Federal Correctional Institution, Milan
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| Federal Correctional Instituion, Milan | |
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| Type | Federal Prison |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Headquarters | Milan, Michigan (P.O. Box 9999 Milan, MI 48160) |
| Key people | C. "Ike" Eichenlaub, Warden |
| Industry | Law Enforcement Agency |
| Website | [1] |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Milan or FCI Milan is a U.S. Federal prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is located in Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA. FCI Milan is a low security men's facility and has an adjacent Federal Detention Center for pretrial and holdover inmates. The institution sits on 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).
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[edit] History
FCI Milan was activated on April 6, 1933 as a Federal Detention Farm and has undergone mission changes throughout it's history and was a co-correctional facility from 1933 to 1939, has housed offenders sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act of 1950, and was once a medium security institution.
Some famous female inmates housed at Milan during it's time as a co-correctional instution include Katherine Kelly, the wife of George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Helen Gillis, the wife of Lester "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis, Evelyn Frechette, the companion of John Dillinger, and Margaret Waley, an accomplice in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping.
The only legal Federal execution in the State of Michigan occurred on July 8, 1938 when Anthony Chebatoris was hung for the murder of Henry Porter, a truck driver from Bay City that mistook a police officer, during a bank robbery.
[edit] Inmate programs
FCI Milan offers a Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), which offers inmates completing it's 500 hour residential program a 12 month sentence reduction and 6 months in a halfway house.
The Life Connections Program (LCP) is an 18-month residential voluntary multi-faith restorative justice program which is offered in five BOP facilities across the country. The program is designed to reduce recidivism and bring reconciliation to victim, community and inmate through 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.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official FCI Milan website
- George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping at FBI.gov
- [www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/extra/pdfs/chebatoris.pdf Chebatoris execution at Michigan History Magazine]
- Evelyn Freschette article from PBS.org
- Class action appeal for juveniles sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act at courts.gov
- [www.americanprisonconsultants.com/rdapinstitutions.html Institutions with an RDAP at americanprisonconsultants.com]
- Prison programs at USDOJ.gov
- [www.rotaryclubofannarbor.org/archives/Harpoon060906.pdf Milan High School program at rotaryclubofannarbor.org]
