List of inmates of United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute

This is a list of notable current and former inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute. Currently, 16 inmates have been executed, and a further 44 inmates are imprisoned on death row awaiting execution.[1][2][3]

Death row
See also: List of death row inmates held by the United States federal government
Inmate name Age Date of birth Register
number		 Status Details
Shannon Wayne Agofsky 49 March 11, 1971 06267-045 Sentenced to death on July 17, 2004. Murdered an inmate at Beaumont Federal Penitentiary in Texas.
Billie Jerome Allen 43 June 1977 26901-044 Sentenced to death in 1998. Convicted and sentenced to death for his involvement in an armed bank robbery during which a bank guard was killed. (Co-defendant of Norris Holder).
Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette 47 July 7, 1973 12599-058 Sentenced to death in 1998. Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of his ex-girlfriend, as well as another man in a carjacking.
Kenneth Eugene Barrett 59 June 29, 1961 04342-063 Sentenced to death in 2005. Murdered an Oklahoma State Trooper during a drug bust.
Brandon Leon Basham 39 September 14, 1981 98940-071 Sentenced to death in 2004. Convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and death of a woman following an escape from prison. (Co-defendant of Chadrick Fulks).
Meier Jason Brown 50 July 1970 11364-021 Sentenced to death in 2003. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of a postal worker.
Carlos David Caro 53 February 9, 1967 37786-079 Sentenced to death in 2007. Strangled an inmate to death at USP Lee.
Wesley Paul Coonce 40 April 17, 1980 30011-039 Sentenced to death in May 2014. Killed an inmate while incarcerated in medical prison in Missouri. (Co-defendant of Charles Hall).
Odell Corley (aka Nasih Khalil Ra'id) 56 November 27, 1964 07303-027 Sentenced to death in 2004. Convicted for actions stemming from an attempted bank robbery committed with several others during which two bank employees were killed.
Brandon Michael Council 35 July 11, 1985 63961-056 Sentenced to death on October 3, 2019. Shooting and killing two employees during a robbery at the Conway, South Carolina, CresCom bank in 2017.
Christopher Cramer 38 1982 10422-081 Sentenced to death in June 2018. Soldiers of Aryan Culture member who murdered another federal inmate while incarcerated at United States Penitentiary, Beaumont. (Co-defendant of Ricky Fackrell).
Len Davis 56 August 6, 1964 24325-034 Originally sentenced to death in 1996. Resentenced to death on 2005. Former New Orleans police officer who ordered the murder of a young woman who witnessed his beating of a witness.
Joseph Edward Duncan III 57 February 25, 1963 12561-023 Sentenced to death on August 27, 2008. Serial child molester and rapist; sentenced to death for a 2005 kidnapping and quadruple murder in Idaho; pleaded guilty in state court to one murder in California and suspected in two other murders in Washington State.[4][5]
Joseph Ebron 41 1979 08655-007 Sentenced to death in 2009. Murdered a fellow inmate at USP Beaumont.
Ricky Fackrell 36 1984 12324-081 Sentenced to death in 2018. Soldiers of Aryan Culture member who murdered another federal inmate while incarcerated at United States Penitentiary, Beaumont. (Co-defendant of Christopher Cramer).
Edward Leon Fields 53 May 15, 1967 04136-063 Sentenced to death in 2005. Former prison guard convicted of killing two campers on federal land while wearing a homemade sniper suit.
Sherman Lamont Fields 46 July 14, 1974 15651-180 Sentenced to death in 2005. Shot and killed his girlfriend after he escaped from a detention center where he was being held on a federal weapons charge.
Chadrick Evan Fulks 43 May 16, 1977 16617-074 Sentenced to death in 2004. Pled guilty and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and death of a woman following an escape from prison. (Co-defendant of Brandon Basham).
Marvin Charles Gabrion 67 October 18, 1953 09184-055 Originally sentenced to death on March 16, 2002. Resentenced to death on May 28, 2013.[6] Convicted in 2002 of the 1997 kidnapping and murder of 19-year-old Rachel Timmerman, who had accused Gabrion of rape; Tried federally as victim's body was found on federal land. Gabrion was the first person to receive a federal death sentence in a non-death penalty state since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988.[7][8][9]
Edgar Baltazar Garcia 41 November 8, 1979 28132-177 Sentenced to death in 2010. Member of the Soldiers of Aryan Culture prison gang. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of a fellow prisoner while incarcerated at Beaumont Federal Prison. (Co-defendant of Mark Snarr).
Thomas Morocco Hager 47 1973 08596-007 Sentenced to death in 2007. Convicted and sentenced to death for a drug-related murder.
Charles Michael Hall 49 April 6, 1971 03766-036 Sentenced to death in May 2014. Killed an inmate while at MCFP Springfield. (Co-defendant of Wesley Coonce).
Norris G. Holder 45 December 16, 1975 26902-044 Sentenced to death in 1998. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of a security guard during a bank robbery. (Co-defendant of Billie Allen).
Richard Allen Jackson 51 August 28, 1969 16669-058 Sentenced to death in 2001. Kidnap, rape and murder of Karen Styles.
Jurijus Kadamovas 54 October 22, 1966 21050-112 Sentenced to death in 2007. Kadamovas and co-defendant Iouri Mikhel were sentenced to death for the ransom related kidnappings and murders of five people. The men allegedly demanded a total of more than $5.5 million from relatives and associates, and received more than $1 million from victim's relatives. Prosecutors said the victims were killed regardless of whether the ransoms were paid. The bodies were tied with weights and dumped in a reservoir near Yosemite National Park.
Daryl Martel Lawrence 45 April 19, 1975 66476-061 Sentenced to death in 2006. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of a special-duty police officer during an attempted bank robbery.
Kenneth Jamal Lighty 38 September 14, 1982 38205-037 Sentenced to death on November 10, 2005. On November 10, 2005, a federal jury in Maryland recommended a death sentence for Lighty for the kidnapping and murder of Eric Hayes, an alleged PCP dealer and son of a Washington DC police lieutenant, in 2001. The kidnapping occurred in Washington, DC and the murder was committed in Maryland. Co-defendants James Flood and Lorenzo Wilson received life sentences.[10]
Iouri Gherman Mikhel 55 1965 23675-112 Sentenced to death in 2007. Mikhel and co-defendant Jurijus Kadamovas were sentenced to death for the ransom related kidnappings and murders of five people. The men allegedly demanded a total of more than $5.5 million from relatives and associates, and received more than $1 million from victim's relatives. Prosecutors said the victims were killed regardless of whether the ransoms were paid. The bodies were tied with weights and dumped in a reservoir near Yosemite National Park.
Ronald Mikos 72 December 10, 1948 20716-424 Sentenced to death in 2005. Podiatrist convicted of killing a former patient to stop her from testifying in an investigation of a Medicare fraud scheme. He is the oldest inmate on federal death row.
Jeffery William Paul 44 September 2, 1976 10517-042 Sentenced to death in 1997. Murdered an 82-year-old hiker in a robbery at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.
James H. Roane, Jr. 55 October 27, 1965 32923-083 Sentenced to death in 1993. Convicted and sentenced to death for his participation in a series of drug-related killings. (Co-defendant of Corey Johnson & Richard Tipton).
Julius Omar Robinson 44 August 8, 1976 26190-177 Sentenced to death in 2002. Killed two men in drug-related incidents in Ft. Worth.
Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. 67 February 18, 1953 08720-059 Sentenced to death on September 22, 2006. Sex offender; convicted in 2006 of interstate kidnapping resulting in death in connection with the 2003 kidnapping, sexual assault and fatal stabbing of university student Dru Sjodin.[11]
Dylann Storm Roof 26 April 3, 1994 28509-171 Sentenced to death on January 11, 2017. White supremacist; convicted in 2016 of federal hate crimes and firearms charges for committing the Charleston church shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2015, during which 9 parishioners were killed.[12] As of 2020, he had been the only person to be on federal death row for hate crimes.[13]
David Anthony Runyon 50 January 7, 1971 57997-083 Sentenced to death in 2009. Convicted and sentenced to death for his involvement in the death of a Naval officer in a murder-for-hire plot in Newport News.
Gary Lee Sampson 61 September 29, 1959 23976-038 Sentenced to death on December 23, 2003. Sentenced to death again on January 9, 2017. Carjacked and murdered three people in 2001.
Ricardo Sanchez, Jr. 37 October 19, 1983 75820-004 Sentenced to death in 2009. Convicted and sentenced to death for involvement in the drug-related killing of a family, including two children. (Co-defendant of Daniel Troya).
Thomas Steven Sanders 63 July 12, 1957 15967-043 Sentenced to death in 2014. Convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping resulting in death of a 12-year old girl in Las Vegas.
Mark Isaac Snarr 45 December 6, 1975 11093-081 Sentenced to death in 2010. Member of the Soldiers of Aryan Culture prison gang. Convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of a fellow prisoner while incarcerated in a federal prison. (Co-defendant of Edgar Garcia).
Rejon L. Taylor 36 1984 41070-074 Sentenced to death in 2008. Convicted and sentenced to death for the carjacking, kidnapping, and death of a restaurant owner.
Richard Tipton 50 May 13, 1970 32922-083 Sentenced to death in 1993. Convicted and sentenced to death for his participation in a series of drug-related killings. (Co-defendant of Corey Johnson & James H. Roane, Jr.).
Jorge Avila Torrez 32 August 18, 1988 16054-084 Sentenced to death in 2014. Murdered a girl in a military base.
Daniel Troya 37 April 22, 1983 75817-004 Sentenced to death in 2009. Convicted and sentenced to death for involvement in the drug-related killings of a family, including two children. (Co-defendant of Ricardo Sanchez, Jr.).
Alejandro Enrique Umaña 36 November 1984 23077-058 Sentenced to death in 2010. High-ranking member of the international street gang MS-13; convicted of racketeering conspiracy and murder in connection with four gang-related killings; Umaña's story has been featured in several documentaries regarding MS-13.

Executed
See also: List of people executed by the United States federal government, List of offenders executed in the United States in 2020, and List of offenders executed in the United States in 2021
Inmate name Year sentenced Date of execution Age Date of birth Register
number		 Details Under President
Timothy McVeigh 1997 June 11, 2001 33 April 23, 1968 12076-064 Convicted in 1997 of planning and carrying out the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people. George W. Bush
Juan Raul Garza 1993 June 19, 2001 44 November 18, 1956 62728-079 Drug kingpin; convicted in 1993 of murdering or ordering the murders of three rival drug traffickers, and of importing thousands of pounds of marijuana from Mexico and reselling it to dealers in Texas, Louisiana and Michigan.[14][15]
Louis Jones, Jr. 1995 March 18, 2003 53 March 4, 1950 27265-077 Convicted in 1995 of the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of US Army Private Tracie Joy McBride at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas.[16]
Daniel Lewis Lee 1997 July 14, 2020 47 January 31, 1973 21303-009 White supremacist co-defendant of Chevie Kehoe, who together kidnapped, tortured and murdered a gun dealer and his family in Tilly, Arkansas. The stolen property they obtained from the family was taken to Spokane, Washington in an attempt to begin a whites-only nation.[17] Donald Trump
Wesley Ira Purkey 2003 July 16, 2020 68 January 6, 1952 14679-045 Convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl before dismembering, burning and then dumping the teen's body in a septic pond.
Dustin Lee Honken 2005 July 17, 2020 52 March 22, 1968 06951-029 Convicted alongside his then-girlfriend Angela Johnson, of murdering five people in Iowa in 1993 in an attempt to hide his methamphetamine drug dealing operation. Johnson was re-sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in 2012.
Lezmond Charles Mitchell 2003 August 26, 2020 38 September 17, 1981 48685-008 Convicted of carjacking related homicide of a 63-year-old woman and her 9-year-old granddaughter. Mitchell stabbed the 63-year old woman to death and drove off for around 40 miles (64 km) with her lifeless body in the vehicle along with her granddaughter. He then slit the 9-year old's throat. He was the only Native American on death row up until his execution.[18]
Keith Dwayne Nelson 1999 August 28, 2020 45 November 23, 1974 07440-031 Convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a child in Kansas City, Missouri.
William Emmett LeCroy, Jr. 2001 September 22, 2020 50 April 12, 1970 45795-019 Convicted of raping and murdering a 30-year-old nurse before stealing her car and attempting to flee the country.
Christopher Andre Vialva 2000 September 24, 2020 40 May 10, 1980 91909-080 Convicted for his involvement in a carjacking and the deaths of a couple visiting Texas. Co-defendant Brandon Bernard was also executed for the crime.
Orlando Cordia Hall 1994 November 19, 2020 49 April 24, 1971 26176-077 Convicted of the drug related kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Lisa Rene.
Brandon Bernard 2000 December 10, 2020 40 July 3, 1980 91908-080 Convicted at the age of 18 for his involvement in a carjacking and the deaths of a couple visiting Texas. Co-defendant Christopher Vialva was also executed for the crime.
Alfred Bourgeois 2004 December 11, 2020 56 June 20, 1964 98911-079 Convicted of abusing, sexually molesting, and murdering his 2-year-old daughter at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.
Lisa Marie Montgomery 2008 January 13, 2021 52 February 27, 1968 11072-031 Convicted in 2007 of murdering Bobbie Jo Stinnett, aged 23, and kidnapping her unborn baby from her womb in 2004.
Corey Johnson 1993 January 14, 2021 52 November 5, 1968 27832-054 Convicted for his participation in a series of drug-related killings. Co-defendants Richard Tipton and James H. Roane, Jr. remain on death row.
Dustin John Higgs 2000 January 16, 2021 48 March 10, 1972 31133-037 Convicted in 2000 for ordering the murders of three women on federal land.

Former death row
Inmate name Age Date of birth Register
number		 Status Details
Azibo Aquart 39 September 19, 1981 15750-014 Sentenced to death on December 12, 2012, overturned in 2018. Convicted of ordering a triple murder.
Anthony George Battle 58 December 2, 1962 11451-056 Serving a life sentence. Now at USMCFP Springfield. Convicted of murdering a correctional officer at USP Atlanta.
David Paul Hammer 60 October 9, 1958 24507-077 Sentenced to death in 1993, died in 2019 of natural causes. Prisoner convicted of killing an inmate at USP Allenwood, sentenced to death in 1998, but re-sentenced to life in prison in 2014. Transferred to ADX Florence after re-sentencing, he died in 2019.
Abelardo Arboleda Ortiz 53 c. 1963 11581-045 Serving a life sentence; now at FCI Three Rivers Colombian national who was convicted and sentenced to death for a murder which took place in 1998 in connection with a drug distribution ring. Ortiz’s role was limited to being present at the time of the murder.[19]
John McCullah 56 April 22, 1964 03040-063 Serving a life sentence. Sentenced to death for the drug related kidnapping and murder of a man in Oklahoma. The 10th Circuit granted McCullah a new penalty hearing in 1996, and in February 2000, McCullah was resentenced to life in prison. While incarcerated at USP Coleman I, he fatally assaulted another inmate on the orders of female correctional officer, Erin Sharma. Sharma was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and McCullah was moved to ADX Florence. In July 2019, McCullah was transferred from USP Allenwood to Terre Haute.
David Ronald Chandler 68 c. 1945 17867-001 Serving a Life Sentence, now at USP Coleman convicted of, inter alia, procuring the killing of an individual in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise.[19]
Bruce Carneil Webster 47 May 31, 1973 26177-077 Sentenced to death in 1996, overturned in 2019 and upheld in 2020. Convicted and sentenced to death for a drug related kidnapping and rape resulting in death. (Co-defendant of Orlando Hall). Death sentence vacated on grounds of intellectual disability on June 18, 2019. Ruling was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on September 22, 2020.[20]

Non-death row
Inmate name Register number Status Details
Michael Rudkin 17133-014 Serving a 90-year sentence scheduled for release on January 24, 2098 Former correction officer at FCI Danbury in Connecticut; sentenced to prison in 2008 for having sex with an inmate; convicted in 2010 of trying to hire a hitman to kill the inmate, his ex-wife, his ex-wife's boyfriend and a federal agent while incarcerated at USP Coleman in Florida.[21][22]
Zaid Safarini 14361-006[23] Serving a life sentence Member of the Abu Nidal Organization; convicted of 21 counts of murder in connection with the deadly 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Pakistan.[24]
Abdul Hakim Murad 37437-054 Serving a life sentence Al-Qaeda operative; convicted in 1996 of terrorism conspiracy in connection with planning Project Bojinka, a foiled plot conceived by senior Al-Qaeda member Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to bomb twelve planes over the Pacific Ocean in a 48-hour period.
Brian David Mitchell 15815-081 Serving two life sentences Former street preacher and pedophile; convicted in 2010 of interstate kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines, connection with the 2002 Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, when she was at age 14; accomplice Wanda Barzee was sentenced to 15 years. According to Smart’s Testimony, durning her 9 month captivity, Mitchell and Barzee kept her tied to a tree at a makeshift campsite, raped and beat her multiple times a day, starved her days on end, and even forced her to use drugs and alcohol, they threaten to kill her family if she escaped, and convinced her they would never find her. A few months after her kidnapping, they hitchhiked to San Diego, where they set up a new campsite, but returned to Salt Lake City in February 2003, after Smart convinced Mitchell that God wanted them to return. She was found when a couple recognized the three from America’s most Wanted TV Show, at a Target and called the police, law enforcement officers said it took them almost an hour to get her to admit she’s Elizabeth, and said she was so scared they could she her chest beating, because they told her she would be killed if she where to tell someone. Wanda Barzee is incarcerated at the Thomas Goree Unit in Huntsville, Texas. The law enforcement officers and investigators who arrested him wanted the death penalty, but it is not permitted for Federal Kidnapping.
Mohamad Shnewer 61283-066 Serving a life sentence One of the six men that conspired to attack an Army Base in Fort Dix, New Jersey. The 2007 Fort Dix attack plot involved a group of six Muslim men who were found guilty of conspiring to stage an attack against U.S. Military personnel stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.The alleged goal of the group was to "kill as many soldiers as possible".

The men were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 8, 2007, and were prosecuted in federal court in October 2008. On December 22, 2008, five were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murderin their intentions to kill U.S. military personnel; four received life sentences, while one received 33 years in prison. The remaining member was thought to have had a minor role in the plot and was sentenced to five years in prison for weapons offenses.


Eljvir Duka is currently being held at United States Penitentiary, Florence High, while Dritan Duka is at United States Penitentiary, Marion and Shain Duka is at United States Penitentiary, Florence ADMAX.

Mohamad Shnewer is serving his life sentence at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, a high-security facility in Indiana.

Serdar Tatar is serving his 33-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis, a medium-security facility in Tennessee, and is scheduled for release in 2036.

Agron Abdullahu was released on March 24, 2009.

Robert Merritt 59317-066 Serving a life sentence Accomplice to Lamont Lewis in a firebombing of a house of the mother of a federal witness ordered by Kaboni Savage, which killed six people including 4 children. Another accomplice named Kidada Savage is serving a life sentence at FCI Tallahassee, Lamont Lewis is serving a 40 year sentence, and Kaboni Savage is on death row at ADX Florence.
Drew Peterson 07018-748 Serving a 78-year sentence. Transferred out in 2019. On September 6, 2012, Peterson was found guilty of the premeditated murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.[25] Jurors admitted that the most compelling evidence was based on the hearsay statements allowed under "Drew's Law".
Aldrich Ames 40087-083 Serving a life sentence. Aldrich Hazen "Rick" Ames (born May 26, 1941) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer turned KGB double agent, who was convicted of espionage in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Ames was formerly a 31-year CIA counterintelligence officer who committed espionage against the U.S. by spying for the Soviet Union and Russia. At the time of his arrest, Ames had compromised more highly classified CIA assets than any other officer in history.

See also

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