During World War II, eighty-five Japanese Americans who had resisted the draft to protest their wartime confinement, including civil rights activist Gordon Hirabayashi, were sentenced to prison terms at McNeil; all were pardoned by President Harry S. Truman in 1947.[5]Career criminal and novelist James Fogle was sent to McNeil at the age of 17 in the 1950s.[6]
The state of Washington began to lease the facility from the federal government in 1981,[7] and later that year the state department of corrections began moving prisoners into the facility, renamed "McNeil Island Corrections Center." The island was deeded to the state government in 1984.[8]
In November 2010, the department announced its plans to close the penitentiary by 2011, saving $14 million in the process.[9]
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^Peters, E.W. (2011). Shanghai Policeman. Earnshaw Books: Hong Kong. p. 118. ISBN9789881998385.
^"McNeil Island Penitentiary (detention facility)". Densho Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
^Jean, Sara. "'Drugstore Cowboy' sentenced to what may be his last ride". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
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^Sullivan, Jennifer; Clarridge, Christine "McNeil Island prison to close next year". The Seattle Times (November 20, 2010). Retrieved November 20, 2010.
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Further readingedit
Young, Elliott (March 2021). "Dawn of Immigrant Incarceration: Chinese and Other Aliens at McNeil Island Prison". Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World's Largest Immigrant Detention System. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190085957.003.0002.
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The McNeil Island Corrections Center MICC was a prison in the northwest United States operated by the Washington State Department of Corrections It was on McNeil Island in Puget Sound in unincorporated Pierce County 1 near Steilacoom Washington 2 McNeil Island Corrections Center MICC McNeil Island in 1937Location in WashingtonShow map of Washington state Location in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesLocationMcNeil IslandCoordinates47 11 48 N 122 39 28 W 47 19667 N 122 65778 W 47 19667 122 65778StatusClosedSecurity classMediumCapacity853Opened1875 148 years ago 1875 Closed2011Former nameMcNeil Island Federal Penitentiary 1904 1981 Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons 1904 1981 Washington State Department of Corrections 1981 2011 CountyPierce CountyState provinceWashingtonPostal codeP O Box 88900CountryUnited StatesOpened 148 years ago in 1875 it had previously served as a territorial correctional facility and then a federal penitentiary 3 Americans sentenced to terms of imprisonment by the United States courts that operated in China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries served their terms at McNeil Island 4 In the 1910s inmates included Robert Stroud the Birdman of Alcatraz who fatally stabbed a prison guard in March 1916 During World War II eighty five Japanese Americans who had resisted the draft to protest their wartime confinement including civil rights activist Gordon Hirabayashi were sentenced to prison terms at McNeil all were pardoned by President Harry S Truman in 1947 5 Career criminal and novelist James Fogle was sent to McNeil at the age of 17 in the 1950s 6 The state of Washington began to lease the facility from the federal government in 1981 7 and later that year the state department of corrections began moving prisoners into the facility renamed McNeil Island Corrections Center The island was deeded to the state government in 1984 8 In November 2010 the department announced its plans to close the penitentiary by 2011 saving 14 million in the process 9 Contents 1 Notable inmates 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksNotable inmates editAlvin Karpis Depression era gangster 7 Tomoya Kawakita war criminal and collaborator with Imperial Japan Gordon Hirabayashi resister against Japanese American internment during World War II Mickey Cohen 1930s Los Angeles gang leader Robert Franklin Stroud The Birdman of Alcatraz convicted murderer and cause celebre 7 Alton Wayne Roberts 10 convicted by United States v Price of the murders of Chaney Goodman and Schwerner Vincent Hallinan 1952 presidential candidate 11 Charles Manson of the Manson Family John David Norman pedophile sex offender and sex trafficker 12 See also edit nbsp Washington state portal nbsp United States portal nbsp Politics portal List of law enforcement agencies in Washington state List of United States state correction agencies List of U S state prisonsReferences edit 2020 CENSUS CENSUS BLOCK MAP Pierce County WA PDF U S Census Bureau pp 11 19 PDF p 12 20 114 Retrieved 2022 08 15 McNeil Island Corrections Ctr Mailing Requirements Washington State Department of Corrections Retrieved on April 1 2011 McNeil Island Corrections Center P O Box 88100 Steilacoom WA 98388 0900 McNeil Island Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Los Angeles Times October 13 1979 p 2A Peters E W 2011 Shanghai Policeman Earnshaw Books Hong Kong p 118 ISBN 9789881998385 McNeil Island Penitentiary detention facility Densho Encyclopedia Retrieved August 6 2014 Jean Sara Drugstore Cowboy sentenced to what may be his last ride The Seattle Times Retrieved 2015 10 16 a b c McNeil Island Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Los Angeles Times October 13 1979 p 2A McNeil Island Corrections Center History Washington State Department of Corrections Archived from the original on 2010 07 02 Retrieved April 2 2011 Sullivan Jennifer Clarridge Christine McNeil Island prison to close next year The Seattle Times November 20 2010 Retrieved November 20 2010 Ex Sheriff Rainey He s Haunted by the Past The Boston Globe September 22 1974 p 280 Robinson Sean March 28 2011 Who s who of McNeil Island prisoners Bellingham Herald Homewood Police Department 2019 01 11 John Norman records from Homewood PD McClary Daryl C April 24 2003 McNeil Island Corrections Center 1981 present HistoryLink org Essay 5239 Retrieved June 3 2018 Further reading editYoung Elliott March 2021 Dawn of Immigrant Incarceration Chinese and Other Aliens at McNeil Island Prison Forever Prisoners How the United States Made the World s Largest Immigrant Detention System doi 10 1093 oso 9780190085957 003 0002 External links edit McNeil Island Corrections Center Washington State Department of Corrections Archived from the original on August 27 2010 Retrieved April 2 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Washington State Department of Corrections Oppman Patrick Last island prison in U S closes CNN April 1 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