Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester

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Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester
FCI Manchester.jpg
Location Clay County,
near Manchester, Kentucky
Status Operational
Security class Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population 1,100 (500 in prison camp)
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden S. Butler

The Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester (FCI Manchester) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Kentucky. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders.

FCI Manchester is located in eastern Kentucky, approximately 75 miles (121 km) south of Lexington, the state's second-largest city.[1]

In media

In August 2009, Jeff Smith, then a Missouri state senator, pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice and resigned his seat. Smith was subsequently sentenced to one year in federal prison and served eight months at FCI Manchester. The business magazine Inc. published an article written by Smith on its website in which Smith described his experience at the prison:

It was my first week in a federal prison, and I was beginning to see that it was far more nuanced than the hotbed of sex, drugs, and violence depicted on television documentaries. It was teeming with ambitious, street-smart men, many who appear to have been very successful drug dealers on the outside, and some of whom possess business instincts as sharp as those of the CEOs who wined and dined me six months before.

Notable inmates (current and former)

Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details
Jeremy Hammond 18729-424 Jeremyhammond.jpg Serving a 10-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2021.[2] Member of the computer hacking group Lulzsec; pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy for illegally accessing the systems of law enforcement agencies and government contractors, including the FBI and Stratfor, a global intelligence firm in Texas.[3][4][5]

See also

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