Alexandria City Jail

Alexandria City Jail (formally William G. Truesdale - Alexandria Adult Detention Center) is a jail facility at 2001 Mill Road, Alexandria, Virginia, serving several courts and police agencies in Northern Virginia, including the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, commonly called the Alexandria federal court.

This facility is not owned or operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP); the facility has an agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service.[1]

38°47′52.5″N 77°3′52.7″W

Notable prisoners

Defendants involved in federal criminal proceedings there are often housed in the jail, including (with approximate dates of incarceration):

• Wilbert Lee Evans (January 1981), Virginia death row inmate who was convicted of murdering a deputy sheriff while trying to escape the jail[2]
• Lyndon LaRouche[3] (October 1986 – December 1986),[3] Presidential candidate, served 6 years of a 15-year sentence for fraud
• Aldrich Ames[3] (February 1994 – April 1994), CIA officer sentenced to life for espionage
• William Aramony[3] (March 1995 – April 1995), United Way of America CEO, served 6 years of a 7-year sentence for fraud
• Harold James Nicholson[3] (November 1996), CIA officer twice convicted of espionage, sentenced to total of 331⁄2 years
• Robert Hanssen (February 2001 – May 2002), FBI agent serving 15 consecutive life sentences for espionage
• Zacarias Moussaoui[3] (December 2001 – May 2006), French citizen, "20th hijacker" of 9/11 plot
• John Walker Lindh (June 2002 – August 2002), "American Taliban"
• John Allen Muhammad (2002 – 2009), "Beltway sniper"
• John Lee Malvo (November 2002), "Beltway sniper"
• Seifullah Chapman (2003 – 2004), U.S. Marine sentenced to 65 years in "Virginia Jihad" case,[4] exonerated in 2018[5]
• Iyman Faris, a.k.a. Mohammad Rauf (April 2003 – October 2003), Ohio truck driver sentenced to 20 years for plotting to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge with a blowtorch[6]
• Dr. Ali al-Timimi (April 2005 – July 2005), biologist convicted in "Virginia Jihad" case
• Judith Miller (July 7, 2005 – September 29, 2005), N.Y. Times reporter jailed for refusing to name her source in Plame affair criminal investigation
• Ahmed Omar Abu Ali (February 2005 – March 2006), Saudi national sentenced to 30 years for plotting to assassinate George W. Bush
• Glenn Duffie Shriver (2012),[7] American citizen convicted of offenses related in an attempt to be employed by the CIA to send information to the Chinese government
• Eric Harroun (March 2013 – September 2013), US citizen who fought for the Free Syrian Army and was allegedly compelled to fight for the al-Qaeda offshoot al-Nusra Front. After it became clear he wasn't fighting for a group classified as terrorist, he was released on minor charges.[8][9][10]
• Marcel Lazăr Lehel (May 2016 – September 2016), Romanian national sentenced to 52 months for hacking
• Paul Manafort (July 2018 – )[11][3]
• Maria Butina (August 2018 – )[12]
• Chelsea Manning (March 2019 – 9 May 2019, 16 May 2019 – 12 March 2020)[13][14][15] American activist and whistleblower[16] in addition to being a former U.S. Army Soldier
• Jake Angeli, a.k.a. Jacob Chansley (February 2021 – July 2021), "QAnon shaman" American conspiracy theorist who participated heavily in the 2021 United States Capitol attack[17][18][19][20]
• Allison Fluke-Ekren (sentenced to 20 years, 2022), American female jihadist[21]

References

1. "Detention Center Bureau". City of Alexandria. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
2. "Alexandria Deputy Dies After Shooting". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1981-01-28. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Rachel Weiner (July 12, 2018), "Paul Manafort moves to Alexandria jail, a past home to spies and terrorists", Chicago Tribune
4. James Dao (March 2, 2004), "Closing Remarks in Terror Trial Touch on Paintball and Pakistan", The New York Times
5. Bill Chappell (July 20, 2018), "Judge Vacates Terrorism Convictions Of Man Who Had Trained With Paintball Group", National Public Radio
6. Eric Lichtblau (Oct. 29, 2003), "Trucker Sentenced to 20 Years in Plot Against Brooklyn Bridge", The New York Times
7. Wise, David (2012-06-07). "Mole-in-Training: How China Tried to Infiltrate the CIA". Washingtonian. Retrieved 2016-08-06. A week later, Shriver was wearing a green jumpsuit in a cell at the red-brick Alexandria city jail[...]
8. Pelton, Robert Young (11 April 2014). "The All-American Life and Death of Eric Harroun". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
9. "Lost In Syria". The New Yorker. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
10. Hendley, Matthew (2013-09-20). "Eric Harroun, Phoenix Vet Who Fought Syrian Regime, Suddenly Gets a Sweet Plea Deal". Blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
11. Amanda Whiting (2018-08-22). "Paul Manafort is Still in the Alexandria Jail. What Happens Next?". Washingtonian. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
12. Betsy Woodruff, Pervaiz Shallwani (2018-08-18). "Alleged Russian Agent Marina Butina Moved to Virginia Jail, Unclear Why". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
13. Rachel Weiner, Ellen Nakashima (2019-03-08). "Chelsea Manning sent to jail for refusing to testify in WikiLeaks case". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
14. "Chelsea Manning released from Virginia jail after 62 days". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
15. Rachel Weiner (2020-03-13). "Chelsea Manning is released from jail". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
16. "Transgender activist Chelsea Manning's Senate video listed as 'inappropriate' by YouTube - PinkNews · PinkNews". www.pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
17. Jane Recker (Feb. 4, 2021), "The 'QAnon Shaman' Has Been Moved to the Alexandria Jail So He Can Eat Organic", Washingtonian magazine
18. Yaron Steinbuch (Feb. 5, 2021), "'QAnon Shaman' unrecognizable in mugshot from Virginia jail", New York Post
19. (Feb. 5, 2021), "Man who wore horns in Capitol riot moved to Virginia jail that serves organic food", NBC News via Associated Press
20. (July 8, 2021), "QAnon Shaman, Who Faces Capitol Riot Charges, Being Housed In Denver-Area Detention Center", CBS News
21. Barakat, Matthew (1 November 2022). "Kansas mom gets 20 years for leading Islamic State battalion". Associated Press.

External links

• Detention Center Bureau - City of Alexandria