FCI TERMINAL ISLAND

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1299 SEASIDE AVENUE
SAN PEDRO, CA 90731
Email: TRM/ExecAssistant@bop.gov
Phone: 310-831-8961
Fax: 310-732-5325
Inmate Gender: Male Offenders
Population:
901 Total Inmates
Judicial District: Central California
County: LOS ANGELES
BOP Region: Western Region

Notable inmates (prior to 1982)

Inmates released prior to 1982 are not listed on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

Qian Xuesen
Held at Terminal Island in 1950 (Pre-FCI) on suspicion of Communist sympathies.
Chinese-born rocket scientist. Arrested September 1950 and held for two weeks at Terminal Island, released under government supervision. Left the U.S. in 1955 for China; made important contributions to Chinese nuclear, missile, and space programs.
Liz Renay
Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1959 to 1961 on a perjury charge.
Girlfriend of Los Angeles mob kingpin Mickey Cohen. Convicted of perjury in 1959 and served 27 months at Terminal Island.
Salvatore Bonanno
Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1968 to 1972 on a credit card fraud conviction.
Consigliere for the Bonanno crime family in New York City in the 1960s and son of former boss Joseph Bonanno.

Edward Bunker
Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1973 to 1975.
Crime fiction writer, screenwriter and actor; wrote No Beast So Fierce while incarcerated at FCI Terminal Island, which was adapted into the movie Straight Time starring Dustin Hoffman. Later appeared in several movies, including Reservoir Dogs.
Al Capone
Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1939 to 1940. Leader of the crime syndicate later known as the Chicago Outfit, which smuggled and bootlegged liquor during Prohibition in the 1920s; convicted of tax evasion in 1931.
Henry Hill
Held at FCI Terminal Island in the 1970s.
Former associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York City; portrayed by Ray Liotta in the 1990 film Goodfellas.
Timothy Leary
Held at FCI Terminal Island in 1974. Harvard professor and LSD guru; convicted in 1970 of a prior prison escape and marijuana possession.
Charles Manson
Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1956 to 1958 for car theft and check fraud. Had served a life sentence for murder at Corcoran State Prison; would later inspire Helter Skelter in murdering Sharon Tate and others in 1969; died in 2017.
Anita O’Day
Held at FCI Terminal Island in 1954 on a conviction for heroin possession.
Acclaimed jazz singer during the swing era in the 1930s and 1940s.
Mike Rizzitello
Held at FCI Terminal Island for nine months in 1987; for violating his parole for associating with organized crime affiliates. Caporegime in the Los Angeles crime family from 1977-1990.
The Port Chicago 50
Held at FCI Terminal Island from November 1944 to January 1946.
50 African-American sailors convicted of mutiny for refusing to load ammunition onto US Navy ships under unsafe conditions after the Port Chicago disaster, an explosion that killed 320 people, including 202 black sailors.
Flora Purim
Held at FCI Terminal Island in 1976.
Brazilian jazz singer at height of career during the mid-70s; convicted c. 1975 of cocaine possession.
Owsley Stanley
Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1970 to 1972. Famous LSD chemist, counterculture figure and Grateful Dead sound engineer. Sent to Terminal Island after a judge revoked an earlier release because of a second drug bust

Notable inmates (since 1982)

Mouli Cohen
Serving a 22-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2029.
Internet music entrepreneur; convicted in 2011 of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion for defrauding celebrities, investors, and a charity dedicated to help the poor of more than $31 million; the story was featured on the CNBC television show American Greed.
Eric McDavid
Released from custody in 2015; served 10 years.
Member of the ecoterrorist group Earth Liberation Front; convicted in 2007 of conspiring to destroy a northern California dam, a genetics lab, cell phone towers, and other targets.
Anthony Elgindy
Released from custody in 2013; served 8 years. Former stockbroker; convicted in 2006 of racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, and extortion for using information supplied by a corrupt FBI agent to spread negative publicity about companies through his Web site.
Brian O’Dea
Transferred to a Canadian prison in 1992 after serving one year.
Major drug trafficker in Canada and author of the book High: Confessions of a Pot Smuggler.
Anthony Parnes
Held at FCI Terminal Island from 1987 until his extradition to Great Britain in 1988. British stockbroker who committed a multimillion-dollar fraud against the Guinness liquor company known as the Guinness Affair.
Michael Riconosciuto
Released from custody in 2017; served 26 years.
Computer expert; convicted in 1992 of conspiracy to produce and distribute methamphetamine.
Robert Gilbeau
Released from custody in 2018; served over 1 year.
First active-duty admiral ever to be convicted of a felony. Lied to investigators about relationship with “Fat” Leonard Glenn Francis and pocketed $40,000 in kickbacks.