Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring

Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring
Location Big Spring, Howard County, Texas
Status Operational
Security class Low-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population 1,200 (200 in prison camp)
Opened 1979
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden Jorge Castaneda

The Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring (FCI Big Spring) 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 a satellite prison camp which houses minimum-security male offenders.

FCI Big Spring is located in the city of Big Spring, Texas, midway between Dallas and El Paso.[1]

Notable incidents

While they occur less frequently than at high-security prisons, serious acts of violence also occur at low-security institutions such as FCI Big Spring. On March 6, 2008, FCI Big Spring Correction Officer Terry Lloyd was conducting a search of inmate lockers when inmate Ray Ramirez-Bueno, 45, pushed his locker door shut on Officer Lloyd's right hand, causing Lloyd to suffer a minor injury. When additional correction officers responded to the incident, Ramirez-Bueno refused to submit to hand restraints, assumed a fighting stance, and threatened to kill the officers if they touched him. After a period of negotiation, Ramirez-Bueno agreed to be escorted to a lieutenant's office, where he submitted to hand restraints and sent to the facility's Special Housing Unit, where inmates who pose security risks are held. Ramirez-Bueno was subsequently convicted of assaulting a federal officer on March 11, 2009 and had several years added to his original sentence.[2] He was transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution, Forrest City Low, a low-security prison in Arkansas, and is scheduled for release in 2024.[3]

Notable Inmates (Current and Former)

Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details
Dias Kadyrbayev 95091-038 Serving a 6-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2018.[4] Friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, perpetrator of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing; pleaded guilty in 2015 to conspiring to obstructing justice for retrieving and disposing of evidence in order to impede the bombing investigation.[5][6]
Juan De la Cruz Reyna 98832-179 Serving a 13-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2021.[7] Lieutenant for Gulf Cartel leader Osiel Cardenas Guillen; convicted in 2000 of assaulting federal agents; convicted in 2012 of attempting to bribe a federal official to assist him avoid prosecution in Mexico.[8][9][10]
Anthony Pellicano 21568-112 Serving a 15-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2019.[11] Former private investigator for celebrities including Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise and Steven Seagal; convicted in 2008 of illegal wiretapping, racketeering and wire fraud. Currently located at FCI Terminal Island.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FCI Big Spring". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. ↑ "Federal Jury Convicts Inmate for Assaulting Federal Officer". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  3. ↑ "Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator - Ray Ramirez-Bueno". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  4. ↑ Sweet, Laurel J. (August 7, 2015). "Bureau of Prisons ships Dias Kadyrbayev from Oklahoma to low-security pen at Big Spring in northern Texas.#Tsarnaev". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Valencia, Milton J. (June 2, 2015). "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s friend gets six-year prison term". Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dias Kadyrbayev Sentenced to Six Years for Impeding the Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation". Federal Bureau of Investigation. US Department of Justice. June 2, 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Schiller, Dane (April 7, 2009). "www.chron.com". Houston Chronicle.
  8. ↑ "Un integrante del Cártel del Golfo se declara culpable por soborno en EU". CNN Mexico. April 24, 2012.
  9. ↑ Reagan, Mark (October 10, 2012). "Gulf Cartel boss gets prison term for bribery". Brownsville Herald.
  10. ↑ "Gulf Cartel Figure and Five Others Sentenced to Prison in Bribery Scheme". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  11. ↑ Pelisek, Christine (August 7, 2011). "Anthony Pellicano: The Hollywood Phone Hacker Breaks His Silence". newsweek.com. Newsweek. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  12. ↑ Barnes, Brooks (December 15, 2008). "Pellicano Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison". The New York Times.
  13. ↑ Burrough, Bryan, Connolly, John. "Talk of the Town". Vanity Fair.

Coordinates: 32°13′43″N 101°30′20″W / 32.22851°N 101.50559°W / 32.22851; -101.50559

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