FCI_Hazelton
Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton
Medium-security United States prison in West Virginia
The Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton (FCI Hazelton) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates, as well as a secure facility for female inmates, located in unincorporated Preston County, West Virginia.[3] It is the newest facility in the federal prison system and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The New York Times notes that its nickname is "Misery Mountain".[4]
| Location | Preston County, West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39.673896°N 79.498826°W / 39.673896; -79.498826 |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium-security with Secure Female Facility |
| Population | 2,015 (April 2024)[1] |
| Opened | 2015 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Warden | Frederick Entzel Jr[2] |
The Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Hazelton has two prisons, physically adjacent but distinct: FCI Hazelton and the high-security United States Penitentiary, Hazelton constructed in 2004. Both are operated by the FBOP.[5]
FCI Hazelton has a Special Housing Unit where inmates are generally allowed out of their cells only for an hour recreation each weekday as well as for medical appointments. Inmates may be sent to the SHU pending investigations, as punishment for rule violations, for protection from other inmates, or for other administrative reasons.
The facility has a Vocational Training Program, which includes building trades such as Carpentry, Dry Wall, Electrical, HVAC, Masonry, Plumbing, and Welding, Culinary Arts, Graphic Arts, and Microsoft Office.[6]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Nunn | 11772-030 | Released from custody on August 22, 2019. | Former world middleweight boxing champion; pleaded guilty in 2003 to conspiracy to distribute cocaine for buying $24,000 worth of cocaine from an undercover FBI Agent in 2002.[7][8][9] |
| Joaquin Valencia-Trujillo | 02440-748 | Scheduled for release in 2036; currently at FCI Oakdale. | Former leader of the Cali Cartel in Colombia; extradited to the US in 2004; convicted in 2006 of drug trafficking conspiracy for directing the shipment of more than 100 tons of cocaine a year into the US over a ten-year period.[10] |
| James Alex Fields Jr. | 22239-084 | Serving a life sentence. Transferred to USP Allenwood. | White supremacist, pleaded guilty in 2019 of 29 federal hate crime charges using his car to harm counter-protestors during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing 32 year-old Heather Heyer and injuring up to 19 more. |
| Stewart Parnell | 96284-020 | Serving a 28-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2038. | Former chief executive officer of the Peanut Corporation of America. Convicted of his role in a salmonella outbreak which killed at least 9 people and sickened at least 714 more.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] |
| Nancy Salzman | 25533-052 | Released in March 2024. | Co-founder and "Prefect" of NXIVM, an Albany, New York-based multi-level marketing firm and cult that also engaged in sex trafficking; has been described as enabling fellow co-founder Keith Raniere, who was sentenced to 120 years after his conviction at trial. Pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy in September 2021.[19] |
| Angela Baldwin | 21529-509 | Serving a 33-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2050. Currently at FMC Carswell. | Child sex predator who, along with ex-husband Russell Taylor, helped funnel child pornography to former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle. |
| Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem | 44126-408 | Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2041. | Conspirator in the Curtis Culwell Center attack. Knowingly provided the shooters with firearms and ammunition.[20] |
| Rachel Powell | 28873-509 | Serving a 57-month sentence; scheduled for release in January 2028 | Rioter and insurrectionist who participated in the January 6 United States Capitol attack. |
| Christian Lee Dedmon | 71503-510 | Serving a 40 year sentence; scheduled for release in 2064 | Rankin County Mississippi Sheriffs Deputy involved in the Rankin County Good Squad Rankin County torture incident. |
- "FCI Hazelton Becomes 120th Bureau of Prisons Facility". Federal Bureau of Prisons. US Department of Justice. June 18, 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Preston County, WV" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/20). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
United States Penitentiary Hazelton
- Ivory, Danielle (30 November 2018). "After Whitey Bulger Killing, Warden of 'Misery Mountain' Faces Removal". The New York Times.
- Murphy, Matt (30 October 2014). "Workers Raise Prison Safety Awareness". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- "INMATE ADMISSION & ORIENTATION HANDBOOK" (PDF). Federal Bureau of Prisons. US Department of Justice. May 12, 2014.
- "Ex-middleweight champ Nunn sentenced to 24 years in jail". USA Today. January 30, 2004.
- Keeler, Sean (July 6, 2008). "Rise and fall of boxing champion Michael Nunn". Des Moines Register.
- Dvorak, Todd (January 30, 2004). "Ex-Boxing Champ Michael Nunn Sentenced". The Washington Post.
- Weimar, Carrie (February 2, 2007). "Cartel leader gets 40 years". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- "Parnell brothers finally in prison for deadly peanut butter outbreak". 17 February 2016.
- "News Feed". 20 September 2019.
- Moynihan, Colin (September 8, 2021). "Sex Cult Leader's Top Deputy Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
Mr. Raniere was convicted on several charges and sentenced to 120 years in prison; Ms. Salzman pleaded guilty to a single count of racketeering conspiracy, and former Nxivm members have described her as an enabler who made Mr. Raniere's abuse possible.
- official web site
- "Hazelton Federal Correctional Institution." Moseley Architects.