmate-s-trial-in-prison-cell-stabbing-death-of-mobster-begins-1.1331754 |title=Inmate's trial in prison-cell stabbing death of mobster begins - News |publisher=The Times-Tribune |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/philadelphia/press-releases/2012/man-convicted-of-manslaughter-for-the-killing-of-a-fellow-inmate-at-usp-canaan |title=FBI – Man Convicted of Manslaughter for the Killing of a Fellow Inmate at USP Canaan |publisher=Fbi.gov |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Man Sentenced To Life Imprisonment for the Killing of a Fellow Inmate at Federal Prison|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/pam/news/2012/Hurley_10_12_12.htm|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=14 May 2013|date=12 October 2012}}</ref> Now at [[ADX Florence]]
*On April 25, 2010, Allen Hurley, an inmate serving a 37-year sentence for multiple [[armed robberies]], became involved in a physical altercation with Joseph O'Kane while they were both in Hurley's cell. Hurley pulled out a homemade prison knife known as a [[shank (weapon)|shank]], and stabbed O'Kane 92 times. O'Kane, an associate of the [[Gambino Crime Family]] in New York City who was serving a life sentence for [[racketeering]] and murder, died at the scene. Hurley was convicted of [[manslaughter]] on 21 June 2012 and was sentenced to life in prison in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Steve McConnell |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/inmate-s-trial-in-prison-cell-stabbing-death-of-mobster-begins-1.1331754 |title=Inmate's trial in prison-cell stabbing death of mobster begins - News |publisher=The Times-Tribune |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/philadelphia/press-releases/2012/man-convicted-of-manslaughter-for-the-killing-of-a-fellow-inmate-at-usp-canaan |title=FBI – Man Convicted of Manslaughter for the Killing of a Fellow Inmate at USP Canaan |publisher=Fbi.gov |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Man Sentenced To Life Imprisonment for the Killing of a Fellow Inmate at Federal Prison|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/pam/news/2012/Hurley_10_12_12.htm|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=14 May 2013|date=12 October 2012}}</ref> Hurley is now incarcerated at [[ADX Florence]].
*On 23 August 2010, inmate Jose Antonio Perez, the leader of a major [[drug trafficking]] ring in Hartford, Connecticut, died of a single stab wound to the neck. Perez was serving a life sentence for drug trafficking and [[murder for hire]] in connection with the 2002 shooting death of Theodore Casiano, the leader of a rival drug trafficking organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2010/09/01/inmate-in-hartford-gang-murder-fatally-stabbed-in-federal-prison/ |title=Inmate in Hartford Gang Murder Fatally Stabbed in Federal Prison « CBS Connecticut |publisher=Connecticut.cbslocal.com |date=1 September 2010 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Steve McConnell |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/officials-confirm-inmate-s-stabbing-death-at-canaan-1.986032 |title=Officials confirm inmate's stabbing death at Canaan - News |publisher=The Times-Tribune |date=1 September 2010 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> Perez's murder remains under investigation.
*On August 23, 2010, inmate Jose Antonio Perez, the leader of a major [[drug trafficking]] ring in Hartford, Connecticut, died of a single stab wound to the neck. Perez was serving a life sentence for drug trafficking and [[murder for hire]] in connection with the 2002 shooting death of Theodore Casiano, the leader of a rival drug trafficking organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2010/09/01/inmate-in-hartford-gang-murder-fatally-stabbed-in-federal-prison/ |title=Inmate in Hartford Gang Murder Fatally Stabbed in Federal Prison « CBS Connecticut |publisher=Connecticut.cbslocal.com |date=1 September 2010 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Steve McConnell |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/officials-confirm-inmate-s-stabbing-death-at-canaan-1.986032 |title=Officials confirm inmate's stabbing death at Canaan - News |publisher=The Times-Tribune |date=1 September 2010 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> Perez's murder remains under investigation.
*On 11 January 2013, inmate Ephraim Goitom was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour after a fight. Goitom had been serving a 25-year sentence for shooting a police officer during a raid on Goitom's home.
*On January 11, 2013, inmate Ephraim Goitom was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour after a fight. Goitom had been serving a 25-year sentence for shooting a police officer during a raid on Goitom's home.
*On 25 February 2013, an inmate of the prison attacked and murdered Correction Officer Eric Williams, 34, of [[Nanticoke, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pahomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=320722 |title=Guard Killed by Inmate at Federal Prison in Wayne Co. |publisher=PAHomepage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411144757/http://pahomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=320722 |archive-date=11 April 2013}}</ref> [[Jessie Con-ui]], already jailed for life for slaying a gang rival in Arizona, was identified as the suspect in the murder of officer Eric Williams. Con-ui and two other gang members fatally shot Carlos Garcia outside a laundry facility in East Phoenix, Ariz. in August 2002 to "further or assist" the gang's criminal conduct, according to state prosecutors and Maricopa County, Ariz. court records. Con-ui, 36, was scheduled to complete his federal sentence in September 2013 and would have immediately been returned to Arizona to begin serving his life term for the 2002 murder. Con-ui, at the time of the incident, was serving an 11-year term for gang-related drug trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sisak|first=Michael|title=Crisis at Canaan: Suspect in prison guard's murder identified|url=http://citizensvoice.com/news/suspect-in-prison-guard-s-murder-identified-1.1457056|publisher=Citizen's Voice|access-date=13 March 2013|date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
*On February 25, 2013, an inmate of the prison attacked and murdered Correction Officer Eric Williams, 34, of [[Nanticoke, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pahomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=320722 |title=Guard Killed by Inmate at Federal Prison in Wayne Co. |publisher=PAHomepage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411144757/http://pahomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=320722 |archive-date=11 April 2013}}</ref> [[Jessie Con-ui]], already jailed for life for slaying a gang rival in Arizona, was identified as the suspect in the murder of Williams. Con-ui and two other gang members fatally shot Carlos Garcia outside a laundry facility in East Phoenix, Ariz. in August 2002 to "further or assist" the gang's criminal conduct, according to state prosecutors and Maricopa County, Ariz. court records. Con-ui, 36, was scheduled to complete his federal sentence in September 2013 and would have immediately been returned to Arizona to begin serving his life term for the 2002 murder. Con-ui, at the time of the incident, was serving an 11-year term for gang-related drug trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sisak|first=Michael|title=Crisis at Canaan: Suspect in prison guard's murder identified|url=http://citizensvoice.com/news/suspect-in-prison-guard-s-murder-identified-1.1457056|publisher=Citizen's Voice|access-date=13 March 2013|date=12 March 2013}}</ref>


Other incidents: In June 2011, 300 inmates and several staff members became ill after eating chicken in the prison dining room. The Pennsylvania State Department of Health was called in to investigate and determined that the cause was [[salmonella#Enteritis salmonellosis or food poisoning Salmonella|salmonella poisoning]]. The incident constituted one of the largest institutional outbreaks of salmonella poisoning in US history. No one became critically ill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/pennsylvani_prison_salmonella.html |title=Pennsylvania prison salmonella outbreak sickened 300 |publisher=syracuse.com |date=15 July 2011 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref>
Other incidents: In June 2011, 300 inmates and several staff members became ill after eating chicken in the prison dining room. The [[Pennsylvania Department of Health]] was called in to investigate and determined that the cause was [[salmonella#Enteritis salmonellosis or food poisoning Salmonella|salmonella poisoning]]. The incident constituted one of the largest institutional outbreaks of salmonella poisoning in US history. No one became critically ill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/pennsylvani_prison_salmonella.html |title=Pennsylvania prison salmonella outbreak sickened 300 |publisher=syracuse.com |date=15 July 2011 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref>


==Notable inmates (current and former)==
==Notable inmates (current and former)==
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot|Abdul Kadir]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot|Abdul Kadir]]
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| Died on June 28, 2018 while serving a life sentence.<ref name="republicanherald1">{{cite news|last1=Kalinowski|first1=Bob|title=A look inside the federal penitentiary where an inmate murdered a correctional officer|url=http://republicanherald.com/news/a-look-inside-the-federal-penitentiary-where-an-inmate-murdered-a-correctional-officer-1.1456252|access-date=10 October 2015|publisher=Pottsville Republican, Inc.|date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
| Deceased. Died on June 28, 2018 while serving a life sentence.<ref name="republicanherald1">{{cite news|last1=Kalinowski|first1=Bob|title=A look inside the federal penitentiary where an inmate murdered a correctional officer|url=http://republicanherald.com/news/a-look-inside-the-federal-penitentiary-where-an-inmate-murdered-a-correctional-officer-1.1456252|access-date=10 October 2015|publisher=Pottsville Republican, Inc.|date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
| [[Al-Qaeda]] supporter; convicted of [[terrorism]] [[conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] for his role in a foiled plot to bomb [[John F. Kennedy Airport]] in Queens, New York in 2007; three co-conspirators are serving sentences at other federal facilities.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704271804575405582225945038 |title=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-12-16/news/27084528_1_life-term-tanks-jfk | location=New York | title=Daily News}}</ref>
| [[Al-Qaeda]] supporter; convicted of [[terrorism]] [[conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] for his role in a foiled plot to bomb [[John F. Kennedy Airport]] in Queens, New York in 2007; three co-conspirators are serving sentences at other federal facilities.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704271804575405582225945038 |title=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-12-16/news/27084528_1_life-term-tanks-jfk | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130034507/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-12-16/news/27084528_1_life-term-tanks-jfk | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 January 2013 | location=New York | title=Daily News}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[Chhun Yasith]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Chhun Yasith]]
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| Serving a life sentence.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Piore|first1=Adam|title=The Accidental Terrorist|url=https://read.atavist.com/the-accidental-terrorist|website=the Atavist Magazine|publisher=Atavist Inc.|access-date=10 October 2015|date=April 2012}}</ref>
| Serving a life sentence.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Piore|first1=Adam|title=The Accidental Terrorist|url=https://read.atavist.com/the-accidental-terrorist|website=the Atavist Magazine|publisher=Atavist Inc.|access-date=10 October 2015|date=April 2012}}</ref>
| US citizen and President of the [[Cambodian Freedom Fighters]]; convicted in 2008 of leading a series of deadly attacks against civilian and government targets in an attempt to oust Cambodian [[Prime Minister of Cambodia|Prime Minister]] [[Hun Sen]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |first=My-Thuan |last=Tran |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/23/local/la-me-freedom-fighter-20100623 |title=Former refugee gets life term over failed Cambodian coup |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=23 June 2010 |access-date=8 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/briefing_room/vw/chuun.html |title=Services in the Prosecution of a Deadly Plot to Overthrow the Cambodian Government &#124; USAO &#124; Department of Justice |publisher=Justice.gov |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref>
| US citizen and President of the [[Cambodian Freedom Fighters]]; convicted in 2008 of leading a series of deadly attacks against civilian and government targets in an attempt to oust Cambodian [[Prime Minister of Cambodia|Prime Minister]] [[Hun Sen]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |first=My-Thuan |last=Tran |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-23-la-me-freedom-fighter-20100623-story.html |title=Former refugee gets life term over failed Cambodian coup |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=23 June 2010 |access-date=8 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/briefing_room/vw/chuun.html |title=Services in the Prosecution of a Deadly Plot to Overthrow the Cambodian Government &#124; USAO &#124; Department of Justice |publisher=Justice.gov |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[2022 New York City Subway attack|Frank James]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 83999-053]
| Serving 10 concurrent life sentences plus 10 years without parole.
| Perpetrator of the [[2022 New York City Subway attack]].
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alexanda Kotey|Alexanda Amon Kotey]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alexanda Kotey|Alexanda Amon Kotey]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 11685-509]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 11685-509]
|Serving a life sentence. Now at [[ADX Florence]].
|Transferred to [[ADX Florence]]. Serving eight concurrent life sentences.
|One of the four members of the British "[[The Beatles (terrorist cell)|ISIS Beatles]]" and also known as "Jihadi George". Kotey was convicted of [[Hostage Taking Act|hostage taking]] and [[Providing material support for terrorism|providing material support to a terror organization]] for his role in the kidnapping, torture, and murders of dozens European and American citizens between 2012 and 2015. Kotey was convicted of beheading and torturing four Americans in 2021 and sentenced to life in prison. Another member of the "ISIS Beatles", [[El Shafee Elsheikh]], was also tried and convicted and received a life sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |title=US: 'Beatles' jihadi sentenced to life in jail over hostage killings {{!}} DW {{!}} 29.04.2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-beatles-jihadi-sentenced-to-life-in-jail-over-hostage-killings/a-61634319 |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-19 |title=Elshafee El Sheikh: Ex-Briton 'Isis Beatle' sentenced to life in prison |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62609217 |access-date=2022-08-31}}</ref>
|One of the four members of the British "[[The Beatles (terrorist cell)|ISIS Beatles]]" and also known as "Jihadi George". Kotey was convicted of [[Hostage Taking Act|hostage taking]] and [[Providing material support for terrorism|providing material support to a terror organization]] for his role in the kidnapping, torture, and murders of dozens European and American citizens between 2012 and 2015. Kotey was convicted of beheading and torturing four Americans in 2021 and sentenced to life in prison. Another member of the "ISIS Beatles", [[El Shafee Elsheikh]], was also tried and convicted and received a life sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |title=US: 'Beatles' jihadi sentenced to life in jail over hostage killings {{!}} DW {{!}} 29.04.2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-beatles-jihadi-sentenced-to-life-in-jail-over-hostage-killings/a-61634319 |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-19 |title=Elshafee El Sheikh: Ex-Briton 'Isis Beatle' sentenced to life in prison |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62609217 |access-date=2022-08-31}}</ref>
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| Serving a life sentence under the name Juan Ramon Matta-Lopez.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sisak|first1=Michael R.|last2=Kalinowski|first2=Bob|title=Free to kill: Canaan inmate had freedom inside prison|url=http://citizensvoice.com/news/free-to-kill-canaan-inmate-had-freedom-inside-prison-1.1608335|access-date=10 October 2015|publisher=The Citizens' Voice|date=19 December 2013}}</ref> Now at [[United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners|MCFP Springfield]].
| Transferred to [[United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners|MCFP Springfield]].
Serving a life sentence under the name Juan Ramon Matta-Lopez.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sisak|first1=Michael R.|last2=Kalinowski|first2=Bob|title=Free to kill: Canaan inmate had freedom inside prison|url=http://citizensvoice.com/news/free-to-kill-canaan-inmate-had-freedom-inside-prison-1.1608335|access-date=10 October 2015|publisher=The Citizens' Voice|date=19 December 2013}}</ref>
| [[Drug lord|Drug kingpin]] with ties to the [[Medellin Cartel]] in Colombia; convicted in 1990 of orchestrating the 1985 kidnapping and murder of [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] Agent [[Enrique Camarena (DEA Agent)|Enrique Camarena]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-07/news/mn-2299_1_drug-ring | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Henry | last=Weinstein | title=Major Drug Ring Leader Is Convicted | date=7 September 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-05-09/local/me-1914_1_honduran-juan-matta-ballesteros | work=Los Angeles Times | first=John H. | last=Lee | title=Camarena Figure Gets 3 Life Terms : Drugs: Honduran Juan Matta Ballesteros has received two other lengthy sentences for his role in the DEA agent's murder | date=9 May 1991}}</ref>
| [[Drug lord|Drug kingpin]] with ties to the [[Medellin Cartel]] in Colombia; convicted in 1990 of orchestrating the 1985 kidnapping and murder of [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] Agent [[Enrique Camarena (DEA Agent)|Enrique Camarena]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-07-mn-2299-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Henry | last=Weinstein | title=Major Drug Ring Leader Is Convicted | date=7 September 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-09-me-1914-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=John H. | last=Lee | title=Camarena Figure Gets 3 Life Terms : Drugs: Honduran Juan Matta Ballesteros has received two other lengthy sentences for his role in the DEA agent's murder | date=9 May 1991}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[Charles Carneglia]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Charles Carneglia]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 08773-016]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 08773-016]
|Serving a life sentence
| Serving a life sentence.
|[[Gambino crime family]] soldier, sentenced to life in prison for racketeering, armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion, and four murders, including the murder of [[Brooklyn]] court officer Albert Gelb, who was murdered four days before he was set to testify against Carneglia in court. <ref>{{cite web|title=Gambino Family Soldier Charles Carneglia Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder|url=https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2009/nyfo091709b.htm|publisher=FBI|accessdate=13 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gambino soldier Charles Carneglia, former hitman for John, sentenced to life in prison|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/gambino-soldier-charles-carneglia-hitman-john-gotti-sentenced-life-prison-article-1.387632|publisher=The New York Daily News|accessdate=13 April 2014}}</ref>
|[[Gambino crime family]] soldier, sentenced to life in prison for racketeering, armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion, and four murders, including the murder of [[Brooklyn]] court officer Albert Gelb, who was murdered four days before he was set to testify against Carneglia in court. <ref>{{cite web|title=Gambino Family Soldier Charles Carneglia Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder|url=https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2009/nyfo091709b.htm|publisher=FBI|accessdate=13 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gambino soldier Charles Carneglia, former hitman for John, sentenced to life in prison|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/gambino-soldier-charles-carneglia-hitman-john-gotti-sentenced-life-prison-article-1.387632|publisher=The New York Daily News|accessdate=13 April 2014}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[Steven Crea]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Steven Crea]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 48635-066]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 48635-066]
|Serving a life sentence
| Serving a life sentence.
|Convicted in 2019 for murder, and racketeering.
|[[Lucchese crime family]] underboss. Convicted in 2019 for murder and racketeering.
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[Benjamín Arellano Félix]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Benjamín Arellano Félix]]
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| Serving a 25 year sentence; scheduled release in 2032. Now at [[United States Penitentiary, Lee|USP Lee]].
| Transferred to [[United States Penitentiary, Lee|USP Lee.]] Serving a 25-year sentence; scheduled release on April 28, 2032.
| Former kingpin of the [[Tijuana Cartel]], sentenced to 25 years for [[racketeering]] and conspiracy to [[launder money]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Last of the Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/last-arellano-felix-brothers-sentenced|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=29 July 2018|date=24 June 2013}}</ref>
| Former kingpin of the [[Tijuana Cartel]], sentenced to 25 years for [[racketeering]] and conspiracy to [[launder money]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Last of the Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/last-arellano-felix-brothers-sentenced|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=29 July 2018|date=24 June 2013}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[Ronell Wilson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Ronell Wilson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 71460-053]
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 71460-053]
| Serving a life sentence. Now at [[United States Penitentiary, Coleman|USP Coleman]].
| Transferred to [[United States Penitentiary, Coleman|USP Coleman]]. Serving a life sentence.
|Gang leader in Staten Island, New York; murdered [[NYPD]] Detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews, who were conducting a [[sting operation]] to buy an illegal gun in 2003. Wilson was initially on death row before having his sentence reduced to life without parole on the grounds of that he was mentally disabled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/nyregion/06wilson.html?ref=nyregion|title=Detectives' Killer Breaks Windows in Jail|last=Brick|first=Michael|date=February 6, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hays|first=Tom|date=July 24, 2013|title=Ronell Wilson, NY Cop Killer, Gets Death Penalty|publisher=Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/ronell-wilson-death-penal_n_3647987.html|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725095246/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/ronell-wilson-death-penal_n_3647987.html|archive-date=25 July 2013}}</ref>
| Gang leader in Staten Island, New York; murdered [[NYPD]] Detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews, who were conducting a [[sting operation]] to buy an illegal gun in 2003. Wilson was initially on death row before having his sentence reduced to life without parole on the grounds of that he was mentally disabled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/nyregion/06wilson.html?ref=nyregion|title=Detectives' Killer Breaks Windows in Jail|last=Brick|first=Michael|date=February 6, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hays|first=Tom|date=July 24, 2013|title=Ronell Wilson, NY Cop Killer, Gets Death Penalty|publisher=Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/ronell-wilson-death-penal_n_3647987.html|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725095246/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/ronell-wilson-death-penal_n_3647987.html|archive-date=25 July 2013}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[Anthony Senter]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Anthony Senter]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 07555-054]
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 07555-054]
|Serving a life sentence
| Released on June 21, 2024, after serving 35 years of a life sentence.
|[[Lucchese crime family]] hitman and former member of the [[DeMeo crew]]. Convicted of ten counts of murder in 1989 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
| [[Lucchese crime family]] hitman and former member of the [[DeMeo crew]]. Convicted of ten counts of murder in 1989 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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| Scheduled release date in 2034. Now at [[United States Penitentiary, Coleman|USP Coleman]].
| Transferred to [[United States Penitentiary, Coleman|USP Coleman]]. Serving a 24-year sentence plus 20 years; scheduled for release on June 9, 2034.
| Former [[US Army Ranger]]; pleaded guilty to bank robbery in 2008 for masterminding the takeover robbery of a bank in Tacoma, Washington; pleaded guilty in 2010 to attempting to solicit the murder of an Assistant United States Attorney.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Mike|title=Former Army Ranger gets 24 years in prison for bank robbery|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2008507615_ranger13m.html|access-date=17 November 2013|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=13 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ramonas|first=Andrew|title=Former Army Ranger Sentenced For Plan To Kill Federal Prosecutor in Washington State|url=http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/03/08/ex-army-ranger-sentenced-for-plan-to-kill-federal-prosecutor/|publisher=Main Justice (WDC Media)|access-date=17 November 2013|date=8 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FORMER ARMY RANGER BANK ROBBER PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULT AND TRYING TO HIRE A HIT MAN|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/2010/jan/sommer.html|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=17 November 2013|date=4 January 2010}}</ref>
| Former [[US Army Ranger]]; pleaded guilty to bank robbery in 2008 for masterminding the takeover robbery of a bank in Tacoma, Washington; pleaded guilty in 2010 to attempting to solicit the murder of an Assistant United States Attorney.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Mike|title=Former Army Ranger gets 24 years in prison for bank robbery|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2008507615_ranger13m.html|access-date=17 November 2013|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=13 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ramonas|first=Andrew|title=Former Army Ranger Sentenced For Plan To Kill Federal Prosecutor in Washington State|url=http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/03/08/ex-army-ranger-sentenced-for-plan-to-kill-federal-prosecutor/|publisher=Main Justice (WDC Media)|access-date=17 November 2013|date=8 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FORMER ARMY RANGER BANK ROBBER PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULT AND TRYING TO HIRE A HIT MAN|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/2010/jan/sommer.html|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=17 November 2013|date=4 January 2010}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[SY Quest incident|Mohammad Shibin]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[SY Quest incident|Mohammad Shibin]]
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| Serving life sentence; now at [[Federal Correctional Complex, Butner|FMC Butner]]
| Transferred to [[Federal Correctional Complex, Butner|FMC Butner]]. Serving a life sentence.
| Somali pirate leader; convicted in 2012 of [[piracy]], [[kidnapping]], and [[hostage-taking]] for acting as a [[ransom]] negotiator during the [[SY Quest incident|hijacking of the civilian vessel ''Quest'']] in 2010 and the oil tanker ''Miranda Marguerite'' in 2011; Shibin is the highest-ranking pirate ever prosecuted.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15068088 | work=BBC News | title=Somali pirates face hard time in US prison | date=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2011/05/20110525omarnr.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115132107/http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2011/05/20110525omarnr.html|date=15 January 2012}}</ref>
| Somali pirate leader; convicted in 2012 of [[piracy]], [[kidnapping]], and [[hostage-taking]] for acting as a [[ransom]] negotiator during the [[SY Quest incident|hijacking of the civilian vessel ''Quest'']] in 2010 and the oil tanker ''Miranda Marguerite'' in 2011; Shibin is the highest-ranking pirate ever prosecuted.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15068088 | work=BBC News | title=Somali pirates face hard time in US prison | date=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2011/05/20110525omarnr.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115132107/http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2011/05/20110525omarnr.html|date=15 January 2012}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack| Peter Schwartz]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack| Peter Schwartz]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 28815-509]
| style="text-align:center;"| [http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 28815-509]
| Serving a 14 year and two month sentence. Current release scheduled in 2033.
| Serving a 14 year and two month sentence; scheduled for release on March 29, 2033.
| Convicted for his involvement during the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]], he attacked officers by spraying them with a “super soaker” full of pepper spray. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/man-gets-14-years-in-jan-6-case-longest-sentence-imposed-yet-1.6386508|title=Man gets 14 years in Jan. 6 case, longest sentence imposed yet|last=Kunzelman|first=Michael|date=May 5, 2023|agency=[[CTV News]]|location=Washington|access-date=May 5, 2023}}</ref>
| Convicted for his involvement during the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]], he attacked officers by spraying them with a “super soaker” full of pepper spray. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/man-gets-14-years-in-jan-6-case-longest-sentence-imposed-yet-1.6386508|title=Man gets 14 years in Jan. 6 case, longest sentence imposed yet|last=Kunzelman|first=Michael|date=May 5, 2023|agency=[[CTV News]]|location=Washington|access-date=May 5, 2023}}</ref>
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| John Rigas was released in 2016; Timothy was released on January 14, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official John Rigas Website|url=http://www.johnrigas.com/index.html|access-date=4 August 2015}}</ref>
| John Rigas was released in 2016; Timothy Rigas was released on January 14, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official John Rigas Website|url=http://www.johnrigas.com/index.html|access-date=4 August 2015}}</ref>
| Father and son executives at [[Adelphia Communications Corporation]]; convicted in 2004 of [[bank fraud]] and other charges for stealing millions of dollars from the company and concealing its debt from investors to keep its stock price high.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jail Terms for 2 at Top of Adelphia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/business/21rigas.html?_r=1&ref=johnjrigas|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 July 2012|author=Roben Farzad|date=21 June 2005}}</ref>
| Father and son executives at [[Adelphia Communications Corporation]]; convicted in 2004 of [[bank fraud]] and other charges for stealing millions of dollars from the company and concealing its debt from investors to keep its stock price high.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jail Terms for 2 at Top of Adelphia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/business/21rigas.html?_r=1&ref=johnjrigas|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 July 2012|author=Roben Farzad|date=21 June 2005}}</ref>
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| Pardoned by President [[Donald Trump]] in 2020
| Pardoned by President [[Donald Trump]] in 2020
| An American political consultant and former campaign chairman for US president Donald Trump, Manafort was found guilty of tax fraud, bank fraud and witness tampering.
| An American political consultant and former campaign chairman for US president Donald Trump, Manafort was found guilty of tax fraud, bank fraud, and witness tampering.
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|[[Pooh Shiesty]]
|52490-509
|Serving a 5 year and three month sentence; scheduled for release on April 25, 2026'''.'''
|American rapper Pooh Shiesty was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for his gun conspiracy conviction linked to a confrontation outside a Florida hotel in October 2020 that ended with a man shot in the buttocks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dillon |first=Nancy |date=2022-04-20 |title=Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to Five Years in Florida Gun Case: 'We're Happy With the Decision' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pooh-shiesty-sentenced-five-years-prison-florida-gun-case-1340641/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
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United States Penitentiary, Canaan
Map
LocationCanaan Township, Wayne County,
near Waymart, Pennsylvania
StatusOperational
Security classHigh-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population1,269 [1,183 at the USP, 86 in prison camp] (September 2023)
Opened2005
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons
WardenCharles Maiorana

The United States Penitentiary, Canaan (USP Canaan) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in northeastern Pennsylvania, with a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

USP Canaan is located in Canaan Township, Wayne County,[1] Pennsylvania, 20 miles (32 km) east of Scranton and 134 miles (216 km) north of Philadelphia.[2]

History and facility

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USP Canaan is a 170,000-square-yard (140,000 m2) facility designed by David R. Cassara Associates, Structural Engineering and Consulting of Rochester, New York for $141 million.[3] USP Canaan opened in March 2005 and is designed to house 1088 male inmates in six housing units. Six V-shaped buildings facing each other and a larger maintenance building surround a central yard with a tower in the middle. Six additional towers are lined along the rectangular-shaped facility. The facility is surrounded by a lethal electrical double fence.

Cells are approximately 4 m × 2 m (13.1 ft × 6.6 ft) in size, equipped with a bunkbed, a stainless-steel sink-toilet combination, and a small table with a non-removable stool. Cells are usually occupied by two inmates and are air conditioned. The administrative and disciplinary unit, called the Special Housing Unit, can hold approximately 250 inmates. Cells in the disciplinary unit have showers and are occupied by two inmates.

Units A1 & A2, closest to the dining area and the Receiving & Discharge area, are primarily used for inmates in transit. One-unit houses Minimum and Low security inmates in transit and the other housing Medium and Maximum-security inmates. Administrative Maximum custody inmates are generally housed in the SHU during transit. These units have also been used when the USP Canaan SHU is filled beyond capacity. Inmates will then be locked in a cell without a shower and only be able to shower three times weekly.

Inmate transit usually occurs at least twice a week to and from USP Canaan with Monday being the “airlift” day where inmates are brought to the Harrisburg airport by bus for secure transit to another prison. The trips to the next prison occur either by another bus trip or a flight on what is often called “Con Air” (operated by US Marshals Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System or JPATS). Tuesday is generally the transit day for inmates going to or from MDC Brooklyn and MCC Manhattan (when it was open).

Notable incidents

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Four inmate murders have taken place at USP Canaan since its opening in 2005.

  • On April 25, 2010, Allen Hurley, an inmate serving a 37-year sentence for multiple armed robberies, became involved in a physical altercation with Joseph O'Kane while they were both in Hurley's cell. Hurley pulled out a homemade prison knife known as a shank, and stabbed O'Kane 92 times. O'Kane, an associate of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City who was serving a life sentence for racketeering and murder, died at the scene. Hurley was convicted of manslaughter on 21 June 2012 and was sentenced to life in prison in September 2012.[4][5][6] Hurley is now incarcerated at ADX Florence.
  • On August 23, 2010, inmate Jose Antonio Perez, the leader of a major drug trafficking ring in Hartford, Connecticut, died of a single stab wound to the neck. Perez was serving a life sentence for drug trafficking and murder for hire in connection with the 2002 shooting death of Theodore Casiano, the leader of a rival drug trafficking organization.[7][8] Perez's murder remains under investigation.
  • On January 11, 2013, inmate Ephraim Goitom was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour after a fight. Goitom had been serving a 25-year sentence for shooting a police officer during a raid on Goitom's home.
  • On February 25, 2013, an inmate of the prison attacked and murdered Correction Officer Eric Williams, 34, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.[9] Jessie Con-ui, already jailed for life for slaying a gang rival in Arizona, was identified as the suspect in the murder of Williams. Con-ui and two other gang members fatally shot Carlos Garcia outside a laundry facility in East Phoenix, Ariz. in August 2002 to "further or assist" the gang's criminal conduct, according to state prosecutors and Maricopa County, Ariz. court records. Con-ui, 36, was scheduled to complete his federal sentence in September 2013 and would have immediately been returned to Arizona to begin serving his life term for the 2002 murder. Con-ui, at the time of the incident, was serving an 11-year term for gang-related drug trafficking.[10]

Other incidents: In June 2011, 300 inmates and several staff members became ill after eating chicken in the prison dining room. The Pennsylvania Department of Health was called in to investigate and determined that the cause was salmonella poisoning. The incident constituted one of the largest institutional outbreaks of salmonella poisoning in US history. No one became critically ill.[11]

Notable inmates (current and former)

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Terrorists

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Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Abdul Kadir 64656-053 Deceased. Died on June 28, 2018 while serving a life sentence.[12] Al-Qaeda supporter; convicted of terrorism conspiracy for his role in a foiled plot to bomb John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York in 2007; three co-conspirators are serving sentences at other federal facilities.[13][14]
Chhun Yasith 31900-112 Serving a life sentence.[15] US citizen and President of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters; convicted in 2008 of leading a series of deadly attacks against civilian and government targets in an attempt to oust Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2000.[16][17]
Frank James 83999-053 Serving 10 concurrent life sentences plus 10 years without parole. Perpetrator of the 2022 New York City Subway attack.
Alexanda Amon Kotey 11685-509 Transferred to ADX Florence. Serving eight concurrent life sentences. One of the four members of the British "ISIS Beatles" and also known as "Jihadi George". Kotey was convicted of hostage taking and providing material support to a terror organization for his role in the kidnapping, torture, and murders of dozens European and American citizens between 2012 and 2015. Kotey was convicted of beheading and torturing four Americans in 2021 and sentenced to life in prison. Another member of the "ISIS Beatles", El Shafee Elsheikh, was also tried and convicted and received a life sentence.[18][19]

Organized crime figures

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Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Juan Matta-Ballesteros 37671-133[permanent dead link‍] Transferred to MCFP Springfield.

Serving a life sentence under the name Juan Ramon Matta-Lopez.[20]

Drug kingpin with ties to the Medellin Cartel in Colombia; convicted in 1990 of orchestrating the 1985 kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Enrique Camarena.[21][22]
Charles Carneglia 08773-016 Serving a life sentence. Gambino crime family soldier, sentenced to life in prison for racketeering, armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion, and four murders, including the murder of Brooklyn court officer Albert Gelb, who was murdered four days before he was set to testify against Carneglia in court. [23][24]
Steven Crea 48635-066 Serving a life sentence. Lucchese crime family underboss. Convicted in 2019 for murder and racketeering.
Benjamín Arellano Félix 00678-748[permanent dead link‍] Transferred to USP Lee. Serving a 25-year sentence; scheduled release on April 28, 2032. Former kingpin of the Tijuana Cartel, sentenced to 25 years for racketeering and conspiracy to launder money.[25]
Ronell Wilson 71460-053 Transferred to USP Coleman. Serving a life sentence. Gang leader in Staten Island, New York; murdered NYPD Detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews, who were conducting a sting operation to buy an illegal gun in 2003. Wilson was initially on death row before having his sentence reduced to life without parole on the grounds of that he was mentally disabled.[26][27]
Anthony Senter 07555-054 Released on June 21, 2024, after serving 35 years of a life sentence. Lucchese crime family hitman and former member of the DeMeo crew. Convicted of ten counts of murder in 1989 and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Other

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Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Luke Sommer 38474-086 Transferred to USP Coleman. Serving a 24-year sentence plus 20 years; scheduled for release on June 9, 2034. Former US Army Ranger; pleaded guilty to bank robbery in 2008 for masterminding the takeover robbery of a bank in Tacoma, Washington; pleaded guilty in 2010 to attempting to solicit the murder of an Assistant United States Attorney.[28][29][30]
Mohammad Shibin 78207-083[permanent dead link‍] Transferred to FMC Butner. Serving a life sentence. Somali pirate leader; convicted in 2012 of piracy, kidnapping, and hostage-taking for acting as a ransom negotiator during the hijacking of the civilian vessel Quest in 2010 and the oil tanker Miranda Marguerite in 2011; Shibin is the highest-ranking pirate ever prosecuted.[31][32]
Peter Schwartz 28815-509 Serving a 14 year and two month sentence; scheduled for release on March 29, 2033. Convicted for his involvement during the January 6 United States Capitol attack, he attacked officers by spraying them with a “super soaker” full of pepper spray. [33]
Gregory Abbott 86702-054 Released on January 28, 2020. Charged with connection to the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.
John Rigas

Timothy Rigas

53983-054

53982-054

John Rigas was released in 2016; Timothy Rigas was released on January 14, 2022.[34] Father and son executives at Adelphia Communications Corporation; convicted in 2004 of bank fraud and other charges for stealing millions of dollars from the company and concealing its debt from investors to keep its stock price high.[35]
Timothy L. Tyler 99672-012 Released on August 30, 2018. An American who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for possession and distribution of LSD (or "acid") under the federal three-strikes law. In August 2016, after serving 24 years and 27 days behind bars, Tyler was granted clemency by President Barack Obama.
Paul Manafort 35207-016 Pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2020 An American political consultant and former campaign chairman for US president Donald Trump, Manafort was found guilty of tax fraud, bank fraud, and witness tampering.
Pooh Shiesty 52490-509 Serving a 5 year and three month sentence; scheduled for release on April 25, 2026. American rapper Pooh Shiesty was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for his gun conspiracy conviction linked to a confrontation outside a Florida hotel in October 2020 that ended with a man shot in the buttocks.[36]

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  4. ^ Steve McConnell (19 June 2012). "Inmate's trial in prison-cell stabbing death of mobster begins - News". The Times-Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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  22. ^ Lee, John H. (9 May 1991). "Camarena Figure Gets 3 Life Terms : Drugs: Honduran Juan Matta Ballesteros has received two other lengthy sentences for his role in the DEA agent's murder". Los Angeles Times.
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  28. ^ Carter, Mike (13 December 2008). "Former Army Ranger gets 24 years in prison for bank robbery". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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  35. ^ Roben Farzad (21 June 2005). "Jail Terms for 2 at Top of Adelphia". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  36. ^ Dillon, Nancy (20 April 2022). "Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to Five Years in Florida Gun Case: 'We're Happy With the Decision'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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