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  2. Federal Correctional Institution, Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    Federal Penitentiary Atlanta 1920 postcard. The Federal Correctional Institution, Atlanta (FCI Atlanta) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Atlanta, Georgia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

  3. Atlanta prison riots - Wikipedia

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    The riots lasted 11 days, involved more than 100 hostages, and burned down a substantial portion of the facility. [3] During the riot, 32 year-old Cuban inmate Jose Pena-Perez was killed by a correctional officer. According to prison warden Joseph Petrovsky, the officer shot the inmate to protect a fellow officer. [2]

  4. Ga. prison 'lacked regard for human life,' Senate probe shows ...

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    A Senate investigation revealed evidence on Tuesday of widespread corruption and misconduct dating back years at a federal penitentiary in Atlanta. At a hearing Tuesday morning, an investigatory ...

  5. Atlanta’s federal penitentiary being inspected after inmates ...

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    Channel 2 has reported on security issues at the federal prison for years. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

  6. List of inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

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    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 Papa: Unlisted* Murdered at USP Atlanta in 1977.

  7. Atlanta’s federal penitentiary poses threat to entire ... - AOL

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    A U.S. Senate Committee investigation has uncovered that security and safety lapses at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary are so bad, a government assessment called it a security risk for people ...

  8. Justice Department says jail conditions in Georgia's Fulton ...

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    The report resulted from a federal investigation launched in July 2023 to examine living conditions, access to medical and mental health care, use of excessive force by staff, and conditions that may give rise to violence between people held in jails in the county, which includes most of Atlanta. Federal authorities cited the September 2022 ...

  9. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Federal prison officials were close to canceling the contract in 1992, according to media accounts at the time, but they said conditions at the facility started to improve after frequent inspections. In a federal lawsuit, one LeMarquis employee, Richard Moore, alleged that he had been severely beaten by another employee – at the direction of ...