Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop

Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop
Location Camp Swift, Bastrop County, Texas
Status Operational
Security class Low-security
Capacity 793
Opened 1979
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop (FCI Bastrop) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Texas. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum-security offenders.

FCI Bastrop and 8 miles north of the city of Bastrop and 30 miles southeast of Austin.[1]

Notable incidents

On November 20, 2009, inmates Leandro Luna, 52, and Adan Chavez, 53, escaped from FCI Bastrop. The two were able to simply walk away from the facility since they were being held at the minimum-security prison camp, which has no perimeter fence. Hector Gomez, a Deputy US Marshal assigned to the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, a team of law enforcement agents consisting of local authorities, Texas Rangers and US Marshals, said the escape had probably been in the works "for a long time" and that the task force believed that Luna and Chavez, who were serving sentences for narcotics convictions, were attempting to flee to Mexico. It took authorities two days to notify the public of the escape. Prison officials would not elaborate on the specifics of the escape or why the public was not notified sooner.[2][3] Six days after the escape, Mexican authorities apprehended Luna and Chavez in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, across from the border city of Del Rio, Texas. It was subsequently discovered that Luna and Chavez had stolen a Federal Bureau of Prisons vehicle during their escape, which was recovered in a parking lot in East Austin, Texas.[4]

Notable Inmates (current and former)

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Mohamad Hammoud 16449-058 Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2026. Member of the militant Islamic group Hezbollah; convicted of providing material support for terrorism in 2002 for leading a cigarette smuggling organization in North Carolina which raised $8 million for the group.[5][6][7]
Michael Nunn 11772-030 Serving a 24-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2024. Former world middleweight boxing champion; pleaded guilty to drug trafficking conspiracy in 2004 for buying $24,000 worth of cocaine from an undercover FBI Agent in 2002.[8][9][10]
Sam Hurd 44162-424 Serving a 15-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2025.[11] Former National Football League player; pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance in connection with his attempt to form a cocaine and marijuana ring in Chicago, Illinois.[12][13][14]
Richard Causey 29261-179 Released from custody in 2011 after serving 4 years. Former chief accountant of the now-defunct Enron Corporation; pleaded guilty to securities fraud for misleading shareholders about Enron's financial problems prior to the company's 2001 collapse.[15][16][17][18]
Hobart Huson 76209-080 Released from custody in 2009 after serving 6 years. Owner of the largest ecstasy lab in the US and supplier of labs across the county; pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in 2003; his story was featured on the NBC news program Dateline in 2001.[19][20]
Chris Lamprecht 61153-080 Released from custody in 2000 after serving 5 years. Computer hacker; known as the first person to be legally barred from using the Internet; pleaded guilty to money laundering in 1995 for stealing and selling telecommunications equipment.[21]

See also


References

  1. ↑ "FCI Bastrop". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. ↑ Hinkle, Josh (November 22, 2009). "Two escape federal prison in Bastrop". LIN Television of Texas. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Buda Police Department Joins Lone Star Fugitive Task Force". US Department of Justice. October 3, 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Rydquist, Sigfrid (November 26, 2009). "Bastrop prison escapees caught". LIN Television of Texas. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Ringleader Identified In Charlotte Arrests". CBS News. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Brothers Guilty on All Counts in Hezbollah-Smuggling Case". Fox News. June 21, 2002. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Mohamad Youssef Hammoud sentenced to 30 years in terrorism financing case". US Department of Homeland Security. January 27, 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Ex-middleweight champ Nunn sentenced to 24 years in jail". USA Today. January 30, 2004.
  9. ↑ Keeler, Sean (July 6, 2008). "Rise and fall of boxing champion Michael Nunn". Des Moines Register.
  10. ↑ Dvorak, Todd (January 30, 2004). "Ex-Boxing Champ Michael Nunn Sentenced". The Washington Post.
  11. ↑ McKnight, Michael (November 15, 2013). "Sam Hurd spared life, but sentenced to 15 years for drug trafficking". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  12. ↑ Associated Press (April 11, 2013). "Ex-NFL player Hurd pleads guilty to drug charge". sportsillustrated.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  13. ↑ Hopkins, Jared S. (April 11, 2013). "Hurd pleads guilty to drug trafficking". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  14. ↑ "Former NFL Player Sam Hurd Pleads Guilty To Role In Cocaine And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy". US Department of Justice. April 11, 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  15. ↑ Kristen Hays (January 3, 2007). "Prisons familiar territory in Enron storyline". The Houston Chronicle.
  16. ↑ Johnson, Carrie (November 16, 2006). "Former Enron Accountant Gets 5 1/2 Years for Fraud". The Washington Post.
  17. ↑ Hunt, Katherine (January 3, 2007). "Ex-Enron exec Richard Causey reports to prison: AP". The Wall Street Journal.
  18. ↑ Brubaker-Calkins, Laurel (January 3, 2007). "Causey Heads To Prison for Role in Enron". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  19. ↑ "Texan pleads guilty to shipping chemicals to California drug lab". Associated Press.
  20. ↑ "Ecstasy figure sentenced to eight years". SignOnSanDiego News Services.
  21. ↑ Silberman, Steve (December 3, 1997). "Twice Removed: Locked Up and Barred from Net". Wired. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

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Coordinates: 30°11′30″N 97°18′28″W / 30.19167°N 97.30778°W