page_title: Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
section_title: Notable inmates
hierarchical_section_title: Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago / Notable inmates
caption_attribution_description: English: Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago viewed from the Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) Español: Centro Correccional Metropolitano, Chicago, vista desde la Torre Sears (ahora la Torre Willis)
context_page_description: The Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago is a United States federal prison in Chicago, Illinois, which holds male and female prisoners of all security levels prior to and during court proceedings in the Northern District of Illinois, as well as inmates serving brief sentences. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
context_section_description: Alfredo Vasquez-Hernandez and Tomas Arevalo-Renteria, currently awaiting trial, are high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel, a multibillion-dollar drug trafficking organization based in Mexico; extradited and indicted in 2012 on charges that they supplied Chicago with 2000 kilograms of cocaine per month, valued at over $1 billion.
  Kevin Trudeau, sentenced to 10 years on March 17, 2014, is an author, radio personality, infomercial host, and salesman. Trudeau was convicted in 2013 of criminal contempt for violating a 2004 federal court order that prohibited him from making deceptive television infomercials that misrepresented the contents of his weight loss cure book.
  Thomas Zajac, sentenced to 35 years on April 14, 2011. Zajac was convicted in 2010 of using a destructive device and other charges for detonating a homemade pipe bomb at the Salt Lake City Public Library in Utah on September 15, 2006 in retaliation against Salt Lake City police for arresting his son.
  Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, served the last months of her prison sentence here.
  George Cottrell, British politician, arrested at O'Hare International Airport by the IRS Criminal Investigation Division in 2016.
  Nikesh A. Patel, Orlando, Florida-based businessman, who orchestrated the sale of 26 fraudulent loans totaling over $179 million, resulting in substantial losses to pension fund holders.  Patel is serving 25 years in Federal custody.
  Kent Sorenson, State Senator and Political Consultant sentenced to 15 months for federal campaign violations in regards to work performed on Ron Paul's Presidential campaign.
  R. Kelly, Singer and songwriter held without bail pending trial for accusations of child sexual exploitation.
  Joseph Konopka, American terrorist.
caption: The Metropolitan Correctional Center, from the Willis Tower looking East-Southeast.
exif: {"Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2008:08:30 09:19:42", "Image ExifOffset": "180", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/125", "EXIF FNumber": "8", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2008:08:30 09:19:42", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2008:08:30 09:19:42", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "2647/380", "EXIF ApertureValue": "6", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "55", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2588", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3888", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "195065/44", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "102433/23", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard"}