Federal Correctional Complex, Petersburg
{{short description|United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Petersburg, Virginia}}
{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = Federal Correctional Complex, Petersburg
| location = Prince George County,
near Hopewell, Virginia
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| status = Operational
| classification = Low and medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
| population = 3,400 (1,111 at Low; 1,595 at Medium; and 293 at minimum-security camp)
| opened =
| closed =
| managed_by = Federal Bureau of Prisons
| warden =
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The Federal Correctional Complex, Petersburg (FCC Petersburg) is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Petersburg, Virginia.{{cite web|last1=Zoukis|first1=Christopher|title=Prison Profile: Federal Correctional Institution Petersburg Low - Prisoner Resource|url=http://www.prisonerresource.com/prison-profiles/prison-profile-federal-correctional-institution-petersburg/|website=Prisoner Resource|publisher=Middle Street Publishing|access-date=23 April 2017|date=25 June 2013}} It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
The complex consists of two facilities:
- Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg Low: a low-security facility with an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security inmates.
- Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg Medium: a medium-security facility.
FCC Petersburg is located 25 miles southeast of Richmond, Virginia, the state capital.{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/pex/index.jsp | title=FCC Petersburg| publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons| access-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120621204556/http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/pex/index.jsp |archive-date=June 21, 2012 }} It lies in the northwesternmost part of Prince George County, just west of Hopewell, Virginia.
FCC Petersburg is located in Prince George County, 25 miles southeast of Richmond, Virginia, the state capital.{{cite web|title=FCI Petersburg Low|url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/pet/index.jsp|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons}} It lies just west of the independent city of Hopewell, Virginia.
Facility and programs
FCI Petersburg offers numerous educational opportunities, including a GED Program, English as-a-Second Language, Occupational Education, Post-Secondary Education, Adult Continuing Education, as well as Parenting Classes and Release Preparation. The facility also has a Law Library which compliant inmates may use periodically.
FCI Petersburg is one of several federal prison facilities which offer sex offender treatment programs. The Sex Offender Management Program (SOMP) at FCI Petersburg was established to assist in effectively managing the Bureau of Prisons' population of offenders with sex offense histories. The program consists of assessment/evaluation, treatment, and monitoring/managing components. The assessment/evaluation component of SOMP is non-voluntary because it assists correctional staff in determining whether the inmate is likely to engage in risk relevant behavior while incarcerated. The remaining elements of the program are voluntary.{{cite web|title=Inmate Orientation Handbook: FCC Petersburg|url=https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/pem/PEX_aohandbook.pdf|website=Federal Bureau of Prisons|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=18 October 2015|date=October 2014}}
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Notable incidents
In 2008, a joint investigation conducted by the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons found that an inmate at FCI Petersburg, John Leighnor, was coordinating an ongoing identity-theft scheme from the facility. Leighnor was already serving a 7-year-sentence dating from a conviction in 2003 for another identity-theft scheme. Armed with the names of his victims, Leighnor drafted correspondence to be sent by mail to various governmental agencies and other organizations to obtain official documentation for his targets. In connection with each mailing, Leighnor either claimed that he was the person he was victimizing or that he was a lawyer, advocate, or other designated representative for a targeted victim. He requested the victim's personal documentation, such as birth certificates, family information, undergraduate transcripts, enrollment applications, and death certificates. Leighnor directed that all return correspondence be sent to his attention at various addresses, including: "Dept. 14375-077, P.O. Box 1000, Petersburg, Virginia 23804." He concealed the fact that the correspondence would be delivered to him at FCI Petersburg and that "14375-077" was his federal prisoner identification number.
Upon receiving the victim's identifying information, Leighnor planned to obtain passports, birth certificates, driver's licenses, and other identification documents for himself in the victims' names, to be used in traveling and obtaining funds from financial institutions and individuals. Leighnor also possessed documents and made statements to other inmates at FCI Petersburg about his plans to file claims with the Claims Resolution Tribunal (the entity charged with handling claims on Swiss bank accounts believed to have been abandoned by victims of Nazi persecution during World War II), in order to gain control of abandoned funds in the Swiss bank accounts connected to Holocaust victims.
In 2009, Leighnor was sentenced to an additional 8 years in prison for mail fraud and identity theft related to the FCI Petersburg scheme. He was held at the Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix, a low-security facility in New Jersey. He was released in 2016 after completing his sentence.{{cite web|title=Petersburg Inmate Sentenced to 102 Months for Fraud|url=https://www.fbi.gov/richmond/press-releases/2009/ri030409.htm|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|access-date=28 October 2013|date=March 4, 2009}}{{cite web|title=Inmate Locator - John Kenneth Leighnor, Jr.|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=john&Middle=&LastName=leighnor&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons|access-date=28 October 2013}}
A joint investigation conducted by the FBI and the Department of Justice Inspector General found that a correction officer at FCC Petersburg, Keif Jackson, conspired with inmate Walter Brooks to smuggle heroin inside the facility. In 2008, Brooks recruited Jackson to smuggle heroin to him in the prison. At Brooks' request, Officer Jackson contacted acquaintances of Brooks. He met with them on several occasions to obtain heroin, and smuggled the drugs into the prison. After Brooks was released from FCC Petersburg in 2010, Brooks began supplying heroin to Jackson to smuggle into the prison. Approximately one year later, on Oct. 10, 2011, Jackson was stopped by the police on his way to work. Upon searching his vehicle, officers recovered a package containing heroin.{{cite news|last=Green|first=Frank|title=Former federal prison inmate guilty in heroin smuggling scheme|url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/former-federal-prison-inmate-guilty-in-heroin-smuggling-scheme/article_65370154-6e41-5eae-8d52-f306374cb8e1.html|access-date=28 October 2013|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=April 13, 2012}}
Jackson entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute heroin in March 2012 and was sentenced to 12 months in prison.
In September 2012, a federal jury convicted Brooks, 57, of conspiracy to provide contraband to inmates, conspiracy to distribute heroin, five counts of providing contraband to inmates, and three counts of use of a communication facility to commit a felony.{{cite web|title=Former Inmate, Correctional Officer Sentenced For Smuggling Heroin into FCC Petersburg|url=https://www.justice.gov/oig/press/2012/2012_09_13.pdf|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=28 October 2013|date=September 13, 2012}}
On June 18, 2022, four inmates were discovered missing from the FCC Petersburg satellite campus. Authorities notified United States Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement agencies.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-18 |title=US marshals searching for 4 inmates who 'walked away' from Virginia prison camp |url=https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/us-marshals-search-inmates-walked-away-from-federal-correctional-complex-petersburg-virginia |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=WTVR |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-18 |title=Officials: 4 escape from Virginia prison satellite camp |url=https://apnews.com/article/virginia-petersburg-prisons-3a42de7dbf635580edcfc3a517310b54 |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}} The inmates were named as
- Corey Branch, age 41, was serving a sentence for a conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and for possessing a firearm as a felon.{{Cite web |title=Docket for United States v. Branch, 2:16-cr-00165 - CourtListener.com |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/47419194/united-states-v-branch/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=CourtListener |language=en-us}}
- Tavares Lajuane Graham, age 44, was serving a sentence for a conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina for possession of cocaine and cocaine base with intent to sell, as well as possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. His original residence was Hope Mills, North Carolina{{Cite web |date=2018-10-11 |title=Hope Mills Man Sentenced on Drug and Gun Charges |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/hope-mills-man-sentenced-drug-and-gun-charges |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}
- Lamonte Rashawn Willis, age 30, was serving a sentence for a conviction in the Eastern District of Virginia for possessing and concealing a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. His original residence was Suffolk, Virginia.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-24 |title=Organizer of Gun Sales Given Maximum Sentence for Trafficking in Stolen Firearms |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/organizer-gun-sales-given-maximum-sentence-trafficking-stolen-firearms |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}
- Kareem Allen Shaw, age 46, was serving a sentence for a conviction in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a measurable quantity of heroin. His original residence was Harrisonburg, Virginia.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-08 |title=Final Four Members Of Major Heroin Distribution Ring Plead Guilty |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/final-four-members-major-heroin-distribution-ring-plead-guilty |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}
Notable inmates (current and former)
= Medium Security =
= Minimum Security =
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!width=13%|Inmate Name !width=10%|Register Number !width=5%|Photo !width=24%|Status !width=53%|Details |
| align="center" | Chad Arrington
| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=64760-037&x=99&y=19%2028791-050 64760-037] | | Serving two years and six months, released in March 2023.{{cite news |last1=Fenton |first1=Justin |title=Randallstown rapper ‘Chad Focus,’ who stole $4 million to finance his music career, gets 30 months in federal prison |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-cr-chad-focus-sentenced-20210505-er4yzguoxnbhpnso26iihao5pu-story.html |access-date=27 September 2022 |work=Baltimore Sun}} | Rapper sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after using his employer's company card to make $4.1 million in unauthorized purchases to boost his career.{{cite news |title=Randallstown Man Admits Making $4.1M In Purchases On Company Card To Further Rap Career |url=https://www.wbal.com/article/434279/3/randallstown-man-admits-making-41m-in-purchases-on-company-card-to-further-rap-career |access-date=27 September 2022 |work=wbal.com |language=en}} |
| align="center" | Sharpe James
| align="center" | [https://archive.today/20121213003244/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=28791-050&x=99&y=19 28791-050] | 80px | Released from custody in 2010 after serving 18 months.{{cite web|last1=Giambusso|first1=David|title=Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James is released from Virginia prison|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/sharpe_james_is_released_from.html|website=nj.com|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|access-date=3 September 2015|date=April 6, 2010}} | Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1986 to 2006; convicted of fraud in 2008 for selling city properties to his girlfriend, Tamika Riley, for a fraction of their actual cost.{{cite news|title=Former Newark Mayor Is Sentenced to 27 Months|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/nyregion/30james.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|access-date=28 October 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 30, 2008|author=Alan Feuer|author2=Nate Schweber}}{{cite web|last=Henry|first=Samantha|title=Sharpe James Leaves Prison: Ex-Newark Mayor Released, Welcomed Home By Hundreds|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/06/sharpe-james-leaves-priso_n_527128.html|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=28 October 2013|date=April 7, 2010}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Sabri Benkahla
| style="text-align:center;"| [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=46867-083&x=83&y=16 46867-083] | | Served a 10-year sentence; released in May 2016. | Member of the Virginia jihad network; convicted in 2007 of perjury and obstruction of justice for lying to FBI agents and a grand jury investigating a training camp run by Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani terrorist organization with ties to al-Qaeda.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/24/AR2007072401886.html |title=Paintballer Sentenced in Terror Case |work=Washington Post |last=Barakat |first=Matthew |date=2007-07-24 |access-date=2013-05-21}} |
| align="center" | Juelz Santana
| align="center" | 71438-050 | 80px |Served a 27 month prison sentence, released February 21, 2021 |American Rapper who bought a loaded handgun and Oxycodone at the Newark Liberty International Airport. |
| align="center" | Mark Siljander
| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=20611-045&x=94&y=18 20611-045] | 80px | Released on January 13, 2013 after serving a 1-year sentence. | Michigan Congressman from 1981 to 1987; pleaded guilty in 2010 to obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent related to his work for the Islamic American Relief Agency, a charity with ties to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.{{cite web|title=Former Congressman Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Justice, Acting as Unregistered Foreign Agent|url=http://www.fbi.gov/kansascity/press-releases/2010/kc070710.htm|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|access-date=28 October 2013|date=July 7, 2010}}{{cite web|last=Associated Press|title=Ex-congressman sentenced in terror funding case|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/ex-congressman-sentenced-in-terror-funding-case/|publisher=Fox News|access-date=28 October 2013|date=January 11, 2012}} |
| align="center" | Tarik Shah
| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 53145-054] | | Released on June 22, 2018 after serving a 15-year sentence. | Jazz musician and karate master; pleaded guilty in 2007 to conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaeda for agreeing to provide martial arts and hand-to-hand combat training to al-Qaeda members.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/nyregion/05terror.html |title=Bronx Man Pleads Guilty In Terror Case |work=The New York Times |author=Feuer, Alan |date=April 5, 2007 |access-date=27 September 2014}} |
| align="center" | Deric Lostutter
| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 21103-032] | | Spent a brief time in Medium Security, before being transferred to minimum. Released on September 11, 2018 from Residential Reentry Management housing in Cincinnati. | Anonymous activist who arranged the hacking of the Big Red website in connection with the Steubenville High School rape case. |
| align="center" | Noah McHugh
| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 21049-032] | | Released on November 7, 2017 from federal Residential Reentry Management housing in Baltimore. | Hacker who carried out the aforementioned hack on behalf of Deric Lostutter. |
| align="center" | Marion Barry
| align="center" | 14856-016 | 80px | Served 6 months, released in 1992 from FCI Loretto. | Convicted in 1991 of perjury and drug possession. |
See also
- {{Portal-inline|United States}}
- {{Portal-inline|Law}}
- List of U.S. federal prisons
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Incarceration in the United States
References
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{{Federal Bureau of Prisons}}
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