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Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland

Federal prison in Maryland, United States

Summary

Federal prison in Maryland, United States

FieldValue
prison_nameFederal Correctional Institution, Cumberland
imageFCI.CUMBERLAND.jpg
image_size300
locationAllegany County,
near Cumberland, Maryland
statusOperational
classificationMedium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
population1,179 (304 in prison camp)
opened1994
managed_byFederal Bureau of Prisons

near Cumberland, Maryland The Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland (FCI Cumberland) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Maryland. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders.

FCI Cumberland is located in unincorporated Allegany County, western Maryland, 130 mi northwest of Washington, D.C.

FCI Cumberland also has a license plate manufacturing center, where inmates produce license plates used on federal government vehicles.

Notable inmates

Current

Inmate NameRegister NumberPhotoStatusDetails
Jeffrey MacDonald00131-177[[File:Jeffrey MacDonald.webp80px]]Serving a life sentence.Former US Army doctor; convicted in 1979 of the 1970 murders of his wife and two children in their home at Fort Bragg Army Base in North Carolina; the case was the subject of author Joe McGinniss's book and NBC's miniseries Fatal Vision.
Ed Brown03923-049Serving a 37-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2034. Currently at FCI Gilmer.Sovereign citizen movement member; convicted in 2009 of conspiracy for stockpiling bombs and firearms during an 8-month standoff with authorities attempting to apprehend him and his wife, Elaine Brown, for a 2007 tax evasion conviction.
Javaid Perwaiz26867–083Serving a 59-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2069.Former OBGYN in Virginia who performed unnecessary surgeries, including hysterectomies and sterilizations, on women.
Clayton Waagner17258–039Scheduled for release in 2042.Convicted bank robber and anti-abortion terrorist who was on one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and United States Marshals Service Top 15 Fugitives list.
Bobby Paul Edwards32836–171Serving a 10-year sentence; scheduled for release on November 6, 2026. Currently at FCI Jesup.Restaurant owner who forced mentally disabled employee to work at his restaurant. The case was high-profile over allegations that the crime was racially motivated (Edwards is white and the victim was black).
Abduwali Muse70636-054[[File:Abdulwalimuse2_(cropped).jpg80px]]Sentenced to 33 years and 9 months imprisonment, to be released June 20, 2038.Convicted of hijacking, kidnapping and hosting-taking in connection to the Maersk Alabama hijacking in 2009.
Ryan Salame76655–510Serving an 7.5-year sentence.Convicted of conspiring to make unlawful political contributions, defrauding the Federal Election Commission and conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, and was sentenced on May 28, 2024.
Marc Laruelle73028-509Serving a 4-year sentencelast=Kendallfirst=Joshua C.date=2023-08-14title=When Doctors Need Doctors: Lowering the Barriers to Seeking Helpurl=https://undark.org/2023/08/14/when-doctors-need-doctors-lowering-the-barriers-to-seeking-help/access-date=2024-10-21website=Undark Magazinelanguage=en-US}}

Former

Inmate NameRegister NumberPhotoStatusDetails
Joseph Watts42320–053Released from custody on January 14, 2022; served 11 years.High ranking associate of the Gambino crime family. Was found guilty in 2011 for his part in a 1989 murder conspiracy on orders of John Gotti.
Bernard Kerik84888-054[[File:BernardKerik.JPG80px]]Released from custody in 2013; served 3 years.Former NYPD Commissioner and Homeland Security Secretary nominee under President George W. Bush; pleaded guilty in 2009 to tax evasion for accepting services from a company in return for his assistance in obtaining a city construction permit.
Jack Abramoff27593-112[[File:Jack Abramoff at "In the Dock" 2011.jpg80px]]Released from custody in 2010; served 42 months.Former Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist at the center of the largest lobbying scandal in American political history; pleaded guilty in 2006 to fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy to bribe public officials.
Cameron Douglas70707-054[[File:Cameron Douglas at the SBIFF 2019.jpg80px]]Released on August 1, 2016; served 7 years.On July 28, 2009, Douglas was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration for possession of 0.5 pounds (0.23 kg) of methamphetamine. Due to the large amount of the drug seized, Douglas was charged with intent to distribute. The charge carries a minimum prison sentence of 10 years and a maximum of life.
Gordon Ernst64601–037Serving a 30-month sentence; scheduled for release in 2024.Former Georgetown University men and women's tennis coach, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, three counts of federal programs bribery and filing false tax returns for failing to report many of the bribery payments as part of the Varsity Blues scandal.
Stewart Rhodes81981–509[[File:Stewart Rhodes 2011.jpg80px]]Released after sentence was commuted by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025.Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy, Obstructing an Official Proceeding, and other crimes surrounding the Protest at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 and sentenced to 18 years.
Solomon Dwek27925-050Released from custody in 2015; served 29 months.Former real estate investor and key informant for Operation Bid Rig, one of the largest corruption stings in US history resulting in the convictions of dozens of public officials in New Jersey; arrested in 2006 for masterminding a $50 million bank fraud.
Webster Hubbell20219-009Released from custody in 1997; served two years.A key figure in the Whitewater controversy; convicted of wire fraud and tax fraud for overbilling legal clients. See also: United States v. Hubbell, a 2000 Supreme Court case.
Masoud Khan46810-083Released in 2018Leader of the Virginia jihad network; convicted in 2004 of seditious conspiracy and other charges for attending a terrorist training camp run by the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba and purchasing weapons in preparation to undertake violent jihad; several co-conspirators were also sentenced to prison. Released in 2018 after judge Leonie Brinkema determined that the sentences of the men involved in the plot were "draconian" and vacated their sentences. As of 2020, all members of the network have been released from prison.
Aldrich Ames40087-083[[File:Aldrich Ames mugshot.jpgframeless102x102px]]Died while serving a sentence of life without parole on January 5, 2026American CIA counterintelligence officer; convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994; responsible for the arrest and eventual execution of numerous Soviet and Russian officials secretly working on behalf of the U.S. intelligence community

References

References

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  2. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Allegany County, MD". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
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  4. Moran, Terry. "Jeffrey MacDonald Seeks New Trial in Triple Murder". ABC News.
  5. (November 12, 2014). "Ed Brown, Caged For Questioning Ransom, Shares Thoughts".
  6. Feyerick, Deb. (October 5, 2007). "N.H. tax evaders taken into custody after standoff". CNN.
  7. (January 11, 2010). "EDWARD BROWN SENTENCED TO 37 YEARS". US Department of Justice.
  8. Associated Press. (July 20, 2013). "Buyer beware? Feds to warn of land mines, booby traps on tax militants' auctioned NH land". Fox News.
  9. (October 9, 2021). "Former Chesapeake OB/GYN Sentenced to 59 Years in Prison".
  10. (19 April 2006). "Anthrax hoaxer admits carjacking, robbery".
  11. (2019-11-06). "South Carolina Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Forcing Man with Intellectual Disability to Work at Restaurant".
  12. (11 Oct 2024). "Social media loving FTX exec Ryan Salame heads to prison—and his GOP wife may soon follow".
  13. (28 May 2024). "Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced To 90 Months In Prison".
  14. (2022-10-19). "Southern District of New York {{!}} Yonkers Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of More Than 100,000 Oxycodone Pills {{!}} United States Department of Justice".
  15. Kendall, Joshua C.. (2023-08-14). "When Doctors Need Doctors: Lowering the Barriers to Seeking Help".
  16. (May 28, 2013). "Kerik Released From Prison After 3 Years". The New York Times.
  17. Dolnick, Sam. (November 5, 2009). "Kerik Confesses to Cheating I.R.S. and Telling Lies". The New York Times.
  18. Associated Press. (June 9, 2010). "Jack Abramoff Released from Prison". CBS News.
  19. Schmitt, Richard B.. (September 5, 2008). "Ex-GOP lobbyist Abramoff sentenced to 4 years in prison". Los Angeles Times.
  20. (10 September 2014). "Michael Douglas' Son Cameron To Be Released From Jail EarlIer Than Expected — News Comes On Eve Of Star's 70th Birthday".
  21. "BOP: Federal Inmates by Name".
  22. "Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders, jailed over January 6, are freed by President Trump".
  23. (2025-01-21). "Granting Pardons And Commutation Of Sentences For Certain Offenses Relating To The Events At Or Near The United States Capitol On January 6, 2021".
  24. (2023-05-25). "Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for Capitol riot".
  25. Sherman, Ted. (March 20, 2015). "Solomon Dwek, at center of big corruption sting, released early from prison". NJ.com.
  26. (October 18, 2012). "-Year Sentence for Informer in Corruption Case". The New York Times.
  27. Sherman, Ted. (July 22, 2011). "2 years later, legacy of Operation Bid Rig corruption sting lives on". The Star-Ledger of New Jersey.
  28. "Fees from Friends Bring Fresh Woes for Hubbell".
  29. "Washingtonpost.com Special Report: Clinton Accused". [[The Washington Post]].
  30. (March 4, 2004). "'Paintball Terrorists' Convicted of Conspiracy". FoxNews.com.
  31. (June 15, 2004). "Sentences lengthy for 'Virginia jihad'". USA Today.
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