Prison Name: | Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low |
Location: | Gregg Township, Union County, near Allenwood, Pennsylvania |
Status: | Operational |
Classification: | Low-security |
Population: | 1,450 |
Opened: | 1992 |
Managed By: | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low (FCI Allenwood Low) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania.[1] It is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.[2]
FCC Allenwood is located 75 miles north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the state capital, just west of US Route 15.
In February 2013, Fred Hagenbuch, 52, a former correction officer at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, a high-security prison also located in Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of government property for stealing items from FCC Allenwood. The stolen property included electrical conduit, fence post, and mesh fencing valued at approximately $1,545.[3]
width=13% | Inmate Name | width=9% | Register Number | width=5% | Photo | width=24% | Status | width=54% | Details |
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Jeb Stuart Magruder | Released in January 1975 after serving seven months | A White House staffer and Nixon election campaign executive, Magruder was sentenced to ten months to four years for his role in the Watergate Scandal. | |||||||
Ng Lap Seng | 92441-054 | Served a 4 year sentence released in 2021 | Chinese businessman convicted in 2017 for bribery. | ||||||
John P. McGonigle | 20050-038 | Released in 1999 | A former Middlesex County Sheriff, McGonigle was convicted of tax evasion and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering for demanding kickbacks from two of his deputies.[4] [5] [6] | ||||||
Kifah Jayyousi | 39551-039 | Released in 2017; served 12 years.[7] | Co-defendant of Jose Padilla; convicted in 2007 of murder conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism for sending money, equipment, and recruits to support jihad overseas.[8] [9] | ||||||
Alex van der Zwaan | 35255-016 | Released June 4, 2018, after serving 30 days, then deported[10] to England. | Making false statements in relation to the Special Counsel investigation on foreign interference in the 2016 US elections. | ||||||
Nicholas Corozzo | 19241-053 | Released November 29, 2019 after serving 11 years. | High-ranking member of the Gambino crime family and top lieutenant of John Gotti. In 2009, Corozzo was sentenced to 13½ years for corruption charges and involvement in two 1996 murders.[11] | ||||||
Kevin Seefried | 25549-509 | Serving a 3 year sentence, scheduled for release December 18, 2025 | Participant in the Capitol Attack[12] | ||||||
Martin Shkreli | 87850-053 | Released May 18, 2022 after serving four years, two months[13] | Nicknamed the "pharma bro." Convicted of securities fraud. Was originally at Fort Dix, until it was discovered he was still running his company via a contraband cellphone, which led to his transfer to Allenwood. | ||||||
Tal Prihar | 12911-509 | Serving a eight year sentence, scheduled for release in 2026 | Israeli man pleaded guilty of conspiracy for money laundering.[14] | ||||||
Virgil Griffith | 79038-112 | Sentenced to 63 months, scheduled for release January 19, 2026. | Convicted of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, after speaking at a cryptocurrency conference in Pyongyang, North Korea. |