CMU

On February 3, 2009, Daniel was moved back to his designated facility in Marion, Illinois. In 2011, he was moved to a CMU in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is in the Communication Management Unit (CMU), a unit created to heavily monitor communications of its prisoners. We truly hope that his time passes as quickly as possible here. Get ALL the info you need on the CMU here.

Read Daniel's Blog Go here.

Sending letters

Daniel sincerely appreciates letters but cannot always respond to every single one.
Please write him at:

DANIEL McGOWAN #63794-053
FCI TERRE HAUTE - CMU
P.O. BOX 33
TERRE HAUTE, IN 47808

Be mindful of what you write. All mail is read, copied and scanned by BoP staff and people who monitor all CMU prisoner communications. Please do not write to Daniel about anything that can be construed by prison staff as 'violent' or misinterpreted as code. IMPORTANT: If you are on probation, parole, house arrest, subpoenaed to a grand jury, indicted yourself OR ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PRISON SYSTEM - please do NOT write to Daniel.

Please send no more than 20 pages of printed materials per envelope.

Sending Pictures

Also, if you'd like to send pictures, he is allowed to receive up to 25 photos per envelope - no polaroids.

Sending Books

Daniel does not have any book wish lists. We tried that when he first went into prison but it became easier for him to just ask us for a few titles at a time. At the moment he has no specific requests. He is only allowed a handful of books in his possession at a time, so he asks us to discourage people to just send him books out of the blue. He has also read hundreds of books since he's been in prison, so there's a fairly good chance he has read a book you may have in mind.

Instead of trying to send a book, we suggest is donating to the paypal account and including a note that you would like it to go towards books. When we order we'll let him know who it's from.

As mentioned by a prison official, any materials sent to Daniel, whether books, photos or letters, should not promote violence of any kind in any way.

More info on CMU here.