United States Penitentiary, Lompoc

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For low-security, federal prison for male inmates, see Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc.
United States Penitentiary, Lompoc
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LocationLompoc, Santa Barbara County, California
Coordinates34°40′34″N 120°30′21″W / 34.6762°N 120.5057°W / 34.6762; -120.5057
StatusOperational
Security classMedium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population1,500 (520 in prison camp)
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons

The United States Penitentiary, Lompoc (USP Lompoc) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in California. It is part of the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Lompoc) and 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 for minimum-security male inmates. It was formerly a military disciplinary barracks on Camp Cooke.

FCC Lompoc is located within the city of Lompoc, 175 miles (282 km) northwest of Los Angeles, adjacent to Vandenberg Air Force Base.[1] The complex also includes a Federal Correctional Institution and a minimum-security prison camp.

Facility

The USP (Medium) security facility also contains a High security wing constructed in 2006 known as the "SHU" or "Special Housing Unit". Inmates may be placed in the SHU as a disciplinary measure or for administrative reasons.

The FCI (Low) has a Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP)

There are two minimum security prison camps that also house adult male inmates.[2]

Notable inmates

  • Inmates released from custody prior to 1982 are not listed on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

Current

Inmate Name Register Number h Status Details
Auburn Calloway 14601-076 Serving consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole. Hijacker of Federal Express Flight 705 in 1994.
Demetrius Flenory 13037-078 Now at FCI Sheridan Co-founder of the Black Mafia Family criminal organization; pleaded guilty in 2007 to leading a national drug trafficking operation based in Detroit, Michigan with his brother, Terry Flenory, who was also sentenced to 30 years.[3]
Kevin Harpham 13663-085 Scheduled for release in June 2038. Pleaded guilty to bombings in Spokane in 2011.
Stephen Semprevivo 77828-112 Serving four month sentence Charged with connection to the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.
Devin Sloane 77815-112 Serving four month sentence Charged with connection to the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.

Former

Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Ivan Boesky 13987-054 Released from custody in 1990; served 2 years. Former leading Wall Street speculator; pleaded guilty in 1987 to conspiracy to file false stock trading records for making $80 million through an insider trading scheme.[4]
Gene Haas 43241-112 Released from custody in 2009; served 16 months. Haas pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy charge in 2007 for orchestrating a plan to list bogus expenses that could be written off as business costs and save Haas Automation millions in taxes.[5] [6]
H.R. Haldeman Unlisted* Released from custody in 1978; served 18 months.[7] White House Chief of Staff for President Richard Nixon and key figure in the Watergate scandal; convicted in 1975 of conspiracy and obstruction of justice.[8][9][10]
Andre Louis Hicks 55553-097 Released from custody in 1996; served 4 years. American rap artist known as Mac Dre and member of the Romper Room Gang, which was suspected of committing a series of bank robberies; convicted in 1992 of conspiracy for plotting to rob a bank in Fresno, California.[11][12][13][14]
Herbert W. Kalmbach Unlisted* Released from custody in 1975; served 6 months.[15] Personal attorney for President Richard Nixon; pleaded guilty in 1974 to illegally soliciting nearly $4 million in campaign funds.[8][16][17]
Chuck Muncie 03389-198 Released from custody in 1992; served 18 months. Former National Football League player; pleaded guilty in 1988 to selling cocaine to an undercover federal agent and perjury.[18][19]
Eugene Plotkin 58897-054 Released from custody in 2011; served 3 years. Former associate at Goldman Sachs; convicted in 2007 masterminding an insider trading conspiracy which netted $6.5 million; Plotkin's story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.[20][21]
Reed Slatkin 24057-112 Released from custody in 2013; served 14 years. Co-founder of EarthLink; pleaded guilty in 2002 to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to obstruct justice for stealing $593 million from investors in one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in US history; Slatkin's story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.[22][23][24]
Hüseyin Yıldırım 09542-018 Released from custody and deported to his home country of Turkey in 2003; served 5 years. Turkish national; convicted in 1989 of conspiring with spy James Hall III to sell classified information regarding US eavesdropping operations to East German and Soviet agents between 1983 and 1988.[25]

COVID-19 pandemic

Further information: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons

A deadly COVID-19 outbreak swept through the federal correctional complex in 2020.[26] It included several dozen staff members, including guards.[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ "USP Lompoc". Bop.gov. 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. ^ "FCC Lompoc". Federal Bureau of Prisons. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  3. ^ "News from DEA, Domestic Field Divisions, Detroit News Releases, 09/12/08". Justice.gov. 2008-09-12. Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  4. ^ Sterngold, James (1987-12-19). "BOESKY SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS IN JAIL IN INSIDER SCANDAL". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  5. ^ "Team owner Gene Haas gets two years in prison in tax fraud". espn.com.
  6. ^ "Haas about to leave prison". Ventura County Star.
  7. ^ Severo, Richard (November 13, 1993). "H. R. Haldeman, Nixon Aide Who Had Central Role in Watergate, Is Dead at 67". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  8. ^ a b Corwin, Miles [1] "Los Angeles Times", July 30, 1990, Accessed January 29, 2011
  9. ^ "H.R. Haldeman Dies". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  10. ^ "January 1, 1975: Watergate 'Big Three' Convicted". Historycommons.org. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  11. ^ "Mac Dre :: Rapper Gone Bad :: Romp Records/SWERVE Entertainment". Rapreviews.com. 2005-01-11. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  12. ^ "Thizz Entertainment Rap Label Busted For Nationwide Drug Trafficking". Blog.aacriminallaw.com. 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  13. ^ Bulwa, Demian (November 2, 2004). "Rapper Mac Dre slain in Kansas City / This time rumors of his death are true -- he was killed in a freeway shooting". SFGate. Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Rapper Mac Dre Killed In Kansas City". billboard.com. Billboard. November 2, 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Prison life no hardship for Watergate offenders". The Dispatch. September 19, 1974. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  16. ^ [2] [dead link]
  17. ^ "Kalmbach Sentenced To 6-18 Months In Jail". Charleston News and Courier. 17 June 1974. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  18. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE - FOOTBALL - Muncie Is Sentenced". NYTimes.com. 1989-02-22. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  19. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE - FOOTBALL - Muncie Jailed". NYTimes.com. 1989-01-27. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  20. ^ "Ex-Goldman Associate Sentenced to More Than 4 Years for Inside Trades". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  21. ^ "American Greed: Strippers and Insider Trading | Economan: Superthief". Cnbc.com. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  22. ^ "EarthLink cofounder pleads guilty to fraud charges". Usatoday.Com. 2002-04-30. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  23. ^ "Reed Slatkin Given 14-Year Prison Term - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. 2003-05-20. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  24. ^ "American Greed: Stealing $$$ From Scientologists and the Art of Fraud". Cnbc.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  25. ^ Engelberg, Steven (July 21, 1989). "Turk Convicted in Spy Case Called Harmful to U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  26. ^ Hayden, Tyler (2020-07-29). "Why Did Lompoc Prison Explode with COVID?". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  27. ^ Magnoli, Giana (July 30, 2020). "Noozhawk's Guide to Understanding Santa Barbara County Public Health COVID-19 Data". Noozhawk. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
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