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Miguel Alvarez
Prisoner #97A413
Actor: Kirk Acevedo
Convicted February 3, 1997, assault with a deadly weapon; criminal mischief in the second degree. Sentence: 15 years. Up for parole in two. Escaped in July 2000; Captured in January 2001. Parole denied in 2002.
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Tobias Beecher
Prisoner #97B412
Actor: Lee Tergesen
Convicted July 5, 1997, driving while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter. Sentence: 15 years. Up for parole in four. Parole denied in 2001; Parole approved in 2003, but returned shortly due to parole violation.
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Vernon Schillinger
Prisoner #92S110
Actor: J.K. Simmons
Convicted October 21, 1992, aggravated assault in the first degree. Sentence: eight years. Up for parole in five. Leader of the Aryans. Stabbed by real knife during production of "Macbeth" in 2003; death was ruled an accident.
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Ryan O'Reily
Prisoner #97P904
Actor: Dean Winters
Convicted July 12, 1997. Two counts, vehicular manslaughter; five counts, reckless endangerment; possession of controlled substances; criminal possession of a weapon; parole violation. Sentence: Life imprisonment. Eligible for parole in twelve years. 40 years added to his Life sentence for the murder of Preston Nathan.
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Kareem Said (a.k.a. Goodson Truman)
Prisoner #97S444
Actor: Eamonn Walker
Convicted June 6, 1997. Arson in the second degree. Sentence: 18 years. Eligible for parole in five. Leader of the Muslims. Murdered by visitor Lemuel Idzik.
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Cyril O'Reily
Prisoner #98P284
Actor: Scott William Winters
Convicted July 1 1998. Murder in the 1st degree. Sentence: Life, up for parole in 60 years. O'Reily murdered Preston Nathan, Dr. Gloria Nathan's husband. Cyril is Oz inmate Ryan O'Reily's brother.
Convicted February 2002. Murder in the first degree (inmate Li Chen). Sentence: Death. Granted a stay in 2003.
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Christopher Keller
Prisoner #98K514
Actor: Christopher Meloni
Convicted June 16, 1998. Felony murder, 2 counts attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, driving while under the influence, reckless driving. Sentence: 88 years. Up for parole in 50 years. Transferred to Massachusetts to stand trial for the murder of Hank Schillinger in 2001. Transferred back to Oz in 2002.
Convicted February 2002. Murder of Bryce Tibbetts. Sentence: Death. Threw himself over the second story railing in Em City in 2003.
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Robert Rebadow
Prisoner #65R814
Actor: George Morfogen
Convicted September 9, 1965. Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Death, commuted to life (due to a power outage during execution).
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Agamemnon Busmalis (a.k.a. The Mole)
Prisoner #98B242
Actor: Tom Mardirosian
Convicted March 10, 1998. Grand theft auto, breaking and entering. Sentence: 10 years, up for parole in four. Escaped in July 2000, found stalking Whitney Allen ("Miss Sally").
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Arnold Jackson (a.k.a. Poet)
Prisoner #98J448 (formerly #96J332)
Actor: muMs
Convicted February 15, 1996. Armed robbery, attempted murder, possession of a deadly weapon. Sentence: 16 years, up for parole in nine. Early parole in July, 1998. Convicted July 20, 1998. Murder in the 2nd degree. Sentence: 26 years, up for parole in 19.
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Zahir Arif (a.k.a. Jerome Van Dyke)
Prisoner #97A622
Actor: Granville Adams
Convicted March 12,1997. First degree assault and possession of stolen goods. Sentence: 18 Years, up for parole in 7.
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Charles Pancamo (a.k.a. Chucky The Enforcer)
Prisoner #97P468
Actor: Chuck Zito
Convicted June 4, 1997. Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 35 years, up for parole in 15.
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Jaz Hoyt
Prisoner #98H432
Actor: Evan Seinfeld
Convicted August 12, 1998. Aggravated assault in the first degree. Sentence: 8 years, up for parole in four.
Convicted January 2002. Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Death. Transferred to the Connolly Institute for the Criminally Insane in 2003.
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James Robson
Prisoner #97R492
Actor: R.E. Rodgers
Convicted November 7, 1997. Murder in the first degree, Assault. Sentence: Life, up for parole in 25 years.
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Enrique Morales
Prisoner #00M871
Actor: David Zayas
Convicted April 6, 2000. Murder in second degree. Sentence: 25 years, up for parole in 15.
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Omar White
Prisoner #01W711
Actor: Michael Wright
Convicted January 4, 2001. Murder in the first degree. Sentence 75 years, up for parole in 20. Murdered by cell mate, Lemuel Idzik.
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Burr Redding
Prisoner #01R289
Actor: Anthony Chisholm
Convicted January 11, 2001. Murder in the first degree. 7 Counts Attempted Murder. Sentence: Life without the possibilty of parole.
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Carmen "Chico" Guerra
Prisoner #96G522
Actor: Otto Sanchez
Convicted June 4, 1996. Murder in the first degree. Sentence: 53 years, up for parole in 17. Nearly overdosed on "Destiny" in 2003.
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Timmy Kirk
Prisoner #96K423
Actor: Sean Dugan
Convicted April 16, 1996. Manslaughter, Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Sentence: 12 years, up for parole in 7. Killed by inmate Jaz Hoyt in 2003.
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Peter Schibetta
Prisoner #98X112
Actor: Eddie Malavarca
Convicted May 19, 1998. Five counts of extortion, money laundering. Sentence: 35 years, up for parole in 20. Son of former inmate Nino Schibetta, who died in 1997. Set up by Ryan O'Reily and killed by the Italians.
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Wilson Loewen
Prisoner #03W???
Actor: Tom Atkins
Convicted January 2003. Murder in the second degree. Sentence: . Murdered by inmate William Brandt, who insists that C.O. Johnson payed him $5000.
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Greg Penders
Prisoner #97P528
Actor: John Lurie
Convicted May 7, 1997. Criminally negligent homocide. Sentence: 17 years, up for parole in 9. Previously serving time in Solitary. Released from Solitary during renovations.
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Henry Stanton
Prisoner #99S131
Actor: Thomas G. Waites
Stabbed Martin Montgomery.
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Carlos Martinez
Prisoner #98M232
Actor: Carlos Leon
Convicted October 6, 1998. Two counts Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life without the possibility of parole.
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Franklin Winthrop
Prisoner #02W562
Actor: Andy Powers
Convicted January 14, 2002. Rape, Attempted Murder. Sentence: 28 years, up for parole in 7. Committed crime with friend, Adam Guenzel.
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Father Daniel Meehan
Prisoner #02N535
Actor: Malachy McCourt
Convicted February 9, 2002. Destruction of property, assaulting an officer of the law. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in 5. Died of an aneurysm in 2003.
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[Sherrif] Alvin Yood
Prisoner #01Y208
Actor: Tom Ligon
Convicted January 20, 2001. Aggravated Assault of a Minor. Sentence: 12 years, up for parole in 7. Currently serving his sentence in Oz's Unit J.
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Glen Shupe
Prisoner #99S917
Actor: Joel West
Convicted April 22, 1999. Manslaughter. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in 8. His left arm was severed at the shoulder in an "accident" in 2002.
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Wolfgang Cutler
Prisoner #02C733
Actor: Brendan Kelly
Convicted February 20, 2002. Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Found dead, hanging in cell.
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Francis Urbano (a.k.a. Frank the Fixer)
Prisoner #02U672
Actor: Antoni Cornacchione
Convicted January 7, 2002. Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life, up for parole in 25.
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Pablo Rosa
Prisoner #02R104
Actor: Michael Rivera
Convicted December 22, 2002. Involuntary Manslaughter. Sentence: 18 years, up for parole in 10.
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Jahfree Neema
Prisoner #03N679
Actor: Peter Francis James
Convicted January 10, 2003. Kidnapping, Assault. Sentence: 7 years, up for parole in 3.
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Lemuel Idzik
Prisoner #03I462
Actor: Joel Grey
Convicted February 2, 2003. Murder in the Second Degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Murdered cell-mate Omar White. Moved to Solitary.
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Reggie Rawls
Prisoner #01R394
Actor: Mtume Gant
Convicted January 10, 2001. Aggravated Assault. Sentence: 12 years, up for parole in 4.
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Stanley Bukowski
Prisoner #03B563
Actor: Ashley Hamilton
Convicted January 16, 2003. Possession and Distribution of Illegal Substances. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in 7.
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Seamus O'Reily
Prisoner #03P138
Actor: Ashley Hamilton
Convicted February 3, 2003. Murder in the First Degree. Sentence: 34 years, up for parole in 16.
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Alonzo Torquemada
Prisoner #03T323
Actor: Bobby Cannavale
Convicted February 6, 2003. Assault in the First Degree. Sentence: 10 years, up for parole in 6.
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Jackson Vahue
Prisoner #97V588
Actor: Rick Fox
Professional NBA basketball player. Convicted August 17, 1997. Attempted Rape, Assault in the First Degree. Sentence: 12 years. Up for parole in 5 years. Parole denied in 2001. Parole granted in 2002. Shot and killed by C.O. Dave Brass in 2003.
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Augustus Hill
Prisoner #95H522
Actor: Harold Perrineau
Convicted November 6, 1995, possession of illegal substances; murder in the second degree. Sentence: life imprisonment, up for parole in twenty years. Killed by inmate Frank Urbano.
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Jefferson Keane
Prisoner #97K186
Actor: Leon
Convicted May 14, 1997. Two counts, murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole. Killed inmate Julio Martinez, received the death penalty, lethal injection.
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Shirley Bellinger
Prisoner #97B642
Actor: Kathryn Erbe
Convicted December 6, 1997. Murder In The First Degree. Sentence: Death. Serving time on death row in Ozwald because no women's prisons have execution facilities. Executed by hanging, August 2000.
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Eugene Dobbins
Prisoner #97D403
Actor: Zuill Bailey
Professional 'cellist. Convicted August 18 1997, murder in the second degree. Sentence: 22 years, up for parole in eight years. Died in the 1997 Riot.
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Antonio Nappa
Prisoner #98N744
Actor: Mark Margolis
Convicted June 4, 1998. Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 80 years, up for parole in 50. Deceased, found dead in his cell--suffocated by cellmate Nat Ginsburg.
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Andrew Peter Schillinger
Prisoner #99S333
Actor: Frederick Koehler
Convicted February 16, 1999. Murder in the 2nd degree, possession of narcotics. Sentence: 50 years, up for parole in 20. Deceased, overdosed on heroin while in solitary confinement.
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Dino Ortolani
Prisoner #96C382
Actor: Jon Seda
Convicted December 12, 1996. 1 Count assault with a deadly weapon, murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole. In July 1997, killed AIDS ward inmate Emilio Sanchez. While in the hole, he was burned to death by inmate Johnny Post.
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