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| Location | 501 Gary Hill Road Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 |
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| Coordinates | 33°45′31″N 81°55′10″W / 33.75861°N 81.91944°WCoordinates: 33°45′31″N 81°55′10″W / 33.75861°N 81.91944°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium (Male) |
| Capacity | 960 |
| Opened | 1998 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Edgefield Federal Correctional Institution also known as Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield, is a medium security federal prison for men located in Edgefield, South Carolina. The facility is located on the border between South Carolina and Georgia on highway 25, and is served by airports in Augusta, Georgia and Columbia.
The facility was opened in November 1998, has the capacity to house 960 inmates, and has a staff of around 400. There is also a smaller satellite prison camp for minimum security inmates.[1]
Notable inmates
- William Cotton, former Hamilton County, Tennessee Commissioner, caught up in the Operation Tennessee Waltz corruption sting.[2]
- René Gonzáles, one of the Cuban five.[3]
- Kent Hovind, founder of Creation Science Evangelism[4]
- Thomas Noe[3][5]
- Merle Temple, former campaign manager of Georgia schools superintendent Linda Schrenko, in prison for embezzling $600,000 in federal education money.[6]
- Mark Whitacre[3][7]
References
- ^ Mary Bosworth (2002). The U. S. federal prison system. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. ISBN 0-7619-2305-5.
- ^ Lazenby, Brian (June 4, 2006). "Cotton to Begin Serving Time for Extortion". Chattanooga Times Free Press. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/comsite5/bin/pdinventory.pl?pdlanding=1&referid=2930&purchase_type=ITM&item_id=0286-18179808. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ^ a b c Drew, James; Steve Eder (March 9, 2007). "Noe sent from Michigan to Oklahoma jail". The Blade. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070309/NEWS02/703090431. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ "Locate a Federal Inmate: Kent Hovind". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2007. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=Hovind&Middle=&FirstName=Kent&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=19&y=12. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ Drew, James; Steve Eder (May 1, 2007). "Noe's wife claims he is in solitary confinement". The Blade. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070501/SRRARECOINS/305010022. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ The Associated Press (November 25, 2006). "Former Schrenko Campaign Manager Seeks Bush Pardon". The Augusta Chronicle. http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/112506/D8LK7ET00.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ^ Weinberg, Neil (June 10, 2002). "Ring of Thieves". Forbes. http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2002/0610/064.html. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
External links
- Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield – Official website
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