Federal Correctional Institution, El Reno
{{Short description|Medium-security United States prison in Oklahoma}}
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| location = El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma
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| status = Operational
| classification = Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
| population = 1,000 (265 in prison camp)
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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."[http://www.bop.gov/resources/news/20150714_president_obama_vists_el_reno.jsp President to Visit FCI El Reno]." Federal Bureau of Prisons. July 14, 2015. Retrieved on August 12, 2015.
FCI El Reno is located in central Oklahoma, 30 miles west of Oklahoma City.{{cite web|title=FCI El Reno|url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/ere/index.jsp|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons}}
History
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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.[http://ldm2011.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/6/3/8963773/mmh032513email.pdf "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.
FCI El Reno was established to house younger prisoners.
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.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGZ7AMk39Q "President Obama Visits the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution." YouTube. July 16, 2015.] Accessed September 9, 2015.
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 US Marshals Service apprehended Brewster three weeks later at a fast-food restaurant in East Los Angeles, California. Brewster was returned to Oklahoma. Additional time was added to the 21-year sentence he was serving for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.{{cite web|title=Inmate escapes federal prison at El Reno|url=http://www.corrections.com/articles/3870|publisher=The Corrections Connection}}{{cite news|title=Escapee found at fast-food restaurant|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/01/09/escapee-found-at-fast-food-restaurant/|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 9, 2005}}
In August 2011, inmate Joe Villarreal escaped from FCI El Reno, where he was serving a 147-month sentence for drug trafficking. He was apprehended in the city of El Reno several hours later. Villarreal was subsequently sentenced to an additional 46 months in prison for the escape and for possessing a shank in the prison prior to his escape.{{cite web|title=Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison for Escape from and Possession of a Weapon at FCI El Reno|url=https://www.fbi.gov/oklahomacity/press-releases/2012/man-sentenced-to-46-months-in-federal-prison-for-escape-from-and-possession-of-a-weapon-at-fci-el-reno|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}
Brewster and Villarreal were transferred to facilities with higher security levels.{{cite web|title=Inmate Locator - Carlos Ray Brewster, Jr.|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=04045-043&x=86&y=26|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons}}{{cite web|title=Inmate Locator - Joe G. Villarreal, Jr.|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=98255-079&x=85&y=14|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons}}
Notable inmates
See also
{{Portal|Oklahoma|United States|Politics|Law}}
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book | last = Bosworth | first = Mary | title = The U.S. federal prison system | publisher = SAGE | year = 2002 |url = https://archive.org/details/usfederalprisons0000bosw | url-access = registration | isbn = 0-7619-2304-7}}
- {{cite book | last = Glaser | first = Daniel | title = The effectiveness of a prison and parole system | publisher = Bobbs-Merrill | year = 1964 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8t4XAAAAIAAJ }}
- {{cite book | title = Resolution of prison riots: strategies and policies | publisher = Oxford University Press US | year = 1996 | url = https://archive.org/details/resolutionofpris0000usee | url-access =registration| isbn = 0-19-509324-0}}
- {{cite book | title = To live in two worlds: American Indian youth today | publisher = Dodd, Mead | year = 1984 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=hEjhAAAAMAAJ | isbn = 0-396-08321-8}}
External links
- [http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/ere/index.jsp Bureau of Prisons - Federal Correctional Institute El Reno]
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Category:Federal Correctional Institutions in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Canadian County, Oklahoma