Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont Low

Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont Low
Location Jefferson County,
near Beaumont, Texas
Status Operational
Security class Low-security
Opened 1998
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Beaumont Low is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Texas. It is part of the Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

FCC Beaumont is located approximately 35 miles from the Gulf of Mexico; 100 miles east of Houston; and 268 miles west of New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]








Notable inmates (current and former)

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Larry Bankston 25398-034 Released from custody in 2000; served 41 months. Member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1988 to 1996; convicted in 1997 of racketeering for accepting bribes in exchange for using his position to benefit video poker companies.[2][3][4]
Jerry Fowler 03547-095 Released from custody in 2005; served 4 years. Louisiana Elections Commissioner from 1980 to 2000; pleaded guilty in 2000 to defrauding the state of $900,000 between 1991 and 1999.[5][6][7]
Marc Rosenthal 96847-279 Serving a 20-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2030. Texas attorney; convicted in 2013 of bribery, conspiracy and honest services fraud for providing money and favors to a state judge, Abel Limas, and witnesses in exchange for favorable rulings and false testimony. Limas was sentenced to 6 years.[8][9]

See also


References

  1. ↑ "FCI Beaumont Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. ↑ "ES&S, Diebold lobbyists, July 21, 2005". bbvforums.org. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.lasc.org/opinions/2002/01b2780.pc.pdf
  4. ↑ "A DIFFERENT KIND OF GATED COMMUNITY". New Orleans Times-Picayune. July 23, 2000. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Alan Ehrenhalt, "The most ridiculous elective office in American state government is about to pass out of existence", August 30, 2001". jewishworldreview.com. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Jerry M. Fowler obituary". Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
  7. ↑ Scott, Robert Travis (January 26, 2009). "Longtime Louisiana election official Jerry Fowler dies at 68". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Chapa, Sergio (December 3, 2013). "Attorney Marc Rosenthal gets 20 years in federal prison". Chesapeake Media. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Austin Attorney Marc G. Rosenthal Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with South Texas Bribery Scheme". Federal Bureau of Investigation. December 4, 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

Coordinates: 29°57′35″N 94°4′14″W / 29.95972°N 94.07056°W