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| Location | Gregg Township,Union County, nearAllenwood, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum security |
| Population | 306 (as of September 2023) |
| Opened | 1993 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Warden | G. Swaney |
| Street address | RT 15, 2 MI N of Allenwood |
| City | Allenwood |
| County | Union County |
| State/province | Pennsylvania |
| ZIP Code | 17810 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Website | www |
TheUnited States Penitentiary, Allenwood (USP Allenwood) is amaximum security United States federal prison in Pennsylvania. It is part of theAllenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) and is operated by theFederal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United StatesDepartment of Justice.
FCC Allenwood is located on US Route 15 inGregg Township,Union County,[1] near White Deer. It is approximately halfway between the cities ofWilliamsport andLewisburg and approximately 75 miles (120 kilometers) north ofHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, the state capital.[2]
USP Allenwood has four two-level housing units each of which consists of four 16-cell ranges around a central dayroom where inmates can congregate during the times they are allowed outside their cells. Most cells house two inmates each. Recreational and counseling facilities are located adjacent to the housing units. The outer perimeter is secured by a double line of fencing with rolled barbed wire on the ground in between the fences. The inner fence is equipped with a perimeter intrusion detection system and a road for patrol vehicles runs along the outer fence. Correction officers man six guard towers at each corner of the security fence and a seventh within the fence.[3][4]
Educational programs includeGED,ESL, adult continuing education, vocational training, correspondence classes, and evening college classes. Inmates work in a UNICOR upholstery factory and institutional maintenance jobs such as food service and building repair. Medical, psychological and drug treatment services are also available.[5]
In April 1996, USP Allenwood inmateDavid Paul Hammer allegedly strangled fellow inmate Andrew Hunt Marti to death with a piece of homemade cord. Hammer and Marti were cellmates in the Special Housing Unit, where especially violent inmates are held. Writing on a website dedicated to his case in 2001, Hammer could not ‘attribute any motive’ to his actions. Hammer, a career criminal who was serving a 1,200-year sentence for crimes including larceny, shooting with intent to kill, kidnapping and making bomb threats, subsequently pleaded guilty to Marti's murder and was sentenced to death by the electric chair.[6]
The death sentence was vacated in 2006 after a federal judge found that prosecutors withheld evidence during the penalty phase that would have bolstered Hammer's claim that he and Marti were having consensual sex. In July 2014, another federal judge concurred, ruling that a life sentence was appropriate based upon multiple circumstances, including Hammer's acceptance of responsibility and remorsefulness, his extended family history of dysfunction, abuse and mental illness, his mental and emotional impairments and his self-improvement, specifically citing Hammer's writing to at-risk children and counseling them against engaging in criminal conduct.[7]
On September 28, 2005, USP Allenwood inmates Ritz Williams (47085-008) and Shawn Cooya (48896-008) stabbed a fellow inmate, 50-year-old Alvin Allery, ten times with a homemade knife and repeatedly kicked him in the head and torso, causing Allery's death. Williams and Cooya were already serving lengthy sentences, Williams for murder and Cooya for weapons violations. A subsequent investigation revealed that Williams and Cooya planned the attack in advance. In 2013, Williams and Cooya pleaded guilty tofirst-degree murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.[8][9] As of March 2022, Williams is currently incarcerated atUSP Victorville and Cooya is atADX Florence.
On December 7, 2020, two correctional officers were injured after one was stabbed in the neck and eye byAbdulrahman el Bahnasawy (75868-054), a Canadian convicted of terrorism-related offenses in 2016. Both officers were taken via ambulance toGeisinger Medical Center inDanville and survived, with one losing an eye.[10][11][12][13] In April 2021, El Bahnasawy was transferred toADX Florence.
| Inmate name | Register number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Ajaj | 40637-053 | Serving a 114-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2091. Now atUSP Coleman[citation needed] | Convicted of participating in the1993 World Trade Center bombing |
| Mohamud Salad Ali | 77992-083 | Serving life sentence; currently atUSP Atwater[citation needed] | Somali pirate leader who pleaded guilty in 2011 topiracy in connection with the 2011hijacking of the civilian yachtQuest, during which four U.S. citizens were killed[14][15] |
| Auburn Calloway | 14601-076 | Serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole; currently atUSP McCreary[citation needed] | Flight engineer convicted of attempted aircraft piracy, interference with flight crew, and attempted terrorism in the attempted hijacking of aFederal Express flight fromMemphis, Tennessee toSan Jose, California |
| Paul Anthony Ciancia | 67089-112 | Serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole plus 60 years. Currently atUSP Victorville | Pleaded guilty in 2016 for the2013 LAX Shooting[16][17] |
| Louis Daidone | 39065-053 | Serving life sentence; currently atUSP Coleman[citation needed] | Former acting boss of theLucchese Crime Family in New York City; convicted in 2004 of murder,murder conspiracy,racketeering, andloansharking[18] |
| James Alex Fields Jr. | 22239-084 | Serving a life sentence; transferred to Allenwood fromUSP Hazleton in November 2020.[19][20] | White supremacist who pleaded guilty in 2019 of 29 federal hate crime charges for using his car to harm counter-protestors during theUnite the Right rally inCharlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring up to 19 more. |
| Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer | 48705-053 | Serving a life sentence | Convicted of being part of the1997 Brooklyn bombing plot which was a plan to bomb theNew York City Subway.[21] |
| James Eagan Holmes | 02350-122 | Serving 12 consecutive life sentences plus 3,318 years without parole. | Mass murderer responsible for the2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting in which he killed 12 people and injured 70 others[22] |
| Vyacheslav Ivankov | 30219-048 | Released in July 2004 forextradition | Convicted of extortion in January 1997 |
| Christopher Jeburk | 09029-021 | Serving a life sentence | Bank robber onFBI Ten Most Wanted list; kidnapped bank teller and her family, then escaped from prison twice before he could be sentenced for his crimes[23][24] |
| Salvador Magluta | 26012-037 | Scheduled release date is 2165 | Convicted of falsifying documents (1996) and bribery, money laundering (2002); sentenced to 9 years in prison,[25] plus 195 years;[26] His sentence was reduced to 195 years on appeal.[27] He was transferred to thesupermax federal prison facility in Florence, Colorado.[28] |
| Howard Mason | 24651-053 | Serving a life sentence | Convicted in 1989 ofracketeering charges in connection with his leadership of "The Bebos," a drug cartel in Queens, New York; ordered the 1988 murder of a New York City police officer[29] |
| El Sayyid Nosair | 35074-054 | Serving a life sentence; transferred toUSP Big Sandy[citation needed] | Egyptian-born American citizen convicted of involvement in the 1993New York City landmark bomb plot; earlier acquitted of the 1990 New York City assassination ofMeir Kahane, he later admitted to having committed this assassination. serving a life sentence; transferred toUSP Big Sandy[citation needed] |
| Esteban Santiago-Ruiz | 15500-104 | Serving five life sentences plus 120 years; transferred toUSP Tucson[citation needed] | Mass murderer pleaded guilty to the 2017Fort Lauderdale airport shooting |
| Hosam Smadi | 39482-177 | Scheduled release in 2031 | Pleaded guilty in 2010 to the attempted use of aweapon of mass destruction for plotting to destroy the 60-storyFountain Place office building inDallas, Texas with atruck bomb in 2009[30][31] |
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