SettingsPrisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by the United States federal government
Abdul Hakim Murad (militant)
Abdul Hakim Ali Hashim Murad born January 4, 1968 was an alleged conspirator in the Bojinka plot planned mujahid attacks with Ramzi Yousef who was one of the main perpetrators and creator of the...
Abdul Hakim Ali Hashim Murad born January 4, 1968 was an alleged conspirator in the Bojinka plot planned mujahid attacks with Ramzi Yousef who was one of the main perpetrators and creator of the...
Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Hazen Ames is a former Central Intelligence Agency counter-intelligence officer and analyst, who, in 1994, was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
Aldrich Hazen Ames is a former Central Intelligence Agency counter-intelligence officer and analyst, who, in 1994, was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
Arthur Barker
Arthur R. "Doc" Barker (June 4, 1899 – January 13, 1939) was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang along with Alvin Karpis.
Arthur R. "Doc" Barker (June 4, 1899 – January 13, 1939) was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang along with Alvin Karpis.
Barry Mills (Aryan Brotherhood)
Barry Byron "The Baron" Mills (born 1948) is a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB) prison gang.
Barry Byron "The Baron" Mills (born 1948) is a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB) prison gang.
Bob Younger
Robert Ewing "Bob" Younger (October 29, 1853 – September 16, 1889) was an American criminal and outlaw, the younger brother of Cole, Jim and John Younger.
Robert Ewing "Bob" Younger (October 29, 1853 – September 16, 1889) was an American criminal and outlaw, the younger brother of Cole, Jim and John Younger.
Brian David Mitchell
Brian David Mitchell is a former street preacher convicted in United States Federal District Court in Utah for the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping following six years in psychiatric custody.
Brian David Mitchell is a former street preacher convicted in United States Federal District Court in Utah for the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping following six years in psychiatric custody.
Brian Patrick Regan
Brian Patrick Regan is a former master sergeant in the United States Air Force who was convicted of offering to sell secret information to foreign governments.
Brian Patrick Regan is a former master sergeant in the United States Air Force who was convicted of offering to sell secret information to foreign governments.
Carlos Lehder
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas or simply Carlos Lehder (born September 7, 1949) is a German-Colombian drug dealer currently imprisoned in the United States, having been co-founder of the Mede...
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas or simply Carlos Lehder (born September 7, 1949) is a German-Colombian drug dealer currently imprisoned in the United States, having been co-founder of the Mede...
Chevie Kehoe
Chevie O'Brien Kehoe (born January 29th, 1973 in Orange Park, Florida) was said to be a self-proclaimed white supremacist and convicted murderer currently serving three consecutive life sentence...
Chevie O'Brien Kehoe (born January 29th, 1973 in Orange Park, Florida) was said to be a self-proclaimed white supremacist and convicted murderer currently serving three consecutive life sentence...
Christopher Jeburk
Christopher Lawrence Jeburk, born 1975, is a convicted felon, most infamous for the string of bank robberies he successfully pulled off along the East Coast of the United States.
Christopher Lawrence Jeburk, born 1975, is a convicted felon, most infamous for the string of bank robberies he successfully pulled off along the East Coast of the United States.
El Sayyid Nosair
El Sayyid Nosair (born November 16, 1955) is an Egyptian-born American citizen, convicted of involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
El Sayyid Nosair (born November 16, 1955) is an Egyptian-born American citizen, convicted of involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Elzy Lay
Elzy Lay (November 25, 1868 – November 10, 1934) was an outlaw of the Old West best known as being a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, gang, operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass in Joh...
Elzy Lay (November 25, 1868 – November 10, 1934) was an outlaw of the Old West best known as being a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, gang, operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass in Joh...
Eric Robert Rudolph
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is a criminal responsible for a series of bombings across the southern United States between 1996 and ...
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is a criminal responsible for a series of bombings across the southern United States between 1996 and ...
Eric Rudolph
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American terrorist responsible for a series of bombings across the southern United States betwee...
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American terrorist responsible for a series of bombings across the southern United States betwee...
Erin Sharma
Erin J. Sharma (born April 24, 1976) is a former corrections officer sentenced to life in prison for causing the beating death of an inmate at the maximum security unit of the Coleman Federal Co...
Erin J. Sharma (born April 24, 1976) is a former corrections officer sentenced to life in prison for causing the beating death of an inmate at the maximum security unit of the Coleman Federal Co...
Felix Mitchell
Felix Wayne Mitchell Jr. (August 23, 1954 - August 21, 1986) was a convicted drug lord from Oakland, California and leader of the notorious "69 Mob" criminal organization, which operated through...
Felix Wayne Mitchell Jr. (August 23, 1954 - August 21, 1986) was a convicted drug lord from Oakland, California and leader of the notorious "69 Mob" criminal organization, which operated through...
George Trofimoff
George Trofimoff was the highest ranking US military officer ever charged with, and convicted of, espionage by the United States.
George Trofimoff was the highest ranking US military officer ever charged with, and convicted of, espionage by the United States.
George W. Sams, Jr.
George W. Sams, Jr. (born c.1946) was the national field marshal of the Black Panther Party who implicated Bobby Seale in the 1969 murder of New York Panther (and suspected FBI informant) Alex R...
George W. Sams, Jr. (born c.1946) was the national field marshal of the Black Panther Party who implicated Bobby Seale in the 1969 murder of New York Panther (and suspected FBI informant) Alex R...
Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa
Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa (born c. 1962) is an American expatriate of India who was convicted of racketeering and multiple murders in the United States.
Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa (born c. 1962) is an American expatriate of India who was convicted of racketeering and multiple murders in the United States.
Harry Joseph Bowman
Harry Joseph Bowman was the international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
Harry Joseph Bowman was the international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
Howard Mason
Howard "Pappy" Mason (born September 8, 1959) is an American drug trafficker and organized crime figure.
Howard "Pappy" Mason (born September 8, 1959) is an American drug trafficker and organized crime figure.
Jack Carlton Reed
Jack Carlton Reed, was a drug smuggler and co-defendant of Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas, Colombian drug baron and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel.
Jack Carlton Reed, was a drug smuggler and co-defendant of Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas, Colombian drug baron and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel.
James C. Lucas
James C. Lucas (1912 - 1963) was an American criminal who served a life sentence in Alcatraz.
James C. Lucas (1912 - 1963) was an American criminal who served a life sentence in Alcatraz.
James Ford Seale
James Ford Seale (June 25, 1935 – August 2, 2011) was a Ku Klux Klan member charged by the U.S. Justice Department on January 24, 2007, and subsequently convicted on June 14, 2007, for the May 1...
James Ford Seale (June 25, 1935 – August 2, 2011) was a Ku Klux Klan member charged by the U.S. Justice Department on January 24, 2007, and subsequently convicted on June 14, 2007, for the May 1...
James Marcello
James J. “Little Jimmy, Jimmy Light” Marcello (born December 13, 1943), also known as Jimmy "the Man" Marcello, is an imprisoned crime boss who was a front boss for the Chicago Outfit criminal o...
James J. “Little Jimmy, Jimmy Light” Marcello (born December 13, 1943), also known as Jimmy "the Man" Marcello, is an imprisoned crime boss who was a front boss for the Chicago Outfit criminal o...
Jeffrey R. MacDonald
Jeffrey Robert MacDonald (born October 12, 1943), is an American convicted in 1979 for the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters in February 1970.
Jeffrey Robert MacDonald (born October 12, 1943), is an American convicted in 1979 for the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters in February 1970.
John Anthony Walker
John Anthony Walker, Jr. is a former United States Navy Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985.
John Anthony Walker, Jr. is a former United States Navy Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985.
John Stanfa
Giovanni "John the Dour Don" Stanfa (born December 7, 1940) is a former acting (de facto) boss of the Scarfo crime family.
Giovanni "John the Dour Don" Stanfa (born December 7, 1940) is a former acting (de facto) boss of the Scarfo crime family.
Jonathan Pollard
Jonathan Jay Pollard worked as an American civilian intelligence analyst before being convicted of spying for Israel.
Jonathan Jay Pollard worked as an American civilian intelligence analyst before being convicted of spying for Israel.
Joseph Massino
Joseph Charles "the Ear" Massino (born January 10, 1943), is a former American mobster.
Joseph Charles "the Ear" Massino (born January 10, 1943), is a former American mobster.
Juan García Abrego
Juan García Ábrego was a Mexican drug lord who started out his criminal career under the tutelage of his uncle Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, who is reported to be the former head of a criminal dynasty...
Juan García Ábrego was a Mexican drug lord who started out his criminal career under the tutelage of his uncle Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, who is reported to be the former head of a criminal dynasty...
Juan García Ábrego
Juan García Ábrego was a Mexican drug lord who started out his criminal career under the tutelage of his uncle Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, who is reported to be the former head of a criminal dynasty...
Juan García Ábrego was a Mexican drug lord who started out his criminal career under the tutelage of his uncle Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, who is reported to be the former head of a criminal dynasty...
Juan Matta-Ballesteros
Juan Ramón Matta-Ballesteros is a former drug lord with ties to the Colombian Medellín Cartel.
Juan Ramón Matta-Ballesteros is a former drug lord with ties to the Colombian Medellín Cartel.
Kristen Gilbert
Kristen Gilbert (born November 13, 1967 as Kristen Strickland in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American serial killer who was convicted for three first-degree murders, one second-degree...
Kristen Gilbert (born November 13, 1967 as Kristen Strickland in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American serial killer who was convicted for three first-degree murders, one second-degree...
Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement.
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement.
Leopold and Loeb
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb, more commonly known as "Leopold and Loeb", were two wealthy University of Michigan alumni and University of Chicago students ...
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb, more commonly known as "Leopold and Loeb", were two wealthy University of Michigan alumni and University of Chicago students ...
Louis Daidone
Louis "Louie Bagels" Daidone is a New York mobster and former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family.
Louis "Louie Bagels" Daidone is a New York mobster and former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family.
Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa
Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are two former New York Police Department police detectives who worked on behalf of the New York Mafia while they committed various illegal activities.
Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are two former New York Police Department police detectives who worked on behalf of the New York Mafia while they committed various illegal activities.
Machine Gun Kelly
George Celino Barnes (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954), better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster during the prohibition era.
George Celino Barnes (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954), better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster during the prohibition era.
Michael O'Laughlen
Michael O'Laughlen, Jr. (3 June 1840 in Baltimore, Maryland - 23 September 1867 in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida) was a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Michael O'Laughlen, Jr. (3 June 1840 in Baltimore, Maryland - 23 September 1867 in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida) was a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Michael Swango
Joseph Michael Swango (born October 21, 1954, Tacoma, Washington) is an American serial killer and former licensed physician.
Joseph Michael Swango (born October 21, 1954, Tacoma, Washington) is an American serial killer and former licensed physician.
Michael Taccetta
Michael Salvatore Taccetta (born September 16, 1947), also known as "Mad Dog", is a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, who wound up controlling the entire New Jersey faction of th...
Michael Salvatore Taccetta (born September 16, 1947), also known as "Mad Dog", is a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, who wound up controlling the entire New Jersey faction of th...
Mohammed Jabarah
Mohammed Mansour Jabarah (محمد منصور جبارة) (born December 21, 1981) is a Kuwaiti convicted of terrorism-related offences.
Mohammed Mansour Jabarah (محمد منصور جبارة) (born December 21, 1981) is a Kuwaiti convicted of terrorism-related offences.
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center...
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center...
Omar Rezaq
Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq is the only surviving hijacker of EgyptAir Flight 648.
Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq is the only surviving hijacker of EgyptAir Flight 648.
Ramsey Muniz
Ramiro Muñiz, known as Ramsey Muñiz (born December 13, 1942), is an incarcerated Hispanic political activist who ran for governor of Texas in 1972 and 1974, each time as the nominee of the...
Ramiro Muñiz, known as Ramsey Muñiz (born December 13, 1942), is an incarcerated Hispanic political activist who ran for governor of Texas in 1972 and 1974, each time as the nominee of the...
Ramzi Yousef
Ramzi Yousef (رمزي يوسف, ; born May 20, 1967) was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot.
Ramzi Yousef (رمزي يوسف, ; born May 20, 1967) was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot.
Randy Lanier
Randy Thomas Lanier (born 22 September 1954, Virginia) is a former race car driver and convicted drug trafficker from the United States of America.
Randy Thomas Lanier (born 22 September 1954, Virginia) is a former race car driver and convicted drug trafficker from the United States of America.
Richard Reid (shoe bomber)
Richard Colvin Reid, also known as the Shoe Bomber, is a self-admitted member of al-Qaeda who pled guilty in 2002 in U.S. federal court to eight criminal counts of terrorism stemming from ...
Richard Colvin Reid, also known as the Shoe Bomber, is a self-admitted member of al-Qaeda who pled guilty in 2002 in U.S. federal court to eight criminal counts of terrorism stemming from ...
Robert Franklin Stroud
Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a federal American prisoner who reared and sold birds and became an ornithologist.
Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a federal American prisoner who reared and sold birds and became an ornithologist.
Robert Hanssen
Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is a former American FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States for 22 years from 1979 to 2001.
Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is a former American FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States for 22 years from 1979 to 2001.
Robert Stroud
Robert Franklin Stroud, known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a federal American prisoner who reared and sold birds and became an ornithologist.
Robert Franklin Stroud, known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a federal American prisoner who reared and sold birds and became an ornithologist.
Ronnie Trucchio
Ronald Joseph Trucchio (born 1951 Ocean Hill, Brooklyn) also known as "One Armed Ronnie", is a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who ran the The Ozone Park Boys crew during the 1990's.
Ronald Joseph Trucchio (born 1951 Ocean Hill, Brooklyn) also known as "One Armed Ronnie", is a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who ran the The Ozone Park Boys crew during the 1990's.
Rufus Franklin
Rufus Franklin was an American criminal who served a life sentence in Alcatraz.
Rufus Franklin was an American criminal who served a life sentence in Alcatraz.
Samuel Arnold (Lincoln conspirator)
Samuel Bland Arnold (September 6, 1834 – September 21, 1906) was involved in the plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Samuel Bland Arnold (September 6, 1834 – September 21, 1906) was involved in the plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Samuel Mudd
Samuel Alexander Mudd I, M.D. (December 20, 1833 – January 10, 1883) was an American physician who was convicted and imprisoned for aiding and conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the 186...
Samuel Alexander Mudd I, M.D. (December 20, 1833 – January 10, 1883) was an American physician who was convicted and imprisoned for aiding and conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the 186...
Sara Jane Moore
Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975, outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, just 17 days after Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme had pointed...
Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975, outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, just 17 days after Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme had pointed...
Ted Kaczynski
Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski, also known as the "Unabomber", is an American mathematician, social critic, and Neo-Luddite who engaged in a mail bombing campaign that spanned ...
Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski, also known as the "Unabomber", is an American mathematician, social critic, and Neo-Luddite who engaged in a mail bombing campaign that spanned ...
Thomas Sweatt
Thomas A. Sweatt is a convicted serial arsonist, who is the most prolific and dangerous arsonists in American memory, and he set fires in and around Washington, D.C., most of which occurred in 2...
Thomas A. Sweatt is a convicted serial arsonist, who is the most prolific and dangerous arsonists in American memory, and he set fires in and around Washington, D.C., most of which occurred in 2...
Tyler Bingham
Tyler "The Hulk" Bingham is a lieutenant in the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang.
Tyler "The Hulk" Bingham is a lieutenant in the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang.
Victor Amuso
Vittorio "Little Vic" Amuso is a New York mobster and was Boss of the Lucchese crime family from 1987 to 2012.
Vittorio "Little Vic" Amuso is a New York mobster and was Boss of the Lucchese crime family from 1987 to 2012.
William Hale (cattleman)
William Hale, the so-called "King of the Osage Hills," was a U.S. cattleman and convicted murderer.
William Hale, the so-called "King of the Osage Hills," was a U.S. cattleman and convicted murderer.
Zacarias Moussaoui
Zacarias Moussaoui (Arabic: زكريا موسوي, '; born May 30, 1968) is a French citizen who was convicted of conspiring to kill citizens of the US as part of the September 11 attacks.
Zacarias Moussaoui (Arabic: زكريا موسوي, '; born May 30, 1968) is a French citizen who was convicted of conspiring to kill citizens of the US as part of the September 11 attacks.