Federal Correctional Institution, Talladega
Location | Talladega, Alabama |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
Population | 1,049 (277 in prison camp) |
Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI Talladega) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Alabama. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also includes an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp that also houses male offenders.
FCI Talladega is located approximately 50 miles from Birmingham, Alabama and 100 miles from Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
1991 inmate rebellion
On August 21, 1991, 121 Cuban inmates who had been incarcerated since the 1980
At 3:43 AM on August 31, 1991, several loud explosions were heard inside Cell Block Alpha, the section of the prison where the hostages were being held. A team of about 200 specially trained agents had converged on the cell building at a number of points using explosives to break open doors. Once inside, they detonated a number of
Notable inmates (current and former)
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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Eric Ian Baker | 18692-075 | Released February 15, 2021.[4] | Member of the white supremacist group Aryan Nations; pleaded guilty to arson in connection with the 2008 firebombing of the Islamic Center of Columbia in Columbia, Tennessee; two accomplices were also sentenced to prison.[5][6][7]
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Clarence Heatley | 39015-054 | Serving a life sentence. | Leader of the Preacher Crew, a New York City street gang; pleaded guilty in 1999 to |
Scott Maddox | 26266-017 | Serving a five-year sentence, scheduled for release in 2024. Currently in the custody of RRM Orlando. | Former Tallahassee City Commissioner, convicted in 2018 for bribery. |
Jonathan James | 34472-086 | Served a six-month sentence, released in 2002; Deceased in 2008. | First juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime, served his sentence here after violating his probation by possessing drugs.[9] |
Cecil McCrory | 18156-043 | Serving an 8+1⁄2-year sentence, with a scheduled release in 2024.[10] Currently in the custody of RRM Montgomery. | With his crime partner, former Mississippi state corrections director Chris Epps, ex-state legislator McCrory shook down for-profit prison operators and subcontractors for over a million dollars in bribes.[11] |
Kyle Myers
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00970-120 | Released on October 3, 2019 after serving an 8-week sentence.[10] | Possessed marijuana.[12] |
Joe Biggs | 26257-509 | Sentenced to 17 years. Scheduled for Release in 2035. | Participant in the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[13][14] |
Josh Pillault | 15362-042 | Released on January 11, 2020 after serving five years of a six-year sentence. | Accused of, and charged with, knowingly and willfully communicating a threat by means of the internet, an instrument of interstate and foreign commerce, concerning an attempt to kill and injure individuals and unlawfully damage and destroy buildings by means of fire and explosives.[15] |
References
- ^ "FCI Talladega". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ Smothers, Ronald (31 August 1991). "U.S. Agents Storm Prison In Alabama, Freeing 9 Hostages". The New York Times.
- ^ FBI — Hostage Rescue Team: Held to a Higher Standard
- ^ "Huntsville, Alabama Corrections Officer Job Description". Correctional Officer Edu. correctionalofficeredu.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Associated Press (November 3, 2008). "2 plead guilty to firebombing Tennessee mosque". USA Today. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ Carey, Clay. "Columbia man sentenced in mosque bombing". Kingsport Publishing Corp. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ "Tennessee Man Sentenced to 183 Months in Prison for Burning Islamic Center". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ Weiser, Benjamin (February 6, 1999). "Gang Leader, in Plea Deal, Admits to Role in 13 Killings". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Poulsen, Kevin. "Former Teen Hacker's Suicide Linked to TJX Probe". Wired.
- ^ a b Inmate Locator, Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ Cecil McCrory sentenced to 8.5 years, The Clarion-Ledger, Jimmie E. Gates, February 3, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ [1], Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^ "Proud Boys member Joseph Biggs gets 17 years for Jan. 6 attack, second-longest sentence yet". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/31/proud-boys-joseph-biggs-sentencing-jan6-seditious-conspiracy/ [bare URL]
- ^ Austin Wood (2018-06-10). "Man jailed 6 years for threats made in Runescape finally released". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-09-06.