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United States Penitentiary, Coleman

The United States Penitentiary, Coleman I and II (USP Coleman I and II) are high-security United States federal prisons for male inmates in Florida. It is part of the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Coleman) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. USP Coleman I was opened in 2001, and in 2004 Clark Construction completed a 555,000-square-foot (51,600 m2) additional component for USP Coleman II. FCC Coleman is located in Central Florida, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Orlando, 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Tampa, and 35 miles (56 km) south of Ocala.

Infobox

Location
Sumter County, near Wildwood, Florida
Coordinates
28°45′46″N 82°00′51″W / 28 °N 82 °W / 28 ; -82
Status
Operational
Security class
High-security
Population
1,456 at USP Coleman I, 1,203 at USP Coleman II (September 2023)
Opened
2001
Managed by
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden
Bryan Antonelli (USP Coleman I), Roy Cheatam (USP Coleman II)

Tables

· Notable inmates (current and former) › Infamous prisoners
Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier
Inmate Name
Leonard Peltier
Register Number
89637-132
Status
Served two life sentences plus seven years for an armed escape from USP Lompoc. Commuted to indefinite house arrest by President Joe Biden on January 19, 2025, effective Feb, 18.
Details
Member of the American Indian Movement, a Native American activist group; convicted in a contested trial in 1977 of murdering FBI Agents Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams during a shootout at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975.
Inmate Name
Register Number
Photo
Status
Details
Leonard Peltier
89637-132
Served two life sentences plus seven years for an armed escape from USP Lompoc. Commuted to indefinite house arrest by President Joe Biden on January 19, 2025, effective Feb, 18.
Member of the American Indian Movement, a Native American activist group; convicted in a contested trial in 1977 of murdering FBI Agents Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams during a shootout at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975.
· Notable inmates (current and former) › Financial crimes
Allen Stanford
Allen Stanford
Inmate Name
Allen Stanford
Register Number
35017-183
Status
Serving 110 years under his actual name, Robert Allen Stanford. Scheduled release in 2103.
Details
Owner of the now-defunct Stanford Financial Group; convicted in 2012 of 17 charges, including fraud, money laundering and masterminding a Ponzi scheme which defrauded thousands of investors of over $7 billion; the story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.
Inmate Name
Register Number
Photo
Status
Details
Allen Stanford
35017-183
Serving 110 years under his actual name, Robert Allen Stanford. Scheduled release in 2103.
Owner of the now-defunct Stanford Financial Group; convicted in 2012 of 17 charges, including fraud, money laundering and masterminding a Ponzi scheme which defrauded thousands of investors of over $7 billion; the story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.
Corrine Brown
67315-018
Released from prison on April 22, 2020, citing health concerns.
Democratic member of the House of Representatives; convicted in 2017 of 18 charges related to running a fraudulent charity, embezzling more than $300,000 for personal use.
· Notable inmates (current and former) › Terrorists
Ahmed Ajaj
Ahmed Ajaj
Inmate Name
Ahmed Ajaj
Register Number
40637-053
Status
Transferred to USP Victorville Serving an 84-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2091.
Details
Convicted of participating in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Nidal Ayyad
Nidal Ayyad
Inmate Name
Nidal Ayyad
Register Number
16917-050
Status
Serving an 86-year sentence. Scheduled for release in 2067.
Details
Sentenced for his involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Amine El Khalifi
Amine El Khalifi
Inmate Name
Amine El Khalifi
Register Number
79748-083
Status
Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2037. Currently at FCI Williamsburg.
Details
Al-Qaeda supporter; pleaded guilty in June 2012 to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction for plotting to conduct a suicide bombing at the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC in February 2012.
Hysen Sherifi
Hysen Sherifi
Inmate Name
Hysen Sherifi
Register Number
51768–056
Status
Serving a life sentence.
Details
Convicted for being part of the Raleigh jihad group.
David Oquendo-Rivas
David Oquendo-Rivas
Inmate Name
David Oquendo-Rivas
Register Number
34348–069
Status
Serving a life sentence.
Details
Convicted in 2013 for the 2009 Sabana Seca massacre
Mohammed Odeh
Mohammed Odeh
Inmate Name
Mohammed Odeh
Register Number
42375–054
Status
Serving a life sentence.
Details
Participated in the 1998 United States embassy bombings
Inmate Name
Register Number
Photo
Status
Details
Ahmed Ajaj
40637-053
Transferred to USP Victorville Serving an 84-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2091.
Convicted of participating in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Nidal Ayyad
16917-050
Serving an 86-year sentence. Scheduled for release in 2067.
Sentenced for his involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Amine El Khalifi
79748-083
Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2037. Currently at FCI Williamsburg.
Al-Qaeda supporter; pleaded guilty in June 2012 to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction for plotting to conduct a suicide bombing at the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC in February 2012.
Hysen Sherifi
51768–056
Serving a life sentence.
Convicted for being part of the Raleigh jihad group.
David Oquendo-Rivas
34348–069
Serving a life sentence.
Convicted in 2013 for the 2009 Sabana Seca massacre
Mohammed Odeh
42375–054
Serving a life sentence.
Participated in the 1998 United States embassy bombings
· Notable inmates (current and former) › Organized crime figures
Whitey Bulger
Whitey Bulger
Inmate Name
Whitey Bulger
Register Number
02182-748
Status
Served life sentences plus 5 years under his real name, James J. Bulger. Murdered in 2018 upon arrival at USP Hazelton.
Details
Former leader of the Winter Hill Gang in Massachusetts and FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive; apprehended in 2011 after 16 years on the run; convicted in 2013 of ordering 11 murders, as well as extortion, money laundering and drug trafficking. Transferred in October 2018 to the Federal Transfer Center and then to USP Hazelton, where he was murdered less
Benjamin Arellano Felix
Benjamin Arellano Felix
Inmate Name
Benjamin Arellano Felix
Register Number
00678-748
Status
Scheduled for release in 2032.
Details
Former leader of the Tijuana Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy and money laundering for directing the importation of thousands of tons of cocaine into the US; the cartel killed over 1,000 civilians and police officers over a 16-year period.
Louis Daidone
Louis Daidone
Inmate Name
Louis Daidone
Register Number
39065-053
Status
Serving a life sentence.
Details
Former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family, convicted of racketeering, loan sharking, extortion, and for the 1989 murder of Tom Gilmore, a Lucchese associate. He was also convicted of the 1990 murder of Bruno Facciola, in which Daidone lured Facciola into a Brooklyn garage where he was killed, and also stuffed a dead canary in Facciola's mouth
Stephen Caracappa
Stephen Caracappa
Inmate Name
Stephen Caracappa
Register Number
04597-748
Status
Sentenced to life plus 80 years. Died in 2017.
Details
Former NYPD detective; convicted in 2006 of taking bribes to carry out murders and leak law enforcement intelligence disclosing the identities of witnesses for then Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso; his partner, Louis Eppolito, was sentenced to life plus 100 years.
Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez
Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez
Inmate Name
Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez
Register Number
59344-380
Status
Serving a life sentence.
Details
Leader of the Mexican Gulf Cartel, extradited from Mexico to the U . in 2015 on narcotics charges for importing cocaine and marijuana to the U ., as well as threatening two federal agents at gunpoint during the 1999 Matamoros standoff.
Vincent Basciano
Vincent Basciano
Inmate Name
Vincent Basciano
Register Number
30694-054
Status
Serving a life sentence.
Details
Former boss of the Bonanno crime family, convicted in 2006 of the murder of Frank Santoro, later convicted in 2011 of ordering the murder of Bonnano associate Randolph Pizzolo.
Ronnie Thomas
Ronnie Thomas
Inmate Name
Ronnie Thomas
Register Number
43322-037
Status
Released from custody on November 10, 2022.
Details
Leader of the Tree Top Pirus, a subset of the Bloods street gang in Maryland, and producer of the Stop Snitchin' video series; convicted in 2010 of racketeering for participating in murder conspiracy, drug trafficking and robbery.
Edgar Valdez Villarreal
Edgar Valdez Villarreal
Inmate Name
Edgar Valdez Villarreal
Register Number
05658-748
Status
Sentenced to 49 years. Scheduled for release in 2056.
Details
American-Mexican drug lord, extradited to US on September 30, 2015. Will be released on 27 July 2056.
Ronell Wilson
Ronell Wilson
Inmate Name
Ronell Wilson
Register Number
71460-053
Status
Transferred to MDCF Springfield Serving a life sentence.
Details
Gang leader in Staten Island, New York; murdered NYPD Detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews, who were conducting a sting operation to buy an illegal gun in 2003. Wilson was initially on death row before having his sentence reduced to life without parole on the grounds of that he was mentally disabled.
José Antonio Acosta Hernández
José Antonio Acosta Hernández
Inmate Name
José Antonio Acosta Hernández
Register Number
92043-280
Status
Serving a life sentence.
Details
One of several known leaders of the Mexican gang La Línea.
Inmate Name
Register Number
Photo
Status
Details
Whitey Bulger
02182-748
Served life sentences plus 5 years under his real name, James J. Bulger. Murdered in 2018 upon arrival at USP Hazelton.
Former leader of the Winter Hill Gang in Massachusetts and FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive; apprehended in 2011 after 16 years on the run; convicted in 2013 of ordering 11 murders, as well as extortion, money laundering and drug trafficking. Transferred in October 2018 to the Federal Transfer Center and then to USP Hazelton, where he was murdered less
Benjamin Arellano Felix
00678-748
Scheduled for release in 2032.
Former leader of the Tijuana Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy and money laundering for directing the importation of thousands of tons of cocaine into the US; the cartel killed over 1,000 civilians and police officers over a 16-year period.
Louis Daidone
39065-053
Serving a life sentence.
Former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family, convicted of racketeering, loan sharking, extortion, and for the 1989 murder of Tom Gilmore, a Lucchese associate. He was also convicted of the 1990 murder of Bruno Facciola, in which Daidone lured Facciola into a Brooklyn garage where he was killed, and also stuffed a dead canary in Facciola's mouth
Stephen Caracappa
04597-748
Sentenced to life plus 80 years. Died in 2017.
Former NYPD detective; convicted in 2006 of taking bribes to carry out murders and leak law enforcement intelligence disclosing the identities of witnesses for then Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso; his partner, Louis Eppolito, was sentenced to life plus 100 years.
Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez
59344-380
Serving a life sentence.
Leader of the Mexican Gulf Cartel, extradited from Mexico to the U . in 2015 on narcotics charges for importing cocaine and marijuana to the U ., as well as threatening two federal agents at gunpoint during the 1999 Matamoros standoff.
Vincent Basciano
30694-054
Serving a life sentence.
Former boss of the Bonanno crime family, convicted in 2006 of the murder of Frank Santoro, later convicted in 2011 of ordering the murder of Bonnano associate Randolph Pizzolo.
Ronnie Thomas
43322-037
Released from custody on November 10, 2022.
Leader of the Tree Top Pirus, a subset of the Bloods street gang in Maryland, and producer of the Stop Snitchin' video series; convicted in 2010 of racketeering for participating in murder conspiracy, drug trafficking and robbery.
Edgar Valdez Villarreal
05658-748
Sentenced to 49 years. Scheduled for release in 2056.
American-Mexican drug lord, extradited to US on September 30, 2015. Will be released on 27 July 2056.
Ronell Wilson
71460-053
Transferred to MDCF Springfield Serving a life sentence.
Gang leader in Staten Island, New York; murdered NYPD Detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews, who were conducting a sting operation to buy an illegal gun in 2003. Wilson was initially on death row before having his sentence reduced to life without parole on the grounds of that he was mentally disabled.
José Antonio Acosta Hernández
92043-280
Serving a life sentence.
One of several known leaders of the Mexican gang La Línea.
· Notable inmates (current and former) › Others
Randy Lanier
Randy Lanier
Inmate Name
Randy Lanier
Register Number
04961-069
Status
Released in 2015; served 26 years.
Details
Racecar driver, 1984 IMSA Camel GT champion and 1986 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year; convicted in 1988 of directing a drug operation that brought more than 600,000 pounds of marijuana into the United States from Colombia between 1982 and 1986.
Nicholas Slatten
Nicholas Slatten
Inmate Name
Nicholas Slatten
Register Number
16018-081
Status
Granted a full presidential pardon by U . President Donald Trump after receiving a life sentence.
Details
Former Blackwater security guard, convicted of murder in 2014 for his role in the Nisour Square massacre.
Mahdi Jama Mohamed
Mahdi Jama Mohamed
Inmate Name
Mahdi Jama Mohamed
Register Number
77985-083
Status
Deceased. Died on August 22, 2023, while scheduled for release in 2041.
Details
Sentenced for his involvement in the SY quest hijacking that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens.
Brendt Christensen
Brendt Christensen
Inmate Name
Brendt Christensen
Register Number
22127-026
Status
Serving a life sentence plus ten years.
Details
Kidnapped, raped, and murdered Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Larry Nassar
Larry Nassar
Inmate Name
Larry Nassar
Register Number
21504-040
Status
Serving a 60-year federal sentence; now at USP Lewisburg.
Details
Former USA Gymnastics team physician, and Michigan State University professor and clinician, pleaded guilty to federal charges relating to the possession of thousands of items of child pornography. Also pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting hundreds of underage girls countless times over decades. On 9 July 2023, Nassar was stabbed multiple times by
George Martorano
George Martorano
Inmate Name
George Martorano
Register Number
12973-004
Status
Sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Released on October 5, 2015, after serving 32 years.
Details
Was the longest-serving first-time non-violent offender in the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the time of his release. Wrote 31 books while in prison.
Scott Lee Kimball
Scott Lee Kimball
Inmate Name
Scott Lee Kimball
Register Number
14444-006
Status
Scheduled release date in 2082. Currently at USP Florence High.
Details
Serial killer sentenced to 70 years in Colorado state prison in 2009 for financial crimes and four murders committed while he was an FBI informant. Suspected of having committed additional murders. Convicted of attempted escape in 2020 after a prisoner he was plotting with three years earlier informed the FBI; transferred from state to federal cust
Paul Anthony Ciancia
Paul Anthony Ciancia
Inmate Name
Paul Anthony Ciancia
Register Number
67089-112
Status
Transferred to FCI Atlanta. Serving a life sentence plus 60 years.
Details
Pleaded guilty in 2016 for the 2013 LAX Shooting.
Luke Sommer
Luke Sommer
Inmate Name
Luke Sommer
Register Number
38474-086
Status
Scheduled release date in 2034.
Details
Former US Army Ranger; pleaded guilty to bank robbery in 2008 for masterminding the takeover robbery of a bank in Tacoma, Washington; pleaded guilty in 2010 to attempting to solicit the murder of an Assistant United States Attorney.
Auburn Calloway
Auburn Calloway
Inmate Name
Auburn Calloway
Register Number
14601-076
Status
Serving a life sentence.
Details
Attempted to hijack and crash Federal Express Flight 705 as a deadheading passenger. Convicted of attempted air piracy and interference of flight crew operations and given two consecutive life sentences, reduced to one following appeal.
Inmate Name
Register Number
Photo
Status
Details
Randy Lanier
04961-069
Released in 2015; served 26 years.
Racecar driver, 1984 IMSA Camel GT champion and 1986 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year; convicted in 1988 of directing a drug operation that brought more than 600,000 pounds of marijuana into the United States from Colombia between 1982 and 1986.
Nicholas Slatten
16018-081
Granted a full presidential pardon by U . President Donald Trump after receiving a life sentence.
Former Blackwater security guard, convicted of murder in 2014 for his role in the Nisour Square massacre.
Mahdi Jama Mohamed
77985-083
Deceased. Died on August 22, 2023, while scheduled for release in 2041.
Sentenced for his involvement in the SY quest hijacking that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens.
Brendt Christensen
22127-026
Serving a life sentence plus ten years.
Kidnapped, raped, and murdered Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Larry Nassar
21504-040
Serving a 60-year federal sentence; now at USP Lewisburg.
Former USA Gymnastics team physician, and Michigan State University professor and clinician, pleaded guilty to federal charges relating to the possession of thousands of items of child pornography. Also pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting hundreds of underage girls countless times over decades. On 9 July 2023, Nassar was stabbed multiple times by
George Martorano
12973-004
Sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Released on October 5, 2015, after serving 32 years.
Was the longest-serving first-time non-violent offender in the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the time of his release. Wrote 31 books while in prison.
Scott Lee Kimball
14444-006
Scheduled release date in 2082. Currently at USP Florence High.
Serial killer sentenced to 70 years in Colorado state prison in 2009 for financial crimes and four murders committed while he was an FBI informant. Suspected of having committed additional murders. Convicted of attempted escape in 2020 after a prisoner he was plotting with three years earlier informed the FBI; transferred from state to federal cust
Paul Anthony Ciancia
67089-112
Transferred to FCI Atlanta. Serving a life sentence plus 60 years.
Pleaded guilty in 2016 for the 2013 LAX Shooting.
Luke Sommer
38474-086
Scheduled release date in 2034.
Former US Army Ranger; pleaded guilty to bank robbery in 2008 for masterminding the takeover robbery of a bank in Tacoma, Washington; pleaded guilty in 2010 to attempting to solicit the murder of an Assistant United States Attorney.
Auburn Calloway
14601-076
Serving a life sentence.
Attempted to hijack and crash Federal Express Flight 705 as a deadheading passenger. Convicted of attempted air piracy and interference of flight crew operations and given two consecutive life sentences, reduced to one following appeal.

References

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