Federal Correctional Institution, El Reno
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| Location | El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
| Population | 1,000 (265 in prison camp) |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Federal Correctional Institution, El Reno (FCI El Reno) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Oklahoma. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility has an adjacent satellite camp for minimum-security male offenders.
It has one of two remaining farm facilities in the BOP.[1]
FCI El Reno is located in central Oklahoma, 30 miles west of Oklahoma City.[2]
History
The El Reno Reformatory was originally named the United States Southwestern Reformatory (abbreviated U.S.S.R.) when it opened April 4, 1933, to receive inmates transferred from USP Leavenworth, Kansas; the Federal Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio; and the Federal Prison Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas. In 1938, it was renamed the Federal Reformatory, El Reno, Oklahoma. It developed into a Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) for young adults (ages 18 – 26) who needed to be in a medium security facility. In the late 1970s, it began receiving medium-security prisoners of all ages.[3]
FCI El Reno was established to house younger prisoners.[1] President Barack Obama visited FCI El Reno on July 16, 2015. This was the first time a sitting president has ever visited a federal prison.[4]
Notable incidents
On December 19, 2004, inmate Carlos Brewster escaped from the minimum-security prison camp at FCI El Reno. A fugitive task force led by the
In August 2011, inmate Joe Villarreal escaped from FCI El Reno, where he was serving a 147-month sentence for
Brewster and Villarreal were transferred to facilities with higher security levels.[8][9]
Notable inmates
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Photo | Status | Details |
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Diego Montoya Sanchez
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04171-748 | Scheduled for release in 2045; now at FCI Petersburg. | Former leader of the | |
| Joel Lopez Sr. | 20142-079 | Serving a life sentence. | Drug trafficker; convicted in 2009 of attempting to hire a member of the Latin Kings gang to kidnap and murder US District Judge Ricardo Hinojosa in retaliation for Hinojosa sentencing him to life in prison in 2006.[12] | |
| Jon Woods | 14657-010 | Sentenced to 220 months; scheduled for release in 2033. Now at FCI Bastrop .
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Arkansas state senator from 2013 to 2017; found guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, twelve counts of wire fraud, and money laundering.[13] Woods was accused of soliciting and accepting kickbacks for the distribution of government fund.[14] | |
| Christopher Faulkner | 76501-112 | Sentenced to FCI for fraud and tax evasion; scheduled for release in 2030 and is not eligible for parole. | Texas oil-and-gas mogul who was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for bilking investors out of millions of dollars and concealing money from the IRS.[15] |
See also
- List of U.S. federal prisons
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Incarceration in the United States
References
- ^ a b "President to Visit FCI El Reno." Federal Bureau of Prisons. July 14, 2015. Retrieved on August 12, 2015.
- ^ "FCI El Reno". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- ^ "FCI El Reno: A Look Back at its Early Tears." U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons. Monday Morning Highlights, March 25, 2013. Accessed September 27, 2015.
- ^ "President Obama Visits the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution." YouTube. July 16, 2015. Accessed September 9, 2015.
- ^ "Inmate escapes federal prison at El Reno". The Corrections Connection.
- ^ "Escapee found at fast-food restaurant". Chicago Tribune. January 9, 2005.
- ^ "Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison for Escape from and Possession of a Weapon at FCI El Reno". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- ^ "Inmate Locator - Carlos Ray Brewster, Jr". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- ^ "Inmate Locator - Joe G. Villarreal, Jr". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- ^ "Leader of Colombian Drug Cartel and Former FBI Top-Ten Fugitive Pleads Guilty to Drug, Murder and Racketeering Charges". Justice.gov. 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ^ "Colombian drug lord gets U.S. prison term - US news - Crime & courts | NBC News". NBC News. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ^ "USAO - 091016 - Lopez-Gonzalez". Justice.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "Jon Woods Sentenced To 18 Years For Fraud, Money Laundering Convictions". Fort Smith/Fayetteville News | 5newsonline KFSM 5NEWS. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ DMM, Adam Roberts (2018-09-06). "Former Arkansas State Sen. Jon Woods sentenced to prison". KHBS. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "Northern District of Texas | So-Called 'Frack Master' Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
Further reading
- Bosworth, Mary (2002). The U.S. federal prison system. SAGE. ISBN 0-7619-2304-7.
- Glaser, Daniel (1964). The effectiveness of a prison and parole system. Bobbs-Merrill.
- Resolution of prison riots: strategies and policies. Oxford University Press US. 1996. ISBN 0-19-509324-0.
- To live in two worlds: American Indian youth today. Dodd, Mead. 1984. ISBN 0-396-08321-8.
External links
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