Federal Prison Camp, Nellis
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Nellis Prison Camp was a United States federal minimum-security prison, also known as a Federal Prison Camp (FPC), located on Nellis Air Force Base in the state of Nevada.{{cite web| url=http://www.house.gov/list/press/nc01_butterfield/03232005butterfieldtovisitseymourjohnsonafb.html|title=congressional press release}} The camp was operational between 1989 and 2006.{{cite web| url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/closed.jsp| title=BOP: Historical Closed Institutions| access-date=2006-08-09| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060806124941/http://www.bop.gov/locations/closed.jsp| archive-date=2006-08-06| url-status=dead}} Notable former inmates include Peter Bacanovic who was convicted along with Martha Stewart of various crimes in the ImClone scandal.
History
The prison opened in 1989 to provide a labor force for the air force base.Bosworth, Mary. The U.S. Federal Prison System. SAGE Publications. 2002. 270. {{ISBN|0-7619-2304-7}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7619-2304-6}}.
Inmate labor
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Inmates participated in a work program on Area II of Nellis AFB. The inmates typically performed janitorial services, groundskeeping, and cleaning of the base bowling alley.
See also
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External links
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051103040311/http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/nel/index.jsp|title=FPC Nellis}} - Federal Bureau of Prisons
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