 | |
|
| |
| Location | El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma |
|---|---|
| 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 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. [5] [6]
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. [7]
Brewster and Villarreal were transferred to facilities with higher security levels. [8] [9]
Notable inmates
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Photo | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diego Montoya Sanchez | 04171-748 | Scheduled for release in 2045; now at FCI Petersburg. | Former leader of the Norte del Valle drug cartel in Colombia, which shipped $10 billion worth of cocaine into the US from 1995 to 2007; connected to over 1,500 murders; extradited from Colombian authorities in 2007; formerly on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List. [10] [11] | |
| 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. | 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
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
35°32′05″N 98°00′26″W / 35.53472°N 98.00722°W
