Fort Dix

Fort Dix is an American military base in Burlington County, New Jersey . It was named after John Adams Dix in 1939 . The site houses a large military prison with 4,724 inmates. Reservists in particular have been trained here since October 1997.

In 1976 there was a local swine flu outbreak at the fort .

With the neighboring bases McGuire Air Force Base and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst it was merged in 2005 to form the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst .

In 2007, a group of Islamists was convicted of planning an attack on Fort Dix.

A world-famous inmate was George Jung , whose life is reflected in the film Blow , and who was released from prison on June 2, 2014 after being transferred.

Web links

Commons : Fort Dix - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website

Individual evidence

^ The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Fort Dix , as of May 5, 2014
^ JC Gaydos [et al.]: Swine influenza A outbreak, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1976. In: Emerging Infectious Diseases . Vol. 12, 2006, pp. 23-28; Full text (in English)
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40.012869 -74.625104Coordinates: 40 ° 1 ′ N , 74 ° 38 ′ W

[1] The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Fort Dix , as of May 5, 2014

[2] JC Gaydos [et al.]: Swine influenza A outbreak, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1976. In: Emerging Infectious Diseases . Vol. 12, 2006, pp. 23-28; Full text (in English)

[3] Result using number 19225-004 http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/