Who's who in Coleman FCI
 

I know the wikipedia page has the names of various notable inmates who may or may not be currently still at Coleman, but the news today said Coleman inmate Leonard Peltier (Darling of the left guilty of murdering two law enforcement agents and noted Native American activist) is up for a parole hearing at FCI Coleman soon. Anyone else there?

Imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier faces 'last chance' parole hearing after murdering two FBI agents in 1975 | Daily Mail Online

Why should I care?

What about "Who's who in ToTV Jail"???

Lots of X-cons.


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Justice would have been served had Peltier been executed over 40 years ago. He murdered two FBI agents in 1975. Why should taxpayers have paid to keep him in room and board all these years?

I can only speak for myself....but 'we' refer to it as unsolicited vacation time.

Over the last two years, there have been 2 escapes from prisons near me in PA. The area around the prisons were locked down for 7 days (no coming or going).
Two people were car jacked, and there was evidence of one prisoner in many people’s back yards.

And?
Ive posted this several times on various threads. Coleman has been here since 2001....have you or anyone else experienced any issues related to their population? Not talking about lights, speakers or what one may have seen on Shawshank Redemption. You can be sure BOP has policies/procedures in place in the event of any security breach. Im pretty sure the developer did his due diligence on our long time abutters (sure BOP was in some of those meetings)....i dont think he would've expanded in that general area if he thought it would be an issue.

Basically in my back yard. Made going to the golf course a bit tricky on those weekends.

Probably more dangerous (to us) people (not in prison)within a 25 mile radius?

By the way do you have a list of each person being held at the prison, that you have calibrated their character?
Do you have a plan (like a hurricane plan) in the event of an escape?
Asking for a fellow ostrich……..

I'm more interested in knowing how many unjailed, uncaught criminals are in or near The Villages. They let most of them out on a low bail around here, so they're running around loose - and some just keep on committing crimes while they're out on bail.

Also since I'm not an FBI agent, I'm not too concerned for my own safety, if Peltier ends up going free. In addition, the key witness gave testimony against Peltier, and then the FBI found that she was incompetent to give testimony. There was a lot of testimony and evidence that was later found to not be true. Such as some mechanics about the guns, showing that the gun Peltier had, was not the gun that killed the agents. And the FBI originally said they were looking for an open-bed red pickup truck, but Peltier was driving a fully enclosed orange SUV on a pickup chassis with a white top. And THEN the FBI changed their minds and said they were looking for an orange van with a white top.

So while he was absolutely convicted, there's no doubt about that, there IS a question about his actual guilt.

The guy is also almost 80 years old now - after having been beaten by inmates in a different prison (he's been transferred a couple of times over the years), he's probably not in the kind of shape he'd need to be in, in order to go after more people for the injustices he feels he's endured.

I would love to see a nice looking Village of Coleman sign added to the entrance.

Close friends of mine for more than 40 years resided on the south side of Santa Fe. The prison was not far from their home. Every once in a while they received notice of escapees and not to open their door to anyone. This occurred while I was living in Northern NM and spending a lot of time socializing with them at their home.

"The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, which took place on February 2 and 3, 1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were taken hostage. Several inmates were killed by other prisoners, with some being tortured and mutilated because they had previously acted as informants for prison authorities. Police regained control of PNM 36 hours after the riots had begun. By then, thirty-three inmates had died and more than two hundred were treated for injuries.[1] None of the twelve officers taken hostage were killed, but seven suffered serious injuries caused by beatings and rapes."

New Mexico State Penitentiary riot - Wikipedia

I was living in Pittsford, New York when this happened.

"The Attica Prison Riot, also known as the Attica Prison Rebellion, the Attica Uprising, or the Attica Prison Massacre, took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the highest number of fatalities in the history of United States prison uprisings. Of the 43 men who died (33 inmates and 10 correctional officers and employees), all but one guard and three inmates were killed by law enforcement gunfire when the state retook control of the prison on the final day of the uprising."

Attica Prison riot - Wikipedia

How far away is the prison, from the nearest point in TV?

...just curious.

I dont know the actual. Ive been down there once and there is a pretty significant wooded buffer. No access from TV property. You can use a Google earth view or published aerial images and see how minimal impact is to TV

If you watched Goldwingnut’s most recent video, he comments on a SECO substation he flies around and the MMP there. The end of the Coleman property is about 100 yards (via google earth) to the MMP.
320 feet to be exact.

To an actual house, about 600 feet.