Federal Correctional Complex, Butner
{{Short description|Federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, US}}
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| prison_name = Federal Correctional Complex, Butner
| image = FCI Butner Medium.jpg
| image_size = 300
| location = Mangum Township, Durham County / Dutchville Township, Granville County, North Carolina
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| status = Operational
| classification = Minimum, Low, Medium and administrative security (FMC Butner is a medical facility)
| population = 5,000 (four facilities)
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| managed_by = Federal Bureau of Prisons
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The Federal Correctional Complex, Butner (FCC Butner) is a United States federal prison complex for men near Butner, North Carolina. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. FCC Butner is about {{convert|25|mi|km}} northwest of Raleigh, the state capital. It includes the Bureau's largest medical complex, which operates a drug treatment program and specializes in oncology and behavioral science.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130412235200/http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bux/index.jsp Archived version of "FCC Butner"] from BOP website. Archived at the Internet Archive. Among its inmates was Bernie Madoff, who was convicted of perpetrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history. He died at the prison in April 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.wxyz.com/news/national/bernie-madoff-dies-in-prison-at-82 |title=Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82 |date=April 14, 2021 | website=WXYZ Detroit}}
The complex consists of four facilities:
- Federal Correctional Institution, Butner Low (FCI Butner Low): a low-security facility, opened in 1995.{{cite web | url=https://prisonpath.com/federal/north-carolina/federal-correctional-complex-butner-fci-butner-low/ | title=Federal Correctional Complex, Butner (FCI Butner Low) }}
- Federal Correctional Institution, Butner Medium I (FCI Butner Medium I): a medium-security facility, opened in 1976{{cite web | url=https://prisonpath.com/federal/north-carolina/federal-correctional-institution-fci-butner-medium/ | title=Federal Correctional Complex, Butner (FCI Butner Medium I) }}
- Federal Correctional Institution, Butner Medium II (FCI Butner Medium II): a medium-security facility, opened in 2006{{cite web | url=https://prisonpath.com/federal/north-carolina/federal-correctional-complex-butner-fci-butner-medium-ii/ | title=Federal Correctional Complex, Butner (FCI Butner Medium II) }}
- Federal Medical Center, Butner (FMC Butner): a facility which houses inmates of all security levels with health issues, opened in 1995.{{cite web | url=https://prisonpath.com/federal/north-carolina/federal-medical-center-fmc-butner/ | title=Federal Medical Center, Butner (FMC Butner) }}
The complex lies in an unincorporated area on the county line between Durham County to the west and Granville County to the east.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st37_nc/county/c37063_durham/DC20BLK_C37063.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Durham County, NC|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-08-15|page=6 (PDF p. 7/19)|quote=Butner Federal Correctional Complex}}{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st37_nc/county/c37077_granville/DC20BLK_C37077.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Granville County, NC|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-08-15|page=8 (PDF p. 9/14)|quote=Butner Federal Correctional Complex}} On the Durham County side, the portion of the prison is in Mangum Township,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st37_nc/cousub/cs3706391972_mangum/DC20BLK_CS3706391972.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Mangum township, NC|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-08-15|page=2 (PDF p. 3/3)|quote=Butner Federal Correctional Complex}} while on the Granville County side, it is in Dutchville Township.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st37_nc/cousub/cs3707790936_dutchville/DC20BLK_CS3707790936.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Dutchville township, NC|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-08-15|quote=Butner Federal Correctional Complex}}
Incidents
=Alleged Madoff assault=
On March 18, 2010, The Wall Street Journal reported that Bernie Madoff, the New York financier serving a 150-year sentence at FCI Butner for running a Ponzi scheme that cost investors billions of dollars, was assaulted by another inmate in December 2009. Citing three sources, a current inmate, a former inmate, and a prison employee, the newspaper reported that the assailant was an inmate serving time for a drug conviction who believed that Madoff owed him money. The inmate reported that Madoff suffered a broken nose, fractured ribs, and cuts to his head and face. In response to the report, Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Denise Simmons said, "We have no knowledge or information to confirm he was assaulted."{{cite news|last1=Searcey|first1=Dionne|last2=Efrati|first2=Amir|title=Madoff Beaten in Prison|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704743404575128031143424928|access-date=22 October 2015|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=March 18, 2010}}
=Murder plot=
On November 16, 2011, James Lukinoff, an inmate at FCI Butner, was indicted for planning to assault and kill an FBI agent who had been involved in investigating the crime for which Lukinoff was sent to prison. The indictment alleged that, from February 2009 to April 2011, Lukinoff developed and pursued a plan to purchase a suppressor and had a friend or family member store it until his release from prison. Once released, Lukinoff planned to retrieve the suppressor and his firearm, and kill the agent. Lukinoff pleaded guilty to retaliating against a federal official by threat on June 20, 2012. He was held at the Federal Medical Center, Butner and was scheduled for release in 2024.
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Inmates
=High-profile crimes=
=Organized crime=
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align="center" | Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
| align="center" | [https://archive.today/20121213032537/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=14022-059&x=73&y=15 14023-059] | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Died in 2022 while serving a 30-year sentence; had been scheduled for release in 2029. | Co-founder of the now-defunct Cali Cartel, which was responsible for as much as 80% of the cocaine brought into the US in the 1970s and 1980s; co-founder Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela is also serving a 30-year sentence.{{cite web|title=Cali Cartel Leaders Plead Guilty to Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2006/September/06_crm_646.html|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=26 October 2013|date=September 26, 2006}} |
style="text-align:center;"| Carmine Persico
| style="text-align:center;"| [https://archive.today/20121212063952/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=74666-158&x=93&y=5 74666-158] | style="text-align:center;"| | Died at Duke University Medical Center{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Legendary-New-York-Mob-Boss-Carmine-Persico-Dead-at-Age-85-506873551.html|title=Legendary New York Mob Boss Carmine Persico, Head of Colombo Family, Dead at Age 85|publisher=nbcnewyork.com|date=7 March 2019}} while serving a combined sentence of 139 years; was eligible for release in 2050.{{cite news|last1=Capeci|first1=Jerry|title=Turncoat Capo Fingers Persico Family Crony In Mob War Rubout|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/carmine-persico/|access-date=17 October 2015|publisher=TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.|date=May 25, 2011}} | Mafia figure; former Colombo crime family Boss; convicted in 1986 of murder, loansharking, bribery and extortion, all in aid of racketeering, in order to control and profit from the concrete industry in New York City.{{cite web|author=Arnold H. Lubasch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/14/nyregion/persico-convicted-in-colombo-trial.html?scp=13&sq=%22carmine+persico%22&st=nyt |title=Persico Convicted In Colombo Trial |location=New York City |work=The New York Times |date=June 14, 1986 |access-date=July 27, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Lubasch |first=Arnold H. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/20/nyregion/us-jury-convicts-eight-as-members-of-mob-commission.html?pagewanted=all |title=U.S. Jury Convicts Eight As Members Of Mob Commission |work=The New York Times |date=November 20, 1986 |access-date=July 27, 2012}} |
style="text-align:center;"| John Connolly
| style="text-align:center;"| [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=22928-038&x=104&y=22 22928-038] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234949/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=22928-038&x=104&y=22 |date=2013-10-04 }} | style="text-align:center;"| | Transferred to state prison in 2011; served 10 years.{{cite news|last1=Serrano|first1=Richard A.|title=100 FBI retirees defend disgraced Boston agent|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-may-08-la-na-fbi-connolly-20110509-story.html|access-date=29 September 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 8, 2011}} | Former FBI Agent; convicted in 2002 of racketeering conspiracy for aiding Irish Mob figure Whitey Bulger; currently serving a 40-year sentence in a Florida state prison for the murder of a witness.Phillips, Rich. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/15/connolly.sentence/index.html Rogue FBI agent sentenced to 40 years in mob hit]. CNN, 2009-01-15. |
style="text-align:center;"|Gerard Ouimette
| style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 02519-070] | |Served 21 years until his death in 2015 |Mafia figure; former Patriarca crime family associate; convicted of extortion |
align="center" | Vittorio "Vic" Amuso
| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=38740-079&x=98&y=16 38740-079] | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Serving a life sentence. | Boss of the current Lucchese crime family in New York City; convicted in 1992 of racketeering and murder in connection with nine murders, as well as extortion, gambling and labor corruption.{{cite news|title=Key Mafia Figure Guilty of Murder. Racketeering|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-16-mn-527-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 16, 1992}} |
style="text-align:center;"|Nicodemo Scarfo
| style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 09813-050] | |Died in 2017 whie serving a 55-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2033. |Former boss of the Bruno crime family in Philadelphia, he was convicted on multiple counts of murder, attempted murder, distribution of methamphetamine, and extortion.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/nyregion/nicky-scarfo-mob-boss-who-plundered-atlantic-city-in-the-80s-dies-at-87.html|title=Nicky Scarfo, Mob Boss Who Plundered Atlantic City in the '80s, Dies at 87|first=Sam|last=Roberts|date=17 January 2017|access-date=30 January 2019|website=The New York Times}} |
style="text-align:center;"|Peter Gotti
| style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 99109-012] | align="center" | |Served 15 years of a 25-year sentence until his death in 2021 |Mafia figure; former Gambino crime family boss; convicted of racketeering and other crimes |
= Financial crimes =
=Espionage=
=Other=
In popular culture
- In the final episode of the television series Better Call Saul, the series' main character Saul Goodman refers to Butner as his ideal prison, and manages to get approval to serve his sentence there.
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130412235200/http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bux/index.jsp Official profile] from the Federal Bureau of Prisons
- "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140207102007/http://jjkllc.com/correctional/butner.html FCI Butner Medium II (design)]." John J. Kirlin, LLC.
- "[http://www.moseleyarchitects.com/correctiondetention-projects/federal-detenion/butner-federal-correctional-institution/ Butner Federal Correctional Institution]." Moseley Architects.
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