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 plus (200 plus 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] The town is also the location of the privately owned and operated Big Spring Correctional Center, which contracts with the FBOP to house federal detainees at four physical locations. Both FCI Big Spring and the BSCC occupy buildings and facilities repurposed from the closed Webb Air Force Base.

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]

Anthony Curcio

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". Tweitter account of Laurel J. Sweet of the Boston Herald. 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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