Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin
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| Location | Dublin, California |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Low-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
| Population | 990 (320 in prison camp) |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin (FCI Dublin) is a low-security United States federal prison for female inmates in California. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp housing minimum-security female offenders.
FCI Dublin is located 20 miles southeast of Oakland on the Camp Parks Army Reserve Forces Training Area (RFTA) Military Base.[1]
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History [edit]
FCI Dublin opened in 1974. It became an exclusively female prison in 2012 and is one of only three federal prisons for women in the United States. It houses inmates who are serving an average sentence of 5 years. It has a design capacity of 250 inmates, but houses 1,077 as at April 11, 2013.[2] Conditions are cramped, with three inmates sharing a cell designed to house a single prisoner. Meals are served in shifts due to the small size of the dining facilities.
Like most American prisons, FCI Dublin also contains an SHU (Security Housing Unit), where any prisoners who are deemed to have broken prison rules are kept in segregation under a highly restrictive regime. Prisoners in the SHU spend more time locked in their cell than the general prison population, are only allowed out for limited amounts of time and must be transported to and from their cell wearing handcuffs. Depending on the circumstances[clarification needed], an inmate may spend weeks or even months in the SHU.
FCI Dublin is surrounded by two separate fences with a gap of approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) between them. Measuring 14 feet (4.3 m) high, each chain-link fence is reinforced with multiple coils of razor wire (at the top and bottom) plus electronic sensors to detect escape attempts.
The institution also has an adjacent administrative detention facility housing adult males on holdover or pre-trial status, and a minimum-security satellite camp housing adult female offenders, which opened in 1990.
Notable incidents [edit]
On November 5, 1986, Ronald McIntosh, who had escaped during a prison transfer one month earlier, landed a stolen helicopter in the exercise yard and escaped with Samantha Lopez, who was serving a 50-year sentence for bank robbery. Mr. McIntosh was serving a sentence for wire fraud when he met Ms. Lopez working in the business office of the prison and the two devised the escape plan. They were arrested by FBI Agents 10 days later and subsequently convicted of air piracy and escape. McIntosh received a 25-year sentence and Lopez had five years added to her sentence.[3][4]
Programs [edit]
The prison’s education department offers GED and ESL programs, as well as courses in parenting skills. The prison also provides legal and leisure library services in addition to training in the use of various computer software.
There are two Federal Prison Industries UNICOR programs at FCI Dublin: the Textiles and the Call Center. Textiles employs approximately 150 inmates on the manufacture of custom draperies, parachutes, and disaster blankets. They also sort and repair USPS mailbags. The Call Center employs around 250 inmates on directory assistance enquiries.
Notable inmates [edit]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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| Stacey Koon | 99752-012 | Released from custody in 1995 after serving 14 months. | Former LAPD officers; convicted in 1993 of federal civil rights violations in connection with the 1992 beating of Rodney King; their acquittals in state court sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots.[5] |
| Heidi Fleiss | 03888-112 | Released from federal custody in 2001. | Operated a prostitution ring in Hollywood, California which catered to high-profile clients in the entertainment industry; convicted in 1997 of tax evasion and money laundering; known as the "Hollywood Madam."[6][7] |
| Pavlo Lazarenko | 94430-011 | Released in 2012 after serving 8 years. | Prime Minister of Ukraine from 1996 to 1997; convicted in 2004 of money laundering and other charges for siphoning millions of dollars of public money into his personal accounts and attempting to hide some $21 million from American banks.[8][9] |
| Michelle Hebron | 43396-037 | Currently serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2034. | Leader of the Tree Top Pirettes, a female subset of the Bloods street gang in Maryland; pleaded guilty in 2010 to racketeering conspiracy for directing gang activities including drug trafficking and robbery, as well as committing the 2007 murder of David Moore, whom she believed to be a rival gang member.[10] |
| Briana Waters
Joyanna Zacher |
36432-086 | Waters is currently serving a 6-year sentence and is scheduled for release in 2013; Zacher was released in 2012 after serving 5 years. | Members of the ecoterrorist group Earth Liberation Front (ELF) who pleaded guilty to arson, Waters in connection with the University of Washington firebombing incident and Zacher for setting fires at an SUV dealership, a poplar farm, and a police station in Oregon; several other ELF members were also sentenced to prison.[11][12][13] |
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/dub/index.jsp
- ^ ["Weekly Population Report", Federal Bureau of Prisons http://www.bop.gov/locations/weekly_report.jsp]
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/20/us/prison-couple-found-guilty-in-trial-on-helicopter-escape.html
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/19/us/lovers-sentenced-in-escape-from-prison-in-a-helicopter.html
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1993-10-13/local/me-45198_1_federal-prison
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/29/us/tax-charges-are-added-in-prostitution-case.html?ref=heidifleiss
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/08/us/heidi-fleiss-given-37-month-sentence.html
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06EEDA103EF935A1575BC0A9609C8B63&ref=pavlolazarenko
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/11/world/fg-ukraine-lazarenko11 Former Ukraine prime minister's conviction upheld
- ^ http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/06/michelle_hell_gets_30_years_fo.html
- ^ http://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/2008/jun/waters.html
- ^ http://www.news9.com/story/5659554/four-defendants-plead-guilty-to-arson-and-conspiracy-charges-associated-with-earth-liberation-front-and-animal-liberation-front?clienttype=printable
- ^ http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2008008001_uwarson20m.html
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Coordinates: 37°43′06″N 121°53′50″W / 37.71833°N 121.89722°W
