Federal Prison Camp, Eglin was aFederal Bureau of Prisons minimum security prison atAuxiliary Field 6,Eglin Air Force Base inFlorida.[1]
Lacey Rose ofForbes wrote that it "was once considered so cushy that the term "Club Fed" was actually coined to describe it."[2]
By 2006 the federal government decided to cut costs by closing Eglin and returning the buildings to theAir Force. The prisoners were moved toFederal Prison Camp, Pensacola.[3]
The fiveWatergate burglars -Bernard Barker,Virgilio Gonzalez,Eugenio Martínez,James W. McCord Jr., andFrank Sturgis - were inmates at Eglin.[4]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Photo | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack P.F. Gremillion | N/A | .jpg) | Confined for two years after losing in 1973 his appeal of his 1971 conviction of lying to agrand jury about his involvement in the Louisiana Loan and Thrift case. He was subsequently readmitted to the bar.[5] | Attorney General of Louisiana from 1956 to 1972 |
| Edward Mezvinsky | 55040-066 |  | Released | Former member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromIowa |
| Louis Wolfson | N/A | Held at FCI, Eglin[6] | Former Wall Street financier | |
| Steve Madden | 49498-054 | Held at Eglin | Former head of Steve Madden, LTD | |
| Robert C. Mason | 81349-071 | Imprisoned at Eglin in the early 1980s for drug trafficking. Wrote about these in the bookChickenhawk: Back in the World | Writer ofChickenhawk | |
| Marvin Mandel | 12100-037 |  | Released | Former governor ofMaryland |
| James A. Kelly Jr. | 14231-038 |  | Released | FormerMassachusetts State Senator. Convicted of extortion.[7] |
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