Federal Medical Center (Rochester)

The Federal Medical Center ( " FMC Rochester " ) is a prison in Rochester, Minnesota. It reports to the Federal Bureau of Prisons of the United States. It specializes in physiotherapy and psychological care of the approximately 900 inmates.

The Federal Medical Center was created from the former Rochester State Hospital and is on the outskirts of Rochester. In 1983, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the terrain from Olmsted County. The official opening of the prison took place in 1985. The prisoners are offered several ways to actively work on their rehabilitation in special programs.

Known inmates were the Jim Bakker televangelist and former presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, who was convicted in 1989 due to credit fraud and conspiracy. Even Umar Abd al-Rahman, leader of the Islamist Al- Jama ʿ a al - Islamiyya was temporarily housed in Rochester. However, he was transferred to a prison with higher security.