Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
Encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago (MCC Chicago) is a federal
remand center in the United States
, located in downtown Chicago, Illinois
, at the intersection of Clark
and Van Buren Streets. It has a triangular footprint, and has an exercise yard for the prisoners on its roof. The architect Harry Weese
of Chicago designed the facility which was built in 1975.
Access to the roofdeck is limited to at most twice a week for 2 hours at a time. There is also access to the gym once or twice a week.
There is a library that houses movies as well as books that prisoners can utilize twice a week.
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...
remand center in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, located in downtown Chicago, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, at the intersection of Clark
Clark Street (Chicago)
Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system...
and Van Buren Streets. It has a triangular footprint, and has an exercise yard for the prisoners on its roof. The architect Harry Weese
Harry Weese
Harry Mohr Weese was an American architect, born in Evanston, Illinois in the Chicago suburbs, who had an important role in 20th century modernism and historic preservation...
of Chicago designed the facility which was built in 1975.
Description
MCC Chicago is an administrative facility designed to house Federal prisoners of all security levels, including both male and female offenders appearing before Federal courts in the Northern District of Illinois.Prison life
There is a library that houses movies as well as books that prisoners can utilize twice a week.
Notable inmates
- Marc DreierMarc Stuart DreierMarc Stuart Dreier , formerly an American lawyer from New York City, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on July 13, 2009. He is scheduled for release on October 26, 2026. He is housed at FCI Sandstone, Minnesota. He had pleaded guilty on May 11, 2009 to eight charges in the United States...
, former New York attorney (as an in-transit prisoner) - Mel ReynoldsMel ReynoldsMelvin Reynolds is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. His political career ended in scandal.-Early life:...
, former Congressman - Tony RezkoTony RezkoAntoin "Tony" Rezko is a Assyrian -American businessman, political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer in Chicago, Illinois, convicted on several counts of fraud and bribery in 2008. Rezko has been involved in fundraising for local Illinois Democratic and Republican politicians...
, businessman - Gerald ScarpelliGerald ScarpelliGerald Hector Scarpelli was a hitman for the Chicago Outfit criminal organization who later became a government witness.Born in Chicago, Scarpelli was the son of a baker on the Near West Side of the city. Scarpelli was arrested in 1960, the first of 18 arrests in his criminal record...
, mobster who hanged himself in a shower - Vicente Zambada, Sinaloa Drug Cartel
Further reading
- Waldheim, Charles; Ray, Katerina Ruedi, "Chicago Architecture: histories, revisions, alternatives", Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005. ISBN 0226870383, Cf. p. 285
External links
- MCC Chicago at the Federal Bureau of Prisons website