Federal Correctional Institution, Milan

The Federal Correctional Institution, Milan (FCI Milan) is a U.S. federal prison in Michigan, with most of the prison in York Township,[1] and a portion in Milan.[2] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Federal Correctional Institution, Milan
LocationMostly in York Charter Township,
a portion in Milan
Washtenaw County,
StatusOperational
Security classLow-security
Population1,600
Opened1933
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons

This prison is a low-security facility for male inmates. Its adjacent Federal Detention Center houses pretrial and holdover inmates.[3] The institution covers approximately 332 acres (1.34 km2) and consists of 59 buildings with a total gross floor area of 504,200 square feet (46,840 m2).

The facility is 45 miles (72 km) southwest of Detroit, 15 miles (24 km) south of Ann Arbor, and 30 miles (48 km) north of Toledo.[3]

History
FCI Milan main entrance

FCI Milan was activated on April 6, 1933, as a "Federal Detention Farm" and has undergone mission changes throughout its history. FCI Milan held female inmates from 1933 to 1939, housed offenders sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act of 1950, and was once a medium-security institution. The only federal execution in Michigan occurred on July 8, 1938, when Anthony Chebatoris was hanged for the murder of Henry Porter, a truck driver from Bay City, whom Chebatoris mistook for a police officer during a bank robbery.

Helen Gillis and Evelyn Frechette, the wives of notorious bank robbers Baby Face Nelson and John Dillinger, served one-year sentences at FCI Milan in the mid-1930s after being convicted of aiding their husbands as they evaded authorities.[4][5]

Facility and inmate programs

FCI Milan covers 300 acres (120 ha) and offers a Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), which offers inmates completing its 500-hour residential program up to a 12-month sentence reduction and up to six months in a halfway house. There are very strict guidelines for admission due to the program's popularity.

The Life Connections Program (LCP) is an 18-month residential voluntary multi-faith restorative justice program which is offered in only four other federal prisons. The program is designed to reduce recidivism and bring reconciliation to the victim, community and inmate through personal transformation using the participant's faith commitment.

FCI Milan offers a unique program in federal prisons in conjunction with Milan High School where inmates can earn a high school diploma. Milan is the only federal prison which has a high school diploma program.[6]

Notable inmates
Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Vicente Zambada-Niebla Unknown Sentenced to 15 years in 2019.[7] Alleged leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, which imports hundreds of tons of cocaine into the US from Mexico each year and is responsible for thousands of drug-related murders in both countries; extradited to the US in 2010.[8]
Tony Chebatoris N/A Executed July 8, 1938 Murderer and bank robber. Only person ever executed inside Michigan since its admission to the Union.
Jeremy Hammond 18729-424 Sentenced 10 years in federal prison for computer fraud in 2013 for hacking the private intelligence firm Stratfor. Activist and computer hacker, transferred to Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis
Oliver Schmidt 09786-104 Sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Alleged mastermind and engineer behind the Volkswagen scandals, arrested in January 2017.
Tommy G. Thompson 07332-104 Sentenced to prison without release date for contempt of court arrested in 2015 at a West Palm Beach, Florida hotel. Involved in scandal after his discovery of the SS Central America on September 11, 1988. His many technology inventions and eventual discovery were documented in the biography, "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" (Gary Kinder) and Thompson's own book, "America's Lost Treasure".
Billy McFarland 91186-054 Sentenced to 6 years in 2018 Defrauded investors of $27.4 million by marketing and selling tickets to a festival and other events.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab 44107-039 Now at Florence ADMAX Held at FCI Milan as a pretrial inmate.[9] Perpetrator of the 2009 Northwest Airlines Flight 253 bombing attempt.[10]
Kwame Kilpatrick Was held during trial in Detroit. Would be escorted to Detroit daily by helicopters and many military vehicles.
Theodore John Kaczynski (Unabomber) Was briefly held at FCI until was transferred to the Supermaxx facility.
Oliver Schmidt 09786-104 Sentenced to 84 months (7 years); transferred/deported to the custody of Germany in September 2020; ultimately released in January 2021 Sentenced December 6, 2017 for role in the Volkswagen emissions scandal[11]

See also

References
  1. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: York charter township, MI" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-08-15. Federal Correctional Institution Milan
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  2. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Milan city, MI" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-08-15. Federal Correctional Institution Milan - The facility has a Milan address, and while most of the prison is in York Township, this map indicates a portion extends into Milan: see the red "X"s.
  3. "FCI Milan." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on January 5, 2010.
  4. "Helen Wawryzniak Gillis: The Wife of Baby Face Nelson". Ellen Poulsen. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. Frechette, Evelyn. "Primary Sources: 'What I Knew About John Dillinger' -- By His Sweetheart". PBS Online. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. Zych, C. "Admission and Orientation Handbook Federal Correctional Institution Milan, Michigan." Federal Bureau of Prisons. 9 (11 of 24). Retrieved on May 8, 2010.
  7. Meisner, Jason (30 May 2019). "Witness against 'El Chapo' given 15 years in prison in Chicago for key role in trafficking cocaine, heroin for cartel". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019.
  8. Goudie, Chuck. "Mexican druglord unhappy with move from Chicago". ABC News. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  9. Woodall, Bernie (December 28, 2009). "Update 1-Hearing canceled for Detroit plane bomb suspect". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2009. [...]Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is being held in a federal prison in Milan, Michigan.
  10. Davey, Monica (October 12, 2011). "Would-Be Detroit Plane Bomber Pleads Guilty, Ending Trial". The New York Times.
  11. "Volkswagen Senior Manager Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests". www.justice.gov. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2023-05-11.

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