The Federal Correctional Institution, Milan (FCI Milan) is a U.S. federal prison in

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, with most of the prison in York Township, and a portion in

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. It is operated by the

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. This prison is a low-security facility for male inmates. Its adjacent Federal Detention Center houses pretrial and holdover inmates.FCI Milan
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. Retrieved on January 5, 2010. The institution covers approximately and consists of 59 buildings with a total gross floor area of . The facility is southwest of

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, and north of

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History

Federal Correctional Institution Milan Entrance York Township Michigan

FCI Milan was activated on April 6, 1933, as a "Federal Detention Farm" and has undergone mission changes throughout its history. FCI Milan held female inmates from 1933 to 1939, housed offenders sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act of 1950, and was once a medium-security institution. The only federal execution in Michigan occurred on July 8, 1938, when

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was hanged for the murder of Henry Porter, a truck driver from Bay City, whom Chebatoris mistook for a police officer during a

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. Helen Gillis and Evelyn Frechette, the wives of notorious bank robbers

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, served one-year sentences at FCI Milan in the mid-1930s after being convicted of aiding their husbands as they evaded authorities.

Facility and inmate programs

FCI Milan covers and offers a Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), which offers inmates completing its 500-hour residential program up to a 12-month sentence reduction and up to six months in a

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. There are very strict guidelines for admission due to the program's popularity. The Life Connections Program (LCP) is an 18-month residential voluntary multi-faith restorative justice program which is offered in only four other federal prisons. The program is designed to reduce

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and bring reconciliation to the victim, community and inmate 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

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. Milan is the only federal prison which has a high school diploma program.

Notable incidents

2019 inmate murder

On January 2, 2019, inmate Christian Maire was found beaten and stabbed to death. Maire, who was serving a 40-year sentence for his role in a

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production ring, was attacked by inmates Adam Taylor Wright, Jason Dale Kechego, and Alex Albert Castro. Wright and Castro began stabbing Maire before Kechego stomped on Maire's head multiple times before tossing him down a flight of stairs. Wright and Kechego began attacking other inmates and correctional officers responding to the scene. All three men were charged with

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. Wright and Castro were sentenced to 24 years in prison, while Kechego was sentenced to 28 years. All sentences are running consecutive to previous convictions. Wright, Castro, and Kechego are all currently housed at

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Notable inmates

References

External links

FCI Milan
from the

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