Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop

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Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop
FCI Bastrop.jpg
Location Camp Swift, Bastrop County, Texas
Status Operational
Security class Low-security
Capacity 793
Opened 1979
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop (FCI Bastrop) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Texas. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum-security offenders.

FCI Bastrop and 8 miles north of the city of Bastrop and 30 miles southeast of Austin.[1]

Notable incidents

On November 20, 2009, inmates Leandro Luna, 52, and Adan Chavez, 53, escaped from FCI Bastrop. The two were able to simply walk away from the facility since they were being held at the minimum-security prison camp, which has no perimeter fence. Hector Gomez, a Deputy US Marshal assigned to the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, a team of law enforcement agents consisting of local authorities, Texas Rangers and US Marshals, said the escape had probably been in the works "for a long time" and that the task force believed that Luna and Chavez, who were serving sentences for narcotics convictions, were attempting to flee to Mexico. It took authorities two days to notify the public of the escape. Prison officials would not elaborate on the specifics of the escape or why the public was not notified sooner.[2][3] Six days after the escape, Mexican authorities apprehended Luna and Chavez in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, across from the border city of Del Rio, Texas. It was subsequently discovered that Luna and Chavez had stolen a Federal Bureau of Prisons vehicle during their escape, which was recovered in a parking lot in East Austin, Texas.[4]

Notable Inmates

Current

Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details
Mohamad Hammoud 16449-058 Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2026.[5] Member of the militant Islamic group Hezbollah; convicted of providing material support for terrorism in 2002 for leading a cigarette smuggling organization in North Carolina which raised $8 million for the group.[6][7][8]
Sam Hurd 44162-424 Sam Hurd.JPG Serving a 15-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2025.[9] Former National Football League player; pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance in connection with his attempt to form a cocaine and marijuana ring in Chicago, Illinois.[10][11][12]

Former

Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details
Richard Causey 29261-179 Released from custody in 2011; served 4 years.[13] Former chief accountant of the now-defunct Enron Corporation; pleaded guilty to securities fraud for misleading shareholders about Enron's financial problems prior to the company's 2001 collapse.[14][15][16][17]
Chris Lamprecht 61153-080 Released from custody in 2000; served 5 years.[18] Computer hacker; known as the first person to be legally barred from using the Internet; pleaded guilty to money laundering in 1995 for stealing and selling telecommunications equipment.[19]

See also

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