Federal Correctional Institution, Texarkana
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| Location | 4001 LEOPARD DRIVE TEXARKANA, TX 75501 |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Low (Male) |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Texarkana is a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility in unincorporated Bowie County, Texas, near Texarkana, Texas.[1][2] The prison, near the Texas-Arkansas border, is 70 miles (110 km) north of Shreveport, Louisiana and 175 miles (282 km) east of Dallas, Texas.[3] It is a low-security facility used for the housing of male inmates. A nearby satellite prison camp provides housing to minimum security male offenders.
[edit] Notable inmates
| Name | Number | Status | Details |
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| Tony Alamo | 00305-112 | Transferred to USP Tucson[4] | an American cult leader and convicted child sex offender |
| Billy Cannon | served 2½ years of a five-year sentence for counterfeiting at the FCI, Texarkana.[5] | is an All-American, 1959 Heisman Trophy winner and 2008 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame | |
| Dan Morales | 28928-180 | Released on March 30, 2007[6] | served as Texas Attorney General |
| Richard Michael Simkanin | 30383-177 | Transferred to FCI Beaumont Low;[7] died in 2010 | a tax protester |
| Noah W. Cross | [citation needed] | former Concordia Parish Sheriff of Ferriday, Louisiana | |
| Lou Pearlman | 02775-093 | Slated for release on March 24, 2029 | is a former impresario of the successful 1990s boy bands the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. Conviction is for running a Ponzi scheme. |
[edit] References
- ^ "FCI Texarkana Contact Information." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on June 2, 2010.
- ^ "Ward Map." City of Texarkana, Texas. Retrieved on July 2, 2010.
- ^ "FCI Texarkana." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on June 2, 2010.
- ^ "Locate a Federal Inmate: Bernie LaZar Hoffman". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2010. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Bernie+&Middle=&LastName=Hoffman&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=66&y=7. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ^ An utter disaster. (former football star Billy Cannon) - The Sporting News | Encyclopedia.com
- ^ "Locate a Federal Inmate: Daniel Morales". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2010. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Daniel+&Middle=&LastName=Morales&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=53&y=6. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ^ "Locate a Federal Inmate: Richard Michael Simkanin". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2010. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Richard+&Middle=&LastName=Simkanin&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=42&y=7. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
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