Federal Correctional Institution, Bennettsville

FCI Bennettsville
Location Marlboro County,
near Bennettsville, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°40′25″N 79°43′28″W / 34.6737°N 79.7245°W / 34.6737; -79.7245Coordinates: 34°40′25″N 79°43′28″W / 34.6737°N 79.7245°W / 34.6737; -79.7245
Status Operational
Security class Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population 1,688 (157 in camp)
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden Travis Bragg

The Federal Correctional Institution, Bennettsville (FCI Bennettsville) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in South Carolina. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also includes an adjacent prison camp for minimum-security male inmates.

FCI Bennettsville is located in northeast South Carolina, approximately 70 miles from Myrtle Beach and 100 miles from Columbia, the state capital.[1]

Notable incidents

In August 2012, Dawud Abdullah Khalid, age 37, was charged in a one-count indictment with escaping from FCI Bennettsville on July 17, 2012. He faces a maximum sentence of 5 additional years in prison. The case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service.[2][3] Khalid is currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Marianna, a medium-security facility in Florida, and is scheduled for release in 2017.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FCI Bennettsville". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. ↑ "Bennettsville Inmate Charged With Escape". US Department of Justice.
  3. ↑ "Bennettsville inmate charged with escape". August 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Federal Inmate Locator - DAWUD KHALID". Federal Bureau of Prisons.


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