Federal Prison Camp, Pensacola

Federal Prison Camp, Pensacola
Location Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
Status Operational
Security class Minimum-security
Population 780
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Prison Camp, Pensacola (FPC Pensacola) is a minimum-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Pensacola, Florida. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

FPC Pensacola is located on Saufley Field, an outlying field of Naval Air Station Pensacola, 175 miles west of the state capital of Tallahassee and 50 miles east of Mobile, Alabama.[1]

History

In 2006, the Bureau of Prisons decided to cut costs by closing the Federal Prison Camp, Eglin, which was located at Auxiliary Field 6, Eglin Air Force Base, in Okaloosa County, Florida, and moving the inmates to FPC Pensacola.[2] In July 2009, Forbes magazine listed the prison as the number two "cushiest prison" in the United States.[3] In October 2006 the United States Department of Justice indicted four people for bribery and providing contraband to inmates at the prison.[4] In March 2007, the prison made headlines when an inmate escaped from a work detail at Naval Air Station Pensacola.[5]

Notable Inmates (current and former)

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Tim Donaghy 75377-053 Released from custody in 2009 after serving 11 months. Former NBA referee; pleaded guilty in 2007 to wire fraud conspiracy and illegally transmitting betting information for accepting thousands of dollars from professional gambler James Batista in exchange for providing inside information on games, including games he worked.[6][7]
Douglas Green 20952-077 Released from custody in 2003 after serving 12 years. Louisiana insurance commissioner from 1988 to 1991; convicted in 1991 of conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering for using his position to prop up a failing insurance company in exchange for $2.7 million in bribes.[8]
Paul H. Jones 55193-060 Released from federal custody in 2008 and transferred to an Ohio state prison. Mayor of Ravenna, Ohio from 1976 to 1982 and 1996 to 2005; convicted in 2010 of mail fraud and filing false tax returns for using his position to assist his son's business make over $260,000 in profits and failing to report those profits to the IRS.[9][10][11]
Mark Whitacre 07543-424 Released from custody in 2007 after serving 8 years. FBI informant who assisted in the ADM price-fixing investigation; subsequently imprisoned for money laundering and other charges based on a complaint filed by ADM executives; Whitacre was the subject of the 2009 Steven Soderbergh film The Informant!.[12][13]
Robert Powell 15110-067 Released from custody in April 2013 after serving 18 months. Developer of two for-profit juvenile prisons in Pennsylvania; pleaded guilty to paying $770,000 to two judges in exchange for sentencing juveniles to serve time in those prisons; known as the Kids for Cash scandal, one of the worst judicial scandals in US history.[14][15]

See also


References

  1. ↑ http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/pen/index.jsp
  2. ↑ Rudman, Mladen. "Article: Eglin prison to turn in key: The camp?s five dormitories and smaller buildings will be returned to the Air Force after remaining personnel leaves by Feb. 20." Northwest Florida Daily News. January 10, 2006. Retrieved on August 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ Hawkins, Asher (2009-07-13). "America's 10 Cushiest Prisons". Forbes. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  4. ↑ "Four Individuals Charged with Providing Contraband to Federal Inmates". United States Department of Justice. 2006-10-17. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  5. ↑ "Prison camp escapee sought". Pensacola News Journal. 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  6. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2975532
  7. ↑ "Most Popular E-mail Newsletter". USA Today. 2012-08-14.
  8. ↑ "Louisiana Insurance Official Is Sentenced", June 13, 1991". The New York Times. 1991-06-13. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  9. ↑ http://www.ethics.ohio.gov/PressReleases/03232007.html
  10. ↑ http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/2008602
  11. ↑ http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/1835591
  12. ↑ Mokhiber, Russell; Weissman,, Robert (2000-08-08), "Rats in the Grain", Common Dreams NewsCenter, retrieved 2009-09-20
  13. ↑ Krebs, A.V. (2000-08-16), "Must reading", The Progressive Populist (Ampersand Publishing Co.)
  14. ↑ http://citizensvoice.com/18-month-sentence-for-powell-kids-for-cash-financier-and-star-witness-1.1227829
  15. ↑ http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/kids-for-cash-financier-powell-assigned-to-fla-prison-camp-1.1250164

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