Question: Which inmate of the Lewisburg Penitentiary is a character in an American television crime series based on ?

text: United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg
Notable inmates ( current and former ) -- Organized crime figures

The United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg (USP Lewisburg) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Pennsylvania. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male offenders. USP Lewisburg is located in Kelly Township, Pennsylvania, near Lewisburg. It is in the central Pennsylvania region, 170 miles (270 km) west of Philadelphia and 200 miles (320 km) north of Washington, DC.
Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
David Thai 38263-053 Currently incarcerated at FMC Devens Founder and crime boss of the Vietnamese Born to Kill gang during the late 1980s and early 1990s , and was one of the largest purveyors of counterfeit watches in the New York counterfeiting industry . Was convicted of murder , extortion , racketeering alongside a multitude of charges in 1992 by a Federal Judge in Brooklyn
Whitey Bulger 02182-748 Held at USP Lewisburg from 1963 to 1965 Organized crime boss in Boston , Massachusetts in the 1970s and 1980s ; FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive until his capture in 2011 ; known as Whitey
John Gotti 18261-053 Held at USP Lewisburg from 1969 to 1972 Boss of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City from 1985 to 1992 ; convicted of murder , murder conspiracy , loansharking , illegal gambling , obstruction of justice , bribery , and tax evasion in 1992
Paul Vario 16522-053 Held at USP Lewisburg from 1973 to 1975 Former Caporegime and Underboss of the Lucchese crime family in New York City ; portrayed by Paul Sorvino in the 1990 film Goodfellas
Enoch L. Johnson Unlisted† Held at USP Lewisburg from 1941 to 1945 New Jersey political boss and racketeer ; served as an inspiration for the character Enoch Thompson , who is portrayed by Steve Buscemi in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire
Henry Hill Unlisted†† Held at USP Lewisburg from 1972 to 1978 Former associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York City ; portrayed by Ray Liotta in the 1990 film Goodfellas
Thomas DeSimone Unlisted† Sentenced to ten years for Highjacking Associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York
Jimmy Hoffa Unlisted† Held at USP Lewisburg from 1967 to 1971 American labor union leader who disappeared in 1975 . Sentence was commuted in 1971
Melvin Williams 47842-066 Spent a portion of his sentence at USP Lewisburg ; released in 1996 Former organized crime figure in Baltimore , Maryland ; convicted of heroin trafficking in 1985 ; served as an inspiration for the character Avon Barksdale in the HBO series The Wire
Gerard Ouimette Unlisted†  Former mafioso from Providence , Rhode Island ; associate of the Patriarca crime family
Anthony Provenzano 00625-050 Held at USP Lewisburg from 1966 to 1970 Also known as Tony Pro . Was a caporegime of the Genovese crime family New Jersey faction . An associate of Jimmy Hoffa . President of Teamsters Local 560 in Union City , New Jersey
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén 62604-079 Serving a 25-year prison sentence ; scheduled for release on August 30 , 2024 Succeeded Juan García Ábrego as leader of the Gulf Cartel ; extradited to the U.S. from Mexico in 2007 and pleaded guilty to threatening to murder U.S. law enforcement agents , drug trafficking and money laundering