Alderson Federal Prison Camp, also known as Federal Prison Camp, Alderson or FPC Alderson, is a federal prison in the United States for minimum-security female inmates. The prison is a prison camp with a population of around 1,050 and is located in the rural town of Alderson in southeast West Virginia, about 270 miles (435 km) southwest of Washington, DC. Eleanor Roosevelt, the future First Lady, and Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the Assistant U.S. Attorney General, first encouraged its establishment. The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a subdivision of the United States Department of Justice, and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. ... Alderson is a town located in West Virginia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  Ranked 41st  - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 to promote her husbands (Franklin D. Roosevelts) New Deal, as well as Civil Rights. ... Martha Washington, Original First Lady of the United States. ... Mabel Walker Willebrandt (May 23, 1889-April 6, 1963), popularly known to her contemporaries as the First Lady of Law, was the assistant U.S. Attorney General from 1921 to 1929, handling cases concerning violations of the Volstead Act, federal taxation and the bureau of federal prisons during Prohibition. ... Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an Assistant Attorney General. ...

FPC Alderson opened in 1927 as the Federal Correctional Institution for Women and was the first federal prison for women. The camp is comprised of 105 acres (425,000 m²) of rolling hills. While there are no metal fences surrounding the camp, prisoners have schedules and must work. Free time is spent playing volleyball, softball or tennis. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms, or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ... JulieSoftball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30. ... A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ...

Most of the inmates at FPC Alderson have been convicted of non-violent or white-collar crime. They sleep in bunk beds in dormitories. Within the field of criminology, white-collar crime has been defined by Edwin Sutherland ...as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. ... A Bunkbed A bunk bed is a type of bed in which one bed is stacked on top of another. ... A typical American college dorm room Dormitory typically refers to sleeping quarters or buildings primarily housing sleeping quarters for large numbers of people, often college students. ...

The prison is nicknamed "Camp Cupcake" by most residents and the media, and "Yale" by one-time attendee Martha Stewart. Martha Stewart (born August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor, former model, convicted criminal and homemaking advocate. ...

Notable inmates

• Velvalee Dickinson - imprisoned 1944-1951
• Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme - imprisoned 1979-1987 (escaped briefly)
• Billie Holiday - imprisoned 1947-1948
• Sara Jane Moore - imprisoned 1975-1978, 1979 (escaped briefly)

Scene from Martha Behind Bars, shot in Humber College Lakeshore's "H Building Cafeteria", simulating that of FPC Alderson.

• Meg Scott Phipps- imprisoned 2004-present
• Tokyo Rose - imprisoned 1949-1956
• Axis Sally (aka Mildred Gillars) - imprisoned 1949-1961
• Martha Stewart - imprisoned 2004-2005
• Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (leftist heroine and co-founder of ACLU) - imprisoned 1955-57

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Sources

• Marks, Alexandra. "The prison that Martha Stewart will call home." The Christian Science Monitor. October 8, 2004. [1].

External links

• FPC Alderson