Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix

Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix
Location 37900 N. 45th Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85086[1]
Status Operational
Security class Medium + minimum (camp)[2][3]
Capacity 740 + 272 (camp)[3]
Population 1,070 + 288 (camp)[4] (as of January 13, 2011)
Opened April 1985[3]
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix (FCI Phoenix) is a U.S. federal prison located in Phoenix, Arizona. Operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, it is a medium-security facility housing male inmates and also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum-security female offenders.[2] The combined prison complex held 1,358 inmates as of January 13, 2011.[4]

The prison is located 25 miles (40 km) north of downtown Phoenix, off the Black Canyon Freeway at the exit for Pioneer Road. It generally holds convicts from the U.S. District Court of Arizona, the federal court for the area.[2]

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History

An environmental impact study was prepared in 1980 for the proposed prison,[5] which was being planned while the federal prison system was overwhelmed with incoming inmates.[6] The facility was opened in April 1985 with two housing units, each containing 66 rooms at the time. By 2002, it employed 349 staff and held 1,525 inmates.[3]

Notable inmates

In 2004,[7] Cris Kirkwood, bassist for the Meat Puppets, was imprisoned in the Federal Correctional Institute at Phoenix for assaulting a security guard at a post office in Tempe, Arizona.[8] While incarcerated at the prison, Kirkwood met Jerry Posin, who had been a drummer for Steppenwolf, and joined in Posin's exercise routine. The two eventually joined in jazz and other original music performances at the facility.[9] Kirkwood's time in prison was credited with helping him go cold turkey from his drug addiction.[10] According to Kirkwood, "It was actually pretty tolerable."[9]

On November 4, 2005, Earl Krugel, an activist for the Jewish Defense League, was bludgeoned to death by another inmate with a block of concrete. Krugel, who had been convicted for attempting to bomb a mosque in California, had only been in the prison for three days.[11] David Frank Jennings, the inmate charged with the death, had no apparent ties to Krugel.[12]

On January 9, 2011, Jared Lee Loughner was denied bail and transferred to the facility by federal authorities while awaiting trial for charges related to the 2011 Tucson shooting.[13]

Inmate Number Status Description
Cris Kirkwood[8] 81499-008 Released July 7, 2005[14] Assault with a deadly weapon[7]
Earl Krugel[15] 20966-112 Killed by inmate on November 4, 2005[11] Conspiracy to commit a bombing[11]
Jared Lee Loughner[16] 15213-196 Transferred to USP Tucson on February 24, 2011.[17] Attempted assassination of a member of Congress,
killing and attempting to kill an employee of the federal government
killing four other people, and injuring 12 others.[13]
Jerry Posin[9] 97188-012 Released May 7, 2009[18] —
Timothy P. Villagomez[19] 00590-005 Transferred to USP Tucson[20] Bribery, conspiracy to defraud, theft, wire fraud[21]

See also

Arizona portal
Government of the United States portal

References

  1. ^ "FCI Phoenix Contact Information". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=phx. Retrieved January 12, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "FCI Phoenix". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/phx/index.jsp. Retrieved January 12, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c d Mary Bosworth (2002). The U.S. Federal Prison System. SAGE Publications. pp. 285–286. http://books.google.com/books?id=nypWXkksfp8C&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285. Retrieved January 12, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Weekly Population Report". Federal Bureau of Prisons. January 13, 2011. http://www.bop.gov/locations/weekly_report.jsp. Retrieved January 13, 2011. 
  5. ^ Webster, James H. (1980). Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix, Arizona: final environmental impact statement. Bureau of Prisons. http://books.google.com/books?id=0_JWHQAACAAJ. Retrieved January 13, 2011. 
  6. ^ Abbey, Alan (January 13, 1984). "Federal Prisons Deluged with Flood of Inmates". Oxnard Press-Courier: p. 12. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4RtKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CiINAAAAIBAJ&pg=6876,1465368&dq=phoenix+planned. Retrieved January 13, 2011. 
  7. ^ a b . Associated Press. MSNBC. August 3, 2004. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/5593127. Retrieved January 13, 2011. 
  8. ^ a b Cromelin, Richard (September 2, 2007). "Extreme turnaround". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/09/02/extreme_turnaround/. Retrieved January 14, 2011. 
  9. ^ a b c O'Neal, Sean (October 9, 2007). "Interview: Meat Puppets". The A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/articles/meat-puppets,14160/. Retrieved January 13, 2011. 
  10. ^ Dominic, Serene (July 12, 2007). "Back on the Sun". Phoenix New Times: pp. 1–2. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-07-12/music/back-on-the-sun/. Retrieved January 15, 2011. 
  11. ^ a b c Alfano, Sean (November 6, 2005). "JDL Activist Killed In Prison". Associated Press. CBS News. pp. 1–2. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/06/national/main1015856.shtml. Retrieved January 15, 2011. 
  12. ^ Crogan, Jim (July 23, 2006). "Feds Indict Suspect in Prison Murder of JDL’s Krugel". CBS News. http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/feds_indict_suspect_in_prison_murder_of_jdls_krugel_20060724/. Retrieved January 15, 2011. 
  13. ^ a b "Tucson shooting suspect held without bail". KNXV-TV. January 9, 2011. http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/national/suspect-jared-loughner-faces-federal-charges-in-tucson-shooting. Retrieved January 12, 2011. 
  14. ^ "Inmate Locator: Christopher Kirkwood". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Christopher&Middle=&LastName=Kirkwood&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0. Retrieved January 23, 2011. 
  15. ^ "Inmate Locator: Earl Leslie Krugel". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Earl&Middle=Leslie&LastName=Krugel&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0. Retrieved January 14, 2011. 
  16. ^ "Inmate Locator: Jared Lee Loughner". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Jared&Middle=Lee&LastName=Loughner&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0. Retrieved January 12, 2011. 
  17. ^ "Loughner now in federal prison in Tucson". Arizona Daily Star. February 25, 2011. http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/article_fdf66e28-4147-11e0-a3d7-001cc4c03286.html. Retrieved May 26, 2011. 
  18. ^ "Inmate Locator: Jerry Miles Posin". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Jerry&Middle=Miles&LastName=Posin&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0. Retrieved January 13, 2011. 
  19. ^ de la Torre, Ferdie (September 19, 2009). "Tim Villagomez now in Arizona federal prison". Saipan Tribune. http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=93674. Retrieved January 15, 2011. 
  20. ^ "Inmate Locator: Timothy P. Villagomez". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Timothy&Middle=P&LastName=Villagomez&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0. Retrieved January 14, 2011. 
  21. ^ Eaton, Kristi (April 27, 2009). "Villagomez resigns". Saipan Tribune. http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=89728. Retrieved January 15, 2011. 

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