The Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix (FCI Phoenix) is a medium-security United States

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for male and female inmates in Arizona. It is operated by the

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, a division of the

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. The facility houses female offenders in an adjacent minimum-security satellite prison camp. The campus houses 1,150 total inmates as of 7/15/2024. FCI Phoenix is located approximately 25 miles north of downtown Phoenix, also west of Anthem, Arizona but still within the city limits.

History

An environmental impact study was prepared in 1980 for the proposed prison, which was being planned while the

system was overwhelmed with incoming inmates. The facility was opened in April 1985 with two housing units, each containing 66 rooms at the time. By 2002, it employed 349 staff and held 1,525 inmates.

Notable events

On November 4, 2005, Earl Krugel, an activist for the Jewish Defense League, a far right pro-Israel organization, was in the exercise yard when another inmate bludgeoned him to death with a block of concrete. Krugel, who had been convicted for plotting to bomb the office of Arab-American Congressman

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in California, had only been at the prison for three days. Inmate David Frank Jennings was subsequently identified as the attacker. In 2007, Jennings pleaded guilty to

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and was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2008.

Notable Inmates (current and former)

References

External links

Official profile
from the

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History

Notable events

Notable Inmates (current and former)

See also

References

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