The Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton (FCI Elkton) is a low-security United States

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for male inmates near

Elkton, Ohio Elkton is an unincorporated community in Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. It lies along Ohio State Route 154 at the confluence of Elk Run and the Little Beaver Creek. The low-security Federal Correctional Institution, ...

. It is operated by the

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, a division of the

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. It also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses low and minimum-security male inmates. It is located in Elkrun Township,

Columbiana County Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 101,877. The county seat is Lisbon and its largest city is Salem. Created in 1803, the county name is derived from that of 15th-centur ...

. FCI Elkton is located in central Columbiana County, Ohio and is 45 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Notable incidents

In 2010, a federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio, charged FCI Elkton inmate William J. Platz, age 61, with drawing and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct to another inmate between August 2007 and April 2008. Platz was already serving an 11-year sentence for a

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conviction in 2000 and was a co-conspirator with Eric Rosser. Rosser was an FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive until his capture in 2001. Platz subsequently pleaded guilty and was sentenced to additional prison time, which he served at the

Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville The Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville (FCI Seagoville) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Seagoville, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a ...

, a low-security facility in Texas. He was released in 2016.

Notable inmates (current and former)

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Notable inmates (current and former)

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