Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Wikipedia: Butner, NC FCI is Home to Swindlers Bernard Madoff, John Rigas, Mafioso Carmine Persico and WTC Terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman,

Facilities

FCI Butner Medium, a facility in the complex

The complex consists of several facilities:[2]

  • FMC Butner, a Federal Medical Center housing male inmates of all security levels
  • FCI Butner Medium, a medium-security Federal Correctional Institution
  • FCI Butner Medium II, a medium-security Federal Correctional Institution
  • FCI Butner Low, a low-security Federal Correctional Institution

Butner has the largest medical/psychological complex in the entire federal prison system. Butner is the home to one of the top two[clarification needed] Drug Abuse Programs; the other is in Lexington, Kentucky.[2]

Inmates are fed at a cost of about $2.70 a day for three meals.[3] They have access to "a handful" of cable channels such as the Discovery Channel in common areas.[3]

[edit] Inmates

Notable inmates include:

FCI Butner Low

  • John Rigas, 53983-054, former CEO of Adelphia Communications Corporation convicted of bank, wire, and securities fraud. Rigas was accused of looting the corporation by concealing $2.3 billion in liabilities from corporate investors and of using corporation funds as personal funds.[4][5]

FCI Butner Medium

FMC Butner

Past notable inmates within the complex have included:

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