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| population = 976Federal Bureau of Prisons| director =}}The Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island (FCI Terminal Island) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Los Angeles, California.WEB,weblink 2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Los Angeles city, CA, U.S. Census Bureau, 2022-08-15, 65 (PDF p. 66/72), Federal Correctional Institute Terminal Island, It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.FCI Terminal Island is located at the entrance to Los Angeles Harbor, between San Pedro and Long Beach.

History

The prison was opened at the southern end of Terminal Island, adjacent to a Coast Guard base, on June 1, 1938, with 610 male, and 40 female prisoners. It consisted of a central quadrangle surrounded by three cell blocks and cost $2 million to construct. In 1942, the U.S. Navy took control of the prison for use as a receiving station and later as a barracks for court-martialed prisoners. The facility was deactivated by the Navy in 1950 and later turned over to the state of California for use as a medical and psychiatric institution.NEWS, Gnerre, Sam, Terminal Island's 'Big House',weblink South Bay Daily Breeze, August 25, 2010, March 19, 2016, March 29, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160329161843weblink">weblink live, The state returned control to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons in 1955 for conversion into a low-to-medium security federal prison. The prison was mixed-sex, with female prisoners housed separately, until 1977, when overcrowding led to the transfer of the women to the federal prison in Dublin, California.WEB, Alameda County Sheriff's Office,weblink 2020-08-02, www.alamedacountysheriff.org, June 26, 2020,weblink live, The prison was given increased barbed wire and armed guards in the early 1980s in an effort to dispel the facility's "Club Fed" image. A corruption scandal rocked the prison in the early 1980s, resulting in the indictment of six employees on charges of bribes, cover-ups, marijuana sales to inmates, and other corruption. Those indicted included Charles DeSordi, the prison's chief investigator of crimes, the highest-ranking federal prison official ever to be indicted.

Notable inmates (prior to 1982)

† Inmates released prior to 1982 are not listed on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.{|class="wikitable sortable"!width=13%|Inmate Name!width=10%|Register Number!width=28%|Status!width=49%|Details Unlisted†| Held at Terminal Island in 1950 (Pre-FCI) on suspicion of Communist sympathies.Name spelled Hsue-Shen Tsien.China; made important contributions to Chinese nuclear, missile, and space programs.HTTPS://WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/NEWS/OBITUARIES/TECHNOLOGY-OBITUARIES/6630578/QIAN-XUESEN.HTMLDATE=2009-11-22ACCESS-DATE=2018-03-20ISSN=0307-1235ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180321143704/HTTPS://WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/NEWS/OBITUARIES/TECHNOLOGY-OBITUARIES/6630578/QIAN-XUESEN.HTML, live, Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1959 to 1961 on a perjury charge.| Girlfriend of Los Angeles mob kingpin Mickey Cohen. Convicted of perjury in 1959 and served 27 months at Terminal Island. Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1968 to 1972 on a credit card fraud conviction.Consigliere for the Bonanno crime family in New York City in the 1960s and son of former boss Joseph Bonanno.HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2008/01/03/NYREGION/03BONANNO.HTMLNEWSPAPER=THE NEW YORK TIMESACCESS-DATE=2015-07-10ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20190701001904/HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2008/01/03/NYREGION/03BONANNO.HTMLLAST1=HEVESI URL=HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/1999/JUL/18/LOCAL/ME-57205WORK=LOS ANGELES TIMESARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2016URL-STATUS=LIVE, Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1973 to 1975.Crime fiction writer, screenwriter and actor; wrote No Beast So Fierce while incarcerated at FCI Terminal Island, which was adapted into the movie Straight Time starring Dustin Hoffman. Later appeared in several movies, including Reservoir Dogs.HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2005/07/27/ARTS/27BUNKER.HTMLNEWSPAPER=THE NEW YORK TIMESACCESS-DATE=2015-07-10ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20111220203503/HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2005/07/27/ARTS/27BUNKER.HTML, live, Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1939 to 1940.Chicago Outfit, which smuggled and Rum-running>bootlegged liquor during Prohibition in the United States in the 1920s; convicted of tax evasion in 1931.HTTPS://WWW.FBI.GOV/ABOUT-US/HISTORY/FAMOUS-CASES/AL-CAPONE WORK=FBI.GOV URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 6, 2015, mdy, Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island in the 1960s.| Businessman and banker; portrayed by Anthony Mackie in the 2023 TV series The Banker. Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island in the 1970s.Lucchese crime family in New York City; portrayed by Ray Liotta in the 1990 film Goodfellas.HTTP://MAFIATODAY.COM/TAG/TERMINAL-ISLAND/PUBLISHER=MAFIA TODAYURL-STATUS=DEADARCHIVE-DATE=DECEMBER 8, 2011NEWSPAPER=THE NEW YORK TIMESACCESS-DATE=2015-07-10ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20170321192425/HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2012/06/14/NYREGION/HENRY-HILL-MOBSTER-OF-GOODFELLAS-DIES-AT-69.HTML?PAGEWANTED=ALLLAST1=FOX, Margalit, Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island in 1974.LSD guru; convicted in 1970 of a prior prison escape and marijuana possession.JULIA LIPKINS TITLE=TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE TIMOTHY LEARY PAPERS: A BUDDY FILM STARRING TIMOTHY LEARY AND G. GORDON LIDDY DATE=2012-08-15 ARCHIVE-DATE=DECEMBER 2, 2012 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1956 to 1958 for car theft and check fraud. He returned in 1966 and part of 1967 while serving out a sentence for attempting to cash a forged U.S. Treasury check.Corcoran State Prison; inspired the book Helter Skelter (book)>Helter Skelter in murdering Sharon Tate and others in 1969; died in 2017.Emmons, Nuel (1986). Manson in His Own Words. New York: Grove Press. pp. 77–78. Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island in 1954 on a conviction for heroin possession.AUTHOR=CHRIS MORRIS WORK=THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 9, 2015 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island for nine months in 1987; for violating his parole for associating with organized crime affiliates. | Caporegime in the Los Angeles crime family from 1977-1990. Unlisted| Held at FCI Terminal Island to serve a 45-year sentence for selling heroin to an undercover police officer in 1984made man>soldier of the Cherry Hill Gambinos; a crew in the Gambino crime family. The Port Chicago 50 Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island from November 1944 to January 1946.mutiny for refusing to load ammunition onto US Navy ships under unsafe conditions after the Port Chicago disaster, an explosion that killed 320 people, including 202 black sailors.HTTP://WWW.USMM.ORG/PORTCHICAGO.HTMLWORK=USMM.ORGARCHIVE-DATE=NOVEMBER 18, 2012URL-STATUS=LIVE, 2775| Held at FCI Terminal Island in 1976.URL=HTTPS://NEWS.GOOGLE.COM/NEWSPAPERS?NID=1346&DAT=19760710&ID=N6SWAAAAIBAJ&PG=5442,2387842 NEWSPAPER=THE LEDGER >LOCATION=LAKELAND, FLORIDA ACCESS-DATE=2015-07-10, Unlisted†| Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1970 to 1972.THE NEW YORK TIMES>AUTHOR=MARGALIT FOXURL=HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2011/03/15/US/15STANLEY.HTMLARCHIVE-DATE=JANUARY 28, 2017URL-STATUS=LIVE, ">

Notable inmates (since 1982){| class"wikitable sortable"

! width="13%" |Inmate Name! width="10%" |Register Number! width="28%" |Status! width="49%" |Details 24966-111| Scheduled for release in 2034.| Balwani, former COO of Theranos, was found guilty in July 2022 on all 12 charges he faced, which included ten counts of federal wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison. 57613-112{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}| Serving a 22-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2028. Currently in the custody of RRM Long Beach.entrepreneur; convicted in 2011 of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion for defrauding celebrities, investors, and a charity dedicated to help the poor of more than $31 million; the story was featured on the CNBC television show American Greed.AMERICAN GREED: DEALING IN DECEITPUBLISHER=CNBCARCHIVE-DATE=DECEMBER 22, 2015URL-STATUS=LIVE, 16209-097{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}| Released from custody in 2015; served 10 years.ecoterrorist group Earth Liberation Front; convicted in 2007 of conspiring to destroy a northern California dam, a genetics lab, cell phone towers, and other targets.HTTPS://WWW.FBI.GOV/NEWS/STORIES/2008/JUNE/ECOTERROR_063008WORK=FBIARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 5, 2016URL-STATUS=LIVE, HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/2008/MAY/09/LOCAL/ME-BRIEFS9.S3>TITLE=20-YEAR SENTENCE FOR ECOTERRORISTACCESS-DATE=2015-07-10ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20150704080459/HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/2008/MAY/09/LOCAL/ME-BRIEFS9.S3, live, 55479-198{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}| Released from custody in 2013; served 8 years.stockbroker; convicted in 2006 of racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, and extortion for using information supplied by a corrupt FBI agent to spread negative publicity about companies through his Web site.HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/10/03/BUSINESS/03AGENT.HTMLNEWSPAPER=THE NEW YORK TIMESACCESS-DATE=2015-07-10ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20150611011853/HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/10/03/BUSINESS/03AGENT.HTMLLAST1=NEWS, Bloomberg, 20293-086{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}| Transferred to a Canadian prison in 1992 after serving one year.| Major drug trafficker in Canada and author of the book High: Confessions of a Pot Smuggler. 86743-054|Serving a 19-year sentence, scheduled for release in 2036DATE=2020-02-14 URL=HTTPS://WWW.FOXNEWS.COM/MEDIA/CNN-DARLING-MICHAEL-AVENATTI-NIKE WEBSITE=FOX NEWS, en-US, 87015-012{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}| Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1987 until his extradition to Great Britain in 1988.Guinness liquor company known as the Guinness Affair.HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/1987-10-03/BUSINESS/FI-3033_1_BRITISH-BUSINESSWORK=LOS ANGELES TIMESARCHIVE-DATE=DECEMBER 23, 2012URL-STATUS=LIVE, HTTPS://NEWS.GOOGLE.COM/NEWSPAPERS?NID=2507&DAT=19871028&ID=RA41AAAAIBAJ&PG=5414,7607670 >TITLE=PARNES TO REPAY £2M TO GUINNESS DATE=OCTOBER 28, 1987 ACCESS-DATE=2015-07-10, 21309-086{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}| Released from custody in 2017; served 26 years.conspiracy (crime)>conspiracy to produce and distribute methamphetamine.HTTP://COMMUNITY.SEATTLETIMES.NWSOURCE.COM/ARCHIVE/?DATE=19920119&SLUG=1471110 >TITLE=JURY SAYS GUILTY -- MAN CLAIMS FRAME-UP BUT FACES 20-YEAR TERM AFTER VERDICT ON SEVEN DRUG-RELATED CHARGES AGENCY=ASSOCIATED PRESS ACCESS-DATE=2015-07-10 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120612013320/HTTP://COMMUNITY.SEATTLETIMES.NWSOURCE.COM/ARCHIVE/?DATE=19920119&SLUG=1471110, live, 56978-298|Released from custody in 2018; served over 1 year.Fat Leonard scandal>"Fat" Leonard Glenn Francis and pocketed $40,000 in kickbacks.HTTPS://WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/INVESTIGATIONS/FORMER-ADMIRAL-SENTENCED-TO-18-MONTHS-IN-FAT-LEONARD-CASE/2017/05/17/1A11869C-3B06-11E7-A058-DDBB23C75D82_STORY.HTML>TITLE=FORMER ADMIRAL SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN 'FAT LEONARD' CASEACCESS-DATE=2017-07-15ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20170708102942/HTTPS://WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/INVESTIGATIONS/FORMER-ADMIRAL-SENTENCED-TO-18-MONTHS-IN-FAT-LEONARD-CASE/2017/05/17/1A11869C-3B06-11E7-A058-DDBB23C75D82_STORY.HTML, live, 14097-054|Serving a 10-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2024. Currently in the custody of RRM Long Beach.ACCESS-DATE=2 FEBRUARY 2020 DATE=8 MARCH 2019 ARCHIVE-DATE=FEBRUARY 2, 2020 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Chad Andrew Carter 26259-111|Serving a 42-month sentence; release in 2023.Zoom (software)>Zoom meeting.SF MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHARED VIDEOS OF BOYS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED ON ZOOM SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON>DATE=APRIL 2, 2021,weblink Michael Franzese 09699-016racketeering. Released in 1994.DANNENDATE=FEBRUARY 1991URL=HTTPS://WWW.VANITYFAIR.COM/NEWS/1991/02/JOHN-GOTTI-JOE-COLUMBO-FBI-INVESTIGATION-WITNESSACCESS-DATE=2021-08-24VANITY FAIR (MAGAZINE)>VANITY FAIRARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 30, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170730083807weblink">weblink caporegime of the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss Sonny Franzese">John "Sonny" Franzese>Sonny Franzese. Damian Kutzner 68436-112|Released from custody on July 27, 2022; served 5 years.|Mortgage fraud.Christian Secor 30223-509|42-month sentence, scheduled for release in 2025.|Former UCLA student who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol Breach and sat in the chair recently vacated by former Vice President Mike Pence.Robert Lemke 27309-509INMATE LOCATOR >URL=HTTPS://WWW.BOP.GOV/INMATELOC/ WEBSITE=WWW.BOP.GOV, |36-month sentence. Released on August 17, 2023.DATE=2021-01-27 URL=HTTPS://WWW.AIRFORCETIMES.COM/NEWS/YOUR-AIR-FORCE/2021/01/26/AIR-FORCE-VETERAN-ARRESTED-FOR-THREATENING-FAMILY-OF-CONGRESSMAN-JOURNALIST/ WEBSITE=AIR FORCE TIMES January 6 United States Capitol attack>January 6th, 2021 "Stop the Steal" rally in Washington, D.C. and United States Capitol Protest, protesting the 2020 United States presidential election, in which Donald Trump, Lemke and other denied the election legitimacy. Lemke was subsequently sentenced to 36-months, more than double his Federal Sentencing Guidelines, for threatening various members of Congress and members of the media, including Hakeem Jeffries, Brian Stelter>Brian Stetler and Don Lemon.2021-01-26 >TITLE=FEDS: EX-COP THREATENED FAMILIES OF NY CONGRESSMAN, JOURNALIST ACCESS-DATE=2023-09-23 LANGUAGE=EN-US, 2021-12-20 >TITLE=SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK {{!, California Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Making Threats Against Political Officials And Journalists Relating To The Outcome Of The 2020 Presidential Election {{!}} United States Department of Justice access-date=2023-09-23 language=en}}

Facility and services

All inmates are expected to maintain a regular job assignment, unless medically exempted. Many job assignments are controlled through a performance pay system, which provides monetary payment for work. UNICOR has a separate pay scale. Institutional maintenance jobs are usually the first assignment for new inmates. These might include assignments to Food Service, as a unit orderly, or in a maintenance shop. However, a significant number of inmate jobs are available in the Federal Prison Industries. There is a waiting list for factory employment.UNICOR employs and trains inmates through the operation of, and earnings from, the metal factory that produces high-quality metal products for the Federal government. Inmates must obtain a GED for grade advancement and must participate in the Financial Responsibility Program (if required) to be employed in UNICOR. Federal Prison Industries, a U.S. government employment program, has a shop at FCI Terminal Island that specializes in repairing, refurbishing, and reconditioning furniture, office equipment, tires, and other government property.WEB,weblink FCI Terminal Island, Bop.gov, 2015-07-10, June 29, 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110629153751weblink">weblink live,

Education

All inmates are required to obtain a GED before their release. College courses are offered through Coastline Community College.

See also

• List of United States federal prisons
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Incarceration in the United States

References

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External links

• FCI Terminal Island

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