- Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop
Infobox Prison
prison_name = Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop
location = 1341 Highway 95 North
Bastrop, Texas 78602
status = Operational
classification = Low
capacity = 793
opened = 1979
managed_by =Federal Bureau of Prisons Bastrop Federal Correctional Institution also known as Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop, is a low security
federal prison for men located north on State Highway 95 in unincorporated Bastrop County,Texas ,United States convert|8|mi|km north of Bastrop and convert|30|mi|km southeast of Austin.FCI Bastrop opened in August 1979, has the capacity to house 793 inmates, and has a staff of around 272.A satellite prison camp for men is located adjacent to the facility with the capacity for 122 minimum security inmates.cite book |last=Bosworth |first=Mary |title=The U.S. Federal Prison System |year=2002 |location=
Thousand Oaks, California |publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=0761923047 |pages=pp. 171-172]Notable inmates
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Richard Causey ,Enron executive (minimum security camp) for securities fraud [cite news |author=Kristen Hays |title=Prisons familiar territory in Enron storyline |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/enron/4443023.html |work=The Houston Chronicle |date=2007-01-03 |accessdate=2008-01-03]
*Jeff Fort ,El Rukn , gang leader for drug trafficking [cite news |author=William Schmidt |title=Chicago Journal; U.S. Squares Off Against Tough Gang |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDB1131F936A35752C1A961948260 |work=The New York Times |date=1987-11-05 |accessdate=2008-01-03]
*Hobart Huson , author on books for drug making. [cite news | url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=Huson&Middle=&FirstName=Hobart+&Race=W&Sex=M&Age=&x=27&y=16 | title=Locate a Federal Inmate: Hobart Huson | publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons |date= 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-05-17]
*Chris Lamprecht , computer hacker formoney laundering [cite news |author=Steve Silberman |title=Twice Removed: Locked Up and Barred from Net |url=http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1997/12/8854 |work=Wired Magazine |date=1997-12-03 |accessdate=2008-01-04]References
External links
* [http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bas/index.jsp Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop] – Official website
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