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 •
Lyndon LaRouche exonerated in 2018 •
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 • 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), 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. •
Marcel Lazăr Lehel (May 2016 – September 2016), Romanian national sentenced to 52 months for hacking •
Paul Manafort (July 2018 – ) •
Maria Butina (August 2018 – ) •
Chelsea Manning (March 2019 – 9 May 2019, 16 May 2019 – 12 March 2020) American activist and
whistleblower 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 •
Allison Fluke-Ekren (sentenced to 20 years, 2022), American female
jihadist ==References==