Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland

Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland
Location Boyd County,
near Ashland, Kentucky
Status Operational
Security class Low-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population 1,300 (300 in prison camp)
Opened 1940
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland (FCI Ashland) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Kentucky. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. It also includes a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders.

FCI Ashland is located approximately 125 miles east of Lexington, Kentucky.[1]

History and description of facility

FCI Ashland opened in 1940. It currently holds inmates who are serving short-term sentences and are engaged in a "phasing down process" for prisoners who are close to completing their sentences in one of the regional prisons. FCI Ashland's primary service area includes Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Ohio, western Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh), Tennessee, and West Virginia.[2]

FCI Ashland has satellite camp which Forbes magazine ranked as one of the best places to go to prison in the United States. The camp holds a "wellness" program including aerobic exercise and stress reduction programs.[3]

Notable incidents

On December 5, 2008, former National Football League receiver Mark Ingram, Sr. failed to report to FCI Ashland after being sentenced to 92 months on bank fraud and money laundering charges. Ingram, who was in and out of jail after his playing days ended in 1996, had already been granted a delay to watch his son, Mark Ingram, Jr., finish his freshman season as a running back at the University of Alabama. Ingram asked for a second delay to watch his son play in the 2009 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans between Utah and Alabama. When the judge said no, Ingram went on the lam. US Marshals arrested him a month later in a Michigan motel room, two hours before the Sugar Bowl kickoff. He was on the bed watching the pre-game show on television. Ingram subsequently had two years added to his sentence.[4][5] He is currently being held at the Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City, a low-security facility in Mississippi, and is scheduled for release in 2016.[6]

On May 13, 2014, local media outlets reported that 46-year-old James Lewis, a former correctional officer at FCI Ashland, had been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Lewis had pleaded guilty to conspiring with inmate Gary Musick and Musick's girlfriend, Cindy Gates, to bring marijuana and nude photographs into the prison between December 2010 and February 2012. Musick was convicted of conspiracy while Gates pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge and was sentenced to probation.[7]

Notable inmates (current and former)

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
David Kernell 32341-074 Released from custody in November 2011; served 10 months.[8] Convicted in 2010 of unauthorized access to a computer and obstruction of justice for hacking into then-Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail account in 2008.[9][10][11]
Michael Golden

Jonathan Stone

 18691-075

18690-075

 Golden is serving a 14-year sentence and is scheduled for release in 2020; Stone was released from custody in 2013 after serving 4 years. Members of the white supremacist group Aryan Alliance; pleaded guilty to arson in connection with the 2008 firebombing of the Islamic Center of Central Missouri in Columbia, Missouri; accomplice Eric Ian Baker was sentenced to 15 years.[12][13]
Vincent Fumo 62033-066 Released from custody in 2014; served 4 years.[14] Pennsylvania State Senator from 1978 to 2008; convicted in 2009 of fraud, obstruction of justice and other charges for defrauding taxpayers of $3.5 million by using state employees and consultants to do political work and run personal errands.[15][16][17]
Antonio Figueroa 62706-050 Serving a 10-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2021. Former officer for the Camden Police Department in New Jersey; convicted in 2012 of civil rights violations for leading of a group of officers who planted evidence, paid for information with illegal drugs, conducted illegal searches, and stole money.[18][19]
Lucius Solomon 61763-019 Serving a 12-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2021. Former Atlanta Police officer; pleaded guilty in 2010 to bribery and drug charges for providing security for undercover FBI Agents posing as drug dealers while on duty in exchange for $2,000; two other officers pleaded guilty to lesser charges.[20][21]
Jack Schaap 12409-027 Serving a 12-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2023. Former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, IN; pleaded guilty to the federal charge of taking a minor across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.[22][23]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FCI Ashland". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. ↑ "Inmate Handbook: Ashland Federal Correctional Institution". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  3. ↑ Rose, Lacey (25 May 2006). "Best Places To Go To Prison". Forbes.
  4. ↑ Nocera, Kate (March 22, 2010). "Ex-Giants WR Mark Ingram sentenced for jumping bail to watch Heisman-winning son play football". New York Daily News. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Armstrong, Kevin (December 12, 2009). "Mark Ingram Wins Heisman Trophy in Close Race". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Inmate Locator: Inmate # 22749-050". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Former-Ashland-Corrections-Officer-sentenced-to-federal-prison-259138311.html
  8. ↑ "UT student David Kernell convicted of hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail, in halfway house". WBIR-TV Knoxville. August 2, 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Palin hacking case: David Kernell found guilty". The Washington Post. April 30, 2010.
  10. ↑ Poovey, Bill (12 November 2010). "David Kernell, Palin E-mail Hacker, Sentenced To Year In Custody". Huffington Post.
  11. ↑ Poovey, Bill (January 13, 2011). "Convicted Palin hacker David Kernell at prison camp in Kentucky". The E.W. Scripps Co. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "Feds Charge Three Suspected White Supremacists for Tennessee Mosque Bombing". Fox News. 12 February 2008.
  13. ↑ "Tennessee Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Burning Islamic Center". United States Department of Justice.
  14. ↑ Hanson, Tony (August 6, 2013). "Former PA Senator Fumo To Be Released From Prison". CBS Philly. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Vincent J. Fumo". The New York Times. July 15, 2009.
  16. ↑ "Fmr. Senator Vince Fumo Gets 6 More Months in Prison". November 10, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Former PA Senator Fumo To Be Released From Prison". CBS Philly. August 6, 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  18. ↑ "Crooked Cops". truTV.
  19. ↑ "Former Camden Police Officer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Civil Rights Violations". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  20. ↑ Tagami, Ty (September 2, 2010). "Former Atlanta cop admits to corruption, drug charges". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  21. ↑ "Former Atlanta Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Accepting Bribes". US Department of Justice. June 18, 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  22. ↑ Le Mignot, Suzanne (September 20, 2012). "Ex-Pastor Pleads Guilty To Relationship With Underage Girl". CBS Chicago. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  23. ↑ "Jack Schaap Sentenced: Indiana Pastor Gets 12 Years For Sexual Relationship With Teen Parishioner". Huffington Post. March 20, 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

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