Marion penitentiary honors fallen correctional officers
The U S Penitentiary at Marion held a ceremony honoring current and past prison staff and those who died in the line of duty, recalling the 1983 murders by inmates Thomas Silverstein and Clayton Fountain. The event marked National Correctional Officers Week, with a 21 gun salute and a Clutts family homage.
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Gene” Clutts
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Notable prisoners held at Marion Federal Penitentiary
A survey lists famous inmates associated with Marion Prison including John Gotti known as the Teflon Don, Jonathan Pollard, Matthew Granger, John Walker, Bernard Welch, Jeff Fort, Gary Gilmore, Jack Henry Abbott, Leonard Peltier and Pete Rose. It notes their crimes, sentences and transfers to Marion or other facilities.
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Abbott
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Kan
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Pine Ridge Reservation
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Rose
Marion Federal Prison a New Alcatraz of the U S
The U S Penitentiary at Marion opened in 1963 as a pioneering supermax facility in Illinois. It housed violent inmates and operated as a regional economic engine, employing over 350 with a planned 252 bed addition, while sharing the nation’s highest security role with Florence Colorado.
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