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

Federal Bureau of Prisons The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Justice that is responsible for the care, custody, and control of incarcerated individuals who have committed federal crimes; that i ...

. 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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, south of

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, and north of Toledo.

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 Anthony Chebatoris 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

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, the wives of notorious bank robbers

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and

John Dillinger John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster during the Great Depression. He led the Dillinger Gang, which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations. Dillinger was imprisoned several times and ...

, 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 The Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) is an intensive nine-month, 500-hour substance use disorder rehabilitation program administered by the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), offered to federal prisoners who qualify and voluntarily ...

(RDAP), which offers inmates completing its 500-hour residential program up to a 12-month sentence reduction and up to six months in a

halfway house A halfway house is an institute for people with criminal backgrounds or substance use disorder problems to learn (or relearn) the necessary skills to re-integrate into society and better support and care for themselves. As well as serving as a ...

. 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

recidivism Recidivism (; from ''recidive'' and ''ism'', from Latin ''recidīvus'' "recurring", from ''re-'' "back" and ''cadō'' "I fall") is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have experienced negative consequences of th ...

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.Zych, C.
Admission and Orientation Handbook Federal Correctional Institution Milan, Michigan
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. 9 (11 of 24). Retrieved on May 8, 2010.

Notable inmates

References

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FCI Milan
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History

Facility and inmate programs

Notable inmates

See also

References

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