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词条 List of inmates of United States Penitentiary, Atlanta
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  1. Mafia figures

  2. Sports figures

  3. Fraudsters

  4. Political prisoners

  5. Public officials

  6. Others

  7. See also

  8. References

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This is a list of notable current and former inmates of the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta. Inmates who were released from custody prior to 1982 are not listed on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

Mafia figures

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Nicodemo Scarfo09813-050 Currently serving a 45-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2033. Boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1981 to 1988; convicted in 1988 of racketeering conspiracy for directing Mafia activities including drug trafficking, loansharking, extortion, and murder.[1]
Ignazio LupoUnlisted* At USP Atlanta from 1910 to 1920 and from 1936 to 1946. Founder of the Morello crime family in New York City, convicted of counterfeiting in 1910; returned to prison in 1936 for racketeering; suspect in numerous Mafia-related murders.[2][3]
Jimmy BurkeUnlisted* Released from custody in 1978 after serving 6 years. Associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York City; Burke and fellow associate Henry Hill were convicted of extortion in 1972; Burke is the suspected mastermind of the 1978 Lufthansa Heist, in which nearly $6 million in cash and jewels were stolen at JFK Airport. Burke and Hill were portrayed in the 1990 film Goodfellas.[4]
Al CaponeUnlisted* Transferred to the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in 1934 by Atlanta Correctional Officer James D. Stephens. Leader of the Chicago Outfit, which smuggled and bootlegged liquor during Prohibition in the 1920s; convicted of tax evasion in 1931.[5][6]
Vincent PapaUnlisted* Murdered at USP Atlanta in 1977. Associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York City; convicted in 1975 masterminding the theft of heroin seized during the French Connection investigation from the New York City Police Department property office from 1969 to 1972.[7][8]

Sports figures

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Willie Aikens01732-031 Released in 2008 after serving 14 years. Former Major League Baseball player; convicted in 1994 of selling crack-cocaine.[9][10]
Denny McLain04000-018 Released from custody in 1988 after serving 29 months. Major League baseball pitcher and two-time Cy Young Award winner; pleaded guilty in 1988 to racketeering and drug trafficking.[11][12][13]

Fraudsters

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Frank AbagnaleUnlisted* Escaped from USP Atlanta in 1971; captured several weeks later in New York City. Notorious check forger portrayed in the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can.[14][15]
Carlo PonziUnlisted* Released from custody in 1924 after serving 3 years. Inventor of the financial fraud known as Ponzi scheme; convicted of mail fraud in 1920.[16][17][18]

Political prisoners

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Eugene V. DebsUnlisted* Released in 1921 after his sentence was commuted by US President Warren G. Harding. Founding member of Industrial Workers of the World and US Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America; convicted of sedition in 1918 for promoting opposition to the military draft during World War I; received over 900,000 votes while incarcerated in 1920.[19]
Vilyam Genrikhovich FisherUnlisted* Sentence commuted and released in 1962 as part of a prisoner exchange with the Soviet Union for the release of Francis Gary Powers and Frederic Pryor. Convicted of espionage with relation to the Hollow Nickel Case and sentenced to 45 years' imprisonment[20]
Marcus GarveyUnlisted* Released from custody in 1927 after serving 4 years. Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and leading figure in the Black Nationalist and Pan Africanist movements; convicted of mail fraud in 1923 for promoting the Black Star Line, a UNIA business dedicated to the transportation of goods and eventually throughout the African global economy.[21][22]
Pedro Albizu CamposUnlisted* Transferred to a hospital prison in 1943 and released in 1947 after serving 10 years. President of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party from 1930 to 1965; convicted in 1936 of sedition in connection with the assassination of Puerto Rican Police Chief Elisha Riggs, which was in retaliation for the Rio Piedras massacre, during which police killed four unarmed party supporters.[23]

Public officials

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Ed Norris41115-037 Released from custody in 2005 after serving 6 months. Baltimore Police Commissioner from 2000 to 2002; pleaded guilty in 2004 to misusing police department funds for personal expenses and tax fraud.[24][25][26]
George A. CaldwellUnlisted* Released from custody in 1941 after serving 1 year and pardoned by US President Harry Truman. Louisiana contractor who supervised the construction of 26 public buildings; convicted in 1940 of tax evasion and accepting kickbacks in connection with the Louisiana Hayride scandals of 1939 and 1940.
William ColbeckUnlisted* Released in 1940 after serving 16 years. Politician and organized crime figure in St. Louis; convicted in 1924 of two 1923 armed robberies which netted over $2 million.[27]
Phil Driscoll41294-074 Released from custody in 2008 after serving 1 year at the minimum-security prison camp. Grammy-winning trumpeter; convicted in 2006 of conspiracy and tax evasion.[28][29]

Others

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Roy GardnerUnlisted* Served several years of a 75-year sentence at USP Atlanta; attempted to escape in 1926. Notorious bank robber and escape artist; stole over $350,000 in cash and securities from banks and mail trains in 1920 and 1921.[30][31]
Harry GoldenUnlisted* Released in 1932 after serving 3 years; pardoned by US President Richard Nixon in 1974. American author and newspaper publisher; convicted of mail fraud in 1929.[32][33]
{{sortname|Charles|Harrelson}}02582-016 Transferred to USP Florence ADX, the federal supermax prison in Colorado, after attempting to escape from USP Atlanta in 1995. Convicted of murdering Federal Judge John H. Wood, Jr. in 1979 at the behest of a narcotics dealer; father of actor Woody Harrelson.[34]

See also

  • United States Penitentiary, Atlanta
  • List of U.S. federal prisons
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons
  • Incarceration in the United States

References

1. ^Nicodemo Scarfo Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com
2. ^Ignazio Lupo - GangRule
3. ^The American Mafia - Ignazio Lupo {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924060508/http://www.onewal.com/w-lupo.html |date=2015-09-24 }}
4. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/17/nyregion/james-jimmy-the-gent-burke-gangster-64-of-wiseguy-fame.html | work=The New York Times | title=James (Jimmy the Gent) Burke, Gangster, 64, of 'Wiseguy' Fame | date=1996-04-17}}
5. ^History Files - Al Capone
6. ^This Week in Atlanta History: Al Capone enters the Atlanta federal penitentiary - Five Points - Blogs - Atlanta Magazine {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510080855/http://www.atlantamagazine.com/fivepoints/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10378803 |date=2012-05-10 }}
7. ^A Rogue's Gallery of those who spent time at the Atlanta Federal pen | Cover Story | Creative Loafing Atlanta
8. ^533 F.2d 815: United States of America, Appellee, v. Vincent Papa, Defendant-appellant :: US Court of Appeals Cases :: Justia
9. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Willie_Aikens Willie Aikens - BR Bullpen]
10. ^{{cite news| url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-05-21/sports/17923769_1_powder-cocaine-sentences-for-crack-offenses-sentencing-guidelines | location=New York | work=Daily News | title=Willie Aikens fights to reverse disparity in cocaine laws - New York Daily News}}
11. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19881216&id=jvFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6718,4373256 Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search]
12. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/sports/sports-people-baseball-mclain-sentenced.html | work=The New York Times | title=SPORTS PEOPLE: BASEBALL; McLain Sentenced | date=1988-12-16}}
13. ^ESPN Classic - From the big time to the big house
14. ^Frank Abagnale, the great con artist and imposter — Calling Dr. Williams — Crime Library on truTV.com
15. ^Frank Abagnale Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com
16. ^http://www.mrstinge.com/#/ponzi-makes-a-name-for-himself/4535913699
17. ^Charles Ponzi
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://greatestconartists.webs.com/charlesponzi.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-09-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622214643/http://greatestconartists.webs.com/charlesponzi.htm |archivedate=2012-06-22 |df= }}
19. ^Eugene V. Debs Foundation {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509025951/https://debsfoundation.org/personalhistory.html |date=2011-05-09 }}
20. ^Whittell, Giles. (2010). A True Story of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies. Broadway Books. New York. {{ISBN|978-0-7679-3107-6}}
21. ^[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/garvey/timeline/timeline2.html American Experience | Marcus Garvey | Timeline]
22. ^About Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line
23. ^BIOGRAPHY – PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS | latinopia.com
24. ^Norris enters plea of guilty to corruption - baltimoresun.com
25. ^Norris gets 6 months in prison - baltimoresun.com
26. ^Norris to be released from prison tomorrow - baltimoresun.com
27. ^AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 159
28. ^Trumpeter Phil Driscoll convicted in tax case - Entertainment - Celebrities - TODAY.com
29. ^Trumpeter Phil Driscoll reports to prison to begin tax evasion … | Blaze of Glory News Ministries
30. ^Roy Gardner {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511065459/http://www.outlawlegends.freeservers.com/photo2.html |date=2013-05-11 }}
31. ^HistoryLink.org- the Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History
32. ^Harry Golden Biography
33. ^Reporting Civil Rights: Reporters and Writers: Harry L. Golden {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023653/http://reportingcivilrights.loa.org/authors/bio.jsp?authorId=21 |date=2016-03-04 }}
34. ^{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/22/local/me-harrelson22 | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Charles Harrelson, 69; father of actor killed federal judge | date=2007-03-22}}

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