- Metropolitan Correctional Center, San Diego
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The Metropolitan Correctional Center, San Diego (MCC San Diego) is a Federal Bureau of Prisons remand center in downtown San Diego located at 808 Union St. adjacent to the Federal courthouse, one block east of Pantoja Park and two blocks west of the Westfield Horton Plaza. The facility opened on November 11, 1974 as part of the Horton Plaza Redevelopment Project.[1]
MCC San Diego is an administrative facility designed to house federal prisoners of all security levels, including both male and female offenders. The building is 23 stories and can house 1,300 inmates.[2]
Notable inmates
Name Number Status Details Patty Hearst Released American newspaper heiress, socialite, and actress Christopher Boyce 19347-148 Released March 14, 2003[3] a convicted spy who sold U.S. spy satellite secrets to the Soviet Union in the 1970s Eldridge Cleaver Stephen M. Cohen Duke Cunningham 94405-198 Moved to United States Penitentiary, Tucson[4] Republican member of the United States House of Representatives Jimmy Fratianno[1][5][6] Released mobster Andrew Daulton Lee convicted of espionage Francisco Javier Arellano Félix brother of Ramón Arellano Félix and a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Tijuana Cartel Brent R. Wilkes 00858-298 an American defense contractor References
- ^ a b "Los Angeles Times: Archives". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/645536162.html?dids=645536162:645536162&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS.[dead link]
- ^ Huspek, Michael (August 24, 1997). "THE STATE; Why Violence Is Growing Along the U.S.-Mexico Border". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/13619641.html?dids=13619641:13619641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS.
- ^ "Locate a Federal Inmate: Christopher Boyce". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2010. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Christopher&Middle=&LastName=Boyce&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=44&y=13. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ^ "Locate a Federal Inmate: Randall Cunningham". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2010. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Randall+&Middle=&LastName=Cunningham&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=42&y=24. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ^ Zuckerman, Michael (1987). Vengeance Is Mine. Collier Macmillan. p. 74. ISBN 0026336405.
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jLIVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lA4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4276,3592684&dq
External links
Categories:- Buildings and structures in San Diego, California
- Federal Correctional Institutions in the United States
- Prisons in California
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