Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto (FCI Loretto) is a U.S. federal prison near Loretto, Pennsylvania

Loretto, Pennsylvania

Loretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is officially part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area as recognized by the US Census Bureau, but local sources list it as part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania area due to its proximity to...

. It is a low-security facility housing male inmates. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male offenders.

The prison is located in southwest Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic and cultural center. Erie, Altoona, and Johnstown are its...

 between Altoona

Altoona, Pennsylvania

-History:A major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 as the site for a shop complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868...

 and Johnstown

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...

, 90 miles (144.8 km) east of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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. The facility is located in Allegheny Township

Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,498 at the 2000 census. The township is the site of the Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto.-Geography:Allegheny...

, Cambria County

Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Cambria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It comprises the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 143,679....

, just southeast of Loretto, off U.S. Route 22

U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania

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, between Interstate 80

Interstate 80

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 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike

Pennsylvania Turnpike

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 via U.S. Route 220

U.S. Route 220

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. It generally holds inmates convicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal law. The Honorable Judge Gary L. Lancaster is currently Chief Judge of the Western Pennsylvania District...

, the federal trial court

Trial court

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 for the area.

History

FCI Loretto was originally converted to a Federal Prison Camp (FPC) from the longstanding St. Francis Seminary, in 1985. The campus was built by the Franciscan Friars, T.O.R. in the late 1950s, closing in 1979. The first fifteen or so inmates were volunteers from FPC Allenwood (PA), who worked to help convert the Seminary. These inmates included an ABSCAM US Representative, drug violators, a car thief, two persons accused of misbranding eggs and others who worked hard at Loretto and were rewarded with freedoms not normally awarded at other FPC facilities.

Notable inmates

Name	Number	Status	Details
Vincent Leibell Vincent Leibell Vincent L. "Uncle Vinny" Leibell, III is a convicted felon and disgraced politician from Putnam County, New York. After a long career in the New York State Legislature, Leibell ran for and was elected County Executive-elect in Putnam County in 2010, but resigned prior to taking office following an...	64385-054	Reported July 2011 to serve a 21 month sentence	New York State Senator from 1994 to 2010, convicted of corruption; he is a member of the Republican Party.
John G. Rowland John G. Rowland John Grosvenor Rowland was the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004; he is a member of the Republican Party. He is married to Patty Rowland, his second wife, and the couple have five children between them...	15623-014	Released on Feb. 10, 2006	was the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004; he is a member of the Republican Party.
Anthony Graziano Anthony Graziano Anthony "T.G." Graziano is a New York mobster and former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family.- Bonanno captain :...	48743-080	As of 2010, transferred to FCI Butner	former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family.

External links

• Official profile from the Federal Bureau of Prisons
  Federal Bureau of Prisons
  The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a federal law enforcement agency subdivision of the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. The system also handles prisoners who committed acts considered felonies under the District of Columbia's...