Federal Correctional Institution, Jesup

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| location = Jesup, Georgia

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| status = Operational

| classification = Medium, low and minimum-security

| capacity = 1,180 (540 in low-security facility; 160 in prison camp)

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| managed_by = Federal Bureau of Prisons

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The Federal Correctional Institution, Jesup (FCI Jesup) is a medium-security United States federal prison housing male inmates in Jesup, Georgia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a United States Department of Justice division. It has two adjacent satellite facilities: a low-security facility and a minimum-security prison camp, housing male offenders.

FCI Jesup is 65 miles southwest of Savannah and 105 miles northwest of Jacksonville, Florida.{{cite web|title=FCI Jesup|url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/jes/index.jsp|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons}}

Facility

{{As of|2000}}, the minimum-security camp of FCI Jesup housed about 300 prisoners. Ben Reyes, who served time in the camp for bribery and conspiracy, said that the camp was "a more relaxed, more bucolic facility" than the Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont.Fleck, Tim. "The Mod Squad". Houston Press. Thursday October 12, 2000. [http://www.houstonpress.com/2000-10-12/news/the-mod-squad/2/ 2]. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.

{{As of|2011}}, FCI Jesup houses adult male prisoners in all its properties. It includes a medium-security facility for 1,150 prisoners. It also has two satellite camps, including a low-security property for 605 prisoners and a minimum-security property for 150 prisoners."[http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/jes/JES_aohandbook.pdf ADMISSION AND ORIENTATION INMATE HANDBOOK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110035036/http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/jes/JES_aohandbook.pdf |date=2011-01-10 }}". Federal Correctional Institution, Jesup. 2 (2/71). Retrieved on April 26, 2011.

Notable inmates (current and former)

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align="center" | Charles Stango

| align="Center" | [https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 11435-082]

| Was serving a 10-year sentence; released from custody on March 24, 2023.

| Charles Stango is the head of the DeCavalcante crime family.[http://aboutthemafia.com/new-jersey-mafia-capo-charles-stango-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison New Jersey mafia capo Charles Stango sentenced to 10 years in prison] - About the Mafia(07/02/2017)

align="center" | Christopher Chaney

| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 22396-018]

| Released from custody on May 19, 2021.

| Computer hacker; pleaded guilty in 2012 to gaining unauthorized access to protected computers for breaking into the personal online accounts of celebrities including Scarlett Johansson and Christina Aguilera and posting revealing photos of them on the Internet.{{cite web|title=Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Computer Intrusion and Wiretapping Scheme Targeting Celebrities|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/cac/Pressroom/2012/039.html|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=11 November 2013|date=March 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111045556/http://www.justice.gov/usao/cac/Pressroom/2012/039.html|archive-date=11 November 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Christopher Chaney, so-called Hollywood hacker, gets years for posting celebrities' personal photos online|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57559751-504083/christopher-chaney-so-called-hollywood-hacker-gets-10-years-for-posting-celebrities-personal-photos-online/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218160754/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57559751-504083/christopher-chaney-so-called-hollywood-hacker-gets-10-years-for-posting-celebrities-personal-photos-online/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2012|work=CBS News|access-date=11 November 2013|date=December 18, 2012}}

align="center" | Larry Lawton

| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 52224-004]

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| Released in 2007. Transferred to FCI Edgefield and others.https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/media/publications/fbop_ser_monthly_reports_1999jan-dec.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

| Ex-jewel thief and Gambino crime family associate.

align="center" | Fabio Ochoa Vásquez

| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 09017-016]

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| Released December 3, 2024.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/colombia-cartel-kingpin-released-miami-18a8d07fdc62be65fd6a154ae3bd8ac1 |title=Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from US prison after serving 25 years |author=Joshua Goodman |publisher=Associated Press|date=5 December 2024 |access-date=5 December 2024 }}

| Former drug lord and leading member of the Medellín cocaine trafficking cartel, along with his older brothers Juan David and Jorge Luis. His role briefly made him a billionaire. After serving a brief prison term in Colombia, He was arrested again in 1999, and accused of contributing knowledge and receiving payments for cocaine shipments.{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2001/09/09/colombian-drug-boss-fabio-ochoa-extradited-to-us.html|title=Colombian Drug Boss Fabio Ochoa Extradited To U.S.|date=2001-09-09|publisher=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-30}} He was extradited to the United States in September 2001, and convicted in 2003 of trafficking, conspiracy and distribution of cocaine in the U.S.{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wUAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=6791%2C1324072|title=Former Colombian drug kingpin gets 30 years|date=2003-08-27|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|agency=Associated Press|access-date=2016-09-30}}

align="center" | Muhammad Dakhlalla

| align="center" | [http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 16907-042]

| Serving an 8-year sentence; released from custody on June 1, 2022.

| Nicknamed "Mo" - Sentenced in 2016 for offenses related to his attempt to join ISIS in Syria with his fiancée, Jaelyn Young{{cite magazine|author=Green, Emma|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/mississippi-young-dakhlalla/524751/|title=How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group|magazine=The Atlantic|date=2017-05-01|access-date=2017-09-15}}

align="center" | Timothy L. Tyler

| align="center" | [https://archive.today/20131107071725/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=99672-012&x=82&y=3 99672-012]

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| Sentence commuted by President Obama; released from custody on August 30, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/president-obama-grants-commutations-6|title=President Obama Grants Commutations|website=www.justice.gov|date=30 August 2016 |language=en|access-date=2018-06-26}}

| Sentenced in 1992 to life in prison for possession and distribution of LSD. Tyler had been arrested twice previously and was on a three-year probation; he had previously not served any jail time.{{cite news |last=Fuchs |first=Erin |date=2013-07-29 |title=The Heartbreaking Story Of A Harmless Deadhead Sentenced To Die In Prison |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/timothy-tylers-mandatory-minimum-sentence--life-in-prison-2013-7 |newspaper=Business Insider |access-date=2013-11-14}}{{cite news |last= Silvestrini |first=Elaine |date=2013-07-29 |title=Mandatory minimums keep many nonviolent people behind bars |url=http://tbo.com/news/crime/mandatory-minimums-keep-many-nonviolent-people-behind-bars-20130817/ |newspaper=Tampa Tribute |access-date=2013-11-14}}

align="center" | Ben T. ReyesFleck, Tim. "The Mod Squad." Houston Press. Thursday October 12, 2000. [http://www.houstonpress.com/2000-10-12/news/the-mod-squad/2 2]. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.

| align="center" | 76205-079

| Released on December 29, 2006.

| A former Texas politician (member of the Texas House of Representatives and Houston City Council), he was convicted of bribery and conspiracy."[http://www.click2houston.com/news/10630048/detail.html Ben Reyes Free Man After 10 Years] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124201918/http://www.click2houston.com/news/10630048/detail.html |date=2007-01-24 }}." KHOU-TV. December 29, 2006. Retrieved on August 4, 2009. He was transferred to Jesup from a facility near Beaumont.

align="center" | Bobby Paul Edwards

| align="center" | 32836-171

|Serving a 10-year sentence; scheduled for release on November 6, 2026.

|Restaurant owner who forced mentally disabled employee to work at his restaurant. The case was high-profile over allegations that the crime was racially motivated (Edwards is white and the victim was black).{{Cite web |date=2019-11-06 |title=South Carolina Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Forcing Man with Intellectual Disability to Work at Restaurant |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-10-years-prison-forcing-man-intellectual-disability-work |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}

align="center" | Russell Wasendorf

| align="center" | [https://archive.today/20130626170848/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=12191-029&x=81&y=12 12191-029]

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|Serving a 50-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2054.

|Peregrine Financial Group founder; pleaded guilty in 2012 to mail fraud, embezzlement and making false statements for stealing over $100 million from the clients over a 20-year period and falsifying documents to cover up the fraud.{{cite web |date=September 17, 2012 |title=Peregrine Financial Group CEO Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Embezzlement, And Lying To Regulators |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/ian/news/2012/sept_12/9_17_12_Wasendorf.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502223823/http://www.justice.gov/usao/ian/news/2012/sept_12/9_17_12_Wasendorf.html |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |access-date=May 3, 2013 |publisher=US Department of Justice}}{{cite web |agency=Reuters |year=2012 |title=Peregrine CEO Wasendorf pleads guilty in $100 million embezzlement scheme |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/peregrine-ceo-wasendorf-pleads-guilty-100-million-embezzlement-scheme-1B5949313 |access-date=May 3, 2013 |publisher=Thomson Reuters}}{{cite web |last=Huffstutter |first=P.J. |date=January 31, 2013 |title=Peregrine Financial's Ex-CEO sentenced to 50 years in jail |url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/01/31/peregrine-financial-ex-ceo-sentenced-to-50-years-in-jail/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204200429/http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/01/31/peregrine-financial-ex-ceo-sentenced-to-50-years-in-jail/ |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |access-date=May 3, 2013 |publisher=Fox Business}}

References

External links

[http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/jes/index.jsp Federal Correctional Complex, Jesup]

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Federal Correctional Institution, Jesup

Facility

Notable inmates (current and former)

See also

References

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