Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong
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| Location |
Lassen County, near Herlong, California |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°09′00″N 120°10′05″W / 40.150°N 120.168°WCoordinates: 40°09′00″N 120°10′05″W / 40.150°N 120.168°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
| Population | 1,640 (145 in prison camp) |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong (FCI Herlong) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in California. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also includes a satellite prison camp that houses minimum-security male offenders.
FCI Herlong is located in northeastern California near the Nevada border, approximately 60 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada and 190 miles northeast of Sacramento, California, the state capital.[1]
Notable incidents
In 2009, a joint investigation conducted by the Bureau of Prisons, the FBI and the IRS uncovered a scheme where three inmates at FCI Herlong, Scott Whitney, Diego Paucar and Erik Alexander, filled out false tax returns for other inmates seeking refunds. In order to portray the inmates as taxpayers, they made false W-2 forms using the names of real employers, but for whom the inmates had not worked. The IRS discovered the scheme and no refunds were paid. If the scheme had been successful, the three co-conspirators would have obtained $93,950 from the IRS. Whitney, Paucar and Alexander subsequently pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the IRS and had seven, four, and three years added to their original sentences, respectively.[2][3]
Notable Inmates (current and former)
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tre Arrow | 70936-065 | Released from custody in 2009 after serving 5 years in Canada and the United States.[4] | Member of the ecoterrorist group Earth Liberation Front and former FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive; pleaded guilty to arson in 2008 for setting fire to cement trucks and logging trucks in Oregon in 2001.[5] |
| Mounir Ali | 77986-083 | Serving a life sentence. | Somali convicted of piracy in connection with the 2010 hijacking of the civilian yacht Quest, during which four US citizens were killed; the convictions marked the first time in over 190 years that an American jury has convicted defendants of piracy.[6] |
See also
References
- ↑ "FCI Herlong". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- ↑ "Prisoner Caught in a Scheme to Defraud the IRS Sentenced to More Than Seven Years". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ↑ "Last Defendant Sentenced in Scheme to File Fraudulent Tax Returns from Herlong Prison". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ↑ Manning, Rob (June 9, 2009). "Tre Arrow Rides Away An Almost Free Man". OPB. Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "Support the Eco-Prisoners (November 2008)". Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ↑ "Five Somalis sentenced to life in piracy case." CNN. March 14, 2011. Retrieved on February 6, 2016.