Wende Correctional Facility - Notable Inmates

Notable Inmates

  • Jack Abbott - criminal and author. He committed suicide at Wende in 2002.
  • Jimmy Burke - mastermind of the Lufthansa Heist. Burke was imprisoned in Wende until his death in 1996.
  • Mark David Chapman - the killer of former Beatles member John Lennon. Chapman was transferred from the Attica Correctional Facility to Wende in 2012.

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