Federal Medical Center, Rochester Explained

Prison Name:Federal Medical Center, Rochester
(FMC Rochester)
Location:Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Status:Operational
Classification:Medical
Population:786
Managed By:Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden:Steve Kallis

The Federal Medical Center, Rochester (FMC Rochester) is a United States federal prison in Minnesota for male inmates requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental health care. It is designated as an administrative facility, which means it holds inmates of all security classifications. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

FMC Rochester is located in southeastern Minnesota, 2miles east of downtown Rochester.[1]

Facility

FMC Rochester is one of six medical referral centers within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Health Services staff at FMC include physicians, a dentist, dental assistants, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, a radiological technician, physical therapists, laboratory technologists and a respiratory therapist. Mental Health Services through the Psychiatry and Psychology Departments are available to all inmates. These include educational groups, therapy groups, individual therapy, intensive diagnosis/assessment, and inpatient treatment. In addition, outpatient substance abuse treatment services are available.[2]

In 2009, Philip Fornaci, the director of the DC Prisoners' Project, stated that Rochester, along with FMC Butner and FMC Carswell, "are clearly the "gold standard" in terms of what BOP facilities can achieve in providing medical care" and that they had provided "excellent medical care, sometimes for extremely complex medical needs."[3]

Notable incidents

In July 2009, Richard Torres, a correction officer at FMC Rochester, was indicted for smuggling contraband into the facility for an inmate in exchange for thousands of dollars in bribes. The contraband included cellular telephones, tobacco and creatine powder. Torres was terminated. Two months later, he pleaded guilty to soliciting a bribe and he was sentenced to one year in federal prison.[4] [5]

Notable inmates

Current

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15213-196Serving a life sentence.Perpetrator of the 2011 Tucson shooting in Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2012 to the attempted assassination of U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords and the murder of six people, including U.S. District Judge John Roll.[6] [7]
Luke Helder36460-048Currently being held indefinitelyPlanted homemade pipe bombs in mailboxes in five Midwestern states in 2002; ruled incompetent to stand trial in 2004.[8] [9] [10]
Ming Sen Shiue00499-041<-- Deleted image removed: -->Serving a life sentence (with the possibility of parole).Kidnapped Mary Stauffer and her daughter Elizabeth. Also serving a 40-year sentence on state murder charges for killing a 6-year-old boy who witnessed the crime. Shiue was detained indefinitely as a dangerous sexual predator in 2010.[11]
Brian Kolfage26978-017Serving 4 years and 4 months (started July 25, 2023)Pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, filing false tax returns in connection with the We Build the Wall Scam.

Former

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Jim Bakker07407-058Released from custody in 1994; served 5 years.Founder of Praise the Lord (PTL) Ministries; convicted of fraud in 1989 for stealing millions of dollars in donations from his members.[12] [13]
Sol Wachtler32571-054Released from custody in 1994; served 11 months.[14] Former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals; pleaded guilty in 1992 to sending messages to his ex-mistress threatening to kidnap her 14-year-old daughter in retaliation for her ending their affair.[15]
Lyndon LaRouche15204-083Released from custody in 1994; served 5 years.Three-time presidential candidate; convicted in 1988 of scheming to defraud the IRS and deliberately defaulting on more than $30 million in loans from his supporters.[16]
Miles J. Jones20907-045Released from custody in 2010; served 18 months.Forensic pathologist-physician convicted of income-tax evasion[17]
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman[18] 34892-054Transferred to FMC Butner, where he died in February 2017Egyptian Muslim leader, convicted of seditious conspiracy after investigation into the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Dennis Hastert47991-424Entered prison June 2016; Released from custody in 2017; served 13 months out of a 15-month sentence.Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, convicted of breaking financial rules in hush money aimed at covering up sexual abuse of teenagers.[19]
Leo Earl Sharp Sr.46394-039Entered prison May 2014; Compassionate release granted in June 2015; served 13 months of a 3-year sentence. Died December, 2016.Drug courier for Sinaloa Cartel, and inspiration for Clint Eastwood movie The Mule.[20]
Gregory Scarpa30880-053Deceased in custody in 1994.Colombo crime family hitman and FBI informant.
Keith E. Anderson 63025-004 Served a 20-year sentence; released in 2019. Owner of Anderson's Ark & Associates tax preparation company; extradited from Costa Rica in 2002; convicted in 2004 of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering for assisting over 2,000 clients in five countries evade taxes on millions of dollars of income.[21] [22]
Melvin Mayes09891-000Sentenced to three life sentences; Released in February 2022 on compassionate release due to a terminal illness.[23] Lieutenant for El Rukn street gang leader Jeff Fort; convicted in absentia in 1987 of racketeering, drug trafficking and conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in the US on behalf of the Libyan government; captured in 1995 after eight years as a fugitive.[24]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FMC Rochester . Bop.gov . 2015-06-11 . 2015-10-09.
  2. Web site: Admission and Orientation Handbook . Bop.gov . 2015-10-09.
  3. Fornaci, Philip (Director of the DC Prisoners' Project). "Federal Bureau of Prisons Oversight Hearing " (Archive). Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. July 21, 2009. Retrieved on February 5, 2016.
  4. Web site: Rochester prison guard charged with smuggling contraband | Minnesota Public Radio News . Minnesota.publicradio.org . 2015-10-09.
  5. Web site: Prison guard sentenced for smuggling contraband | Minnesota Public Radio News . Minnesota.publicradio.org . 2010-03-04 . 2015-10-09.
  6. Web site: Jared Lee Loughner Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Tucson Shooting. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 3 November 2013. August 7, 2012.
  7. Web site: Jared Loughner Sentenced To Life In Prison For Arizona Shooting That Wounded Gabrielle Giffords. Huffington Post. 3 November 2013. Jacques Billeaud. Brian Skoloff . November 8, 2012.
  8. News: Federal charges brought against accused mailbox bomber . CNN . 2002-05-10.
  9. Web site: Van Hyfte . Vanessa . Helder not fit to stand trial . WQAD Report . 2004 . 2007-10-16 . 2007-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222552/http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?s=1756862 . dead .
  10. Web site: Experts say mailbox bomb suspect unlikely to be freed soon . WQAD Report . 2004-04-06. 2007-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222627/http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?s=1767322 . 2007-09-27.
  11. Web site: 2010-09-29 . Judge says killer-rapist Ming Sen Shiue can be held indefinitely . 2022-03-21 . Twin Cities . en-US.
  12. News: Bakker Begins Tests to Evaluate His Mental State . Los Angeles Times . 1989-09-02.
  13. Web site: Jim Bakker arrives – PostBulletin.com: Home . PostBulletin.com . 1989-11-03 . 2015-10-09.
  14. News: Van Gelder. Lawrence. Ex-Judge Wachtler to Move From Prison to Halfway House. 1 November 2013. The New York Times. August 27, 1994.
  15. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/05/nyregion/seeking-leniency-wachtler-blames-adversaries.html?scp=1&sq=%22sol+wachtler%22+pleaded+kidnap&st=nyt Seeking Leniency, Wachtler Blames Adversaries
  16. News: Larouche Receives 15-Year Sentence . The New York Times . 1989-01-28.
  17. Web site: John F. Wood : FORMER LIBERTY PATHOLOGIST SENTENCED FOR FAILING TO FILE TAX RETURNS . Justice.gov . 2015-10-09.
  18. Web site: . Blind Sheik – Former Rochester Federal Prison Inmate – Has Died . 18 February 2017.
  19. Michael Tarm, Ex-Speaker Hastert enters prison: now Inmate No. 47991-424, Associated Press (June 22, 2016).
  20. Web site: Michigan Drug 'Mule' Leo Sharp Gets 3 Years on 90th Birthday. NBC News.
  21. News: 10 Are Charged in Tax Evasion Case Said to Involve 2,000 . The New York Times . 2002-12-12.
  22. Web site: #210: 04-22-05 FOUR DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN $120 MILLION INTERNATIONAL TAX SHELTER CASE . Justice.gov . 2015-10-09.
  23. News: Meisner . Jason . El Rukn general at center of bizarre Libyan terror plot to be released from prison . 23 July 2023 . Chicago Tribune . 21 January 2022.
  24. Web site: El Rukn Member Gets 3 Life Terms In Racketeering Case. tribunedigital-chicagotribune. 1 May 2015.