United States Penitentiary, Allenwood

The Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex ( FCC) is a United States federal prison, which is located in Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. It lies at the feet of the Appalachians, on U.S. Route 15, just north of Washington DC

It includes three institutions that are designed exclusively for male prisoners:

  • FCI Allenwood Low - Minimum Security Level
  • FCI Allenwood Medium - medium security
  • USP Allenwood - Highest level of security

Known occupants

  • Aldrich Ames: former CIA agent and spy for the Soviet Union
  • Gerald Bull: the head of the Space Research Corporation, breach of the embargo against South Africa
  • Louis Daidone: New York mobster and boss of the Lucchese family
  • Larry Levenson: tax offenses
  • Gerald McCann: Former Mayor of Jersey City
  • John Stanfa: Mobster from Philadelphia
  • James Traficant: Former Congressman
  • Thomas Pitera: Mafioso capo of the Bonanno family
  • Clifford Irving: Author, sentenced for falsifying the Howard Hughes autobiography
  • Henry Hill: Associate of the Lucchese family, known for the film Goodfellas
  • James Burke: Associate of the Lucchese family, known for the film Goodfellas
  • Raymond F. Lederer: congressman
  • Jeb Stuart Magruder: involved in the Watergate scandal
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