Federal Correctional Institution, Beckley
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| Location | Raleigh County, near Beaver, West Virginia |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
| Population | 1,660 (430 in prison camp) |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Beckley (FCI Beckley) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. An adjacent satellite camp houses minimum-security inmates.
FCI Beckley is located approximately 51 miles southeast of Charleston, West Virginia and 136 miles northwest of Roanoke, Virginia.[1]
Notable incidents
While they occur less frequently than at high-security prisons, serious acts of violence also occur at medium and minimum-security institutions such as FCI Beckley. In April 2010, FCI Beckley inmate Sylvester Cuevas, who was serving a sentence for mailing threatening communications, repeatedly punched a correction officer, causing the officer to sustain a broken nose and facial cuts. Cuevas was charged with felony assault and transferred to the Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County, West Virginia pending court proceedings. Cuevas assaulted another correction officer at that facility in August 2010, who suffered a broken facial bone. On February 2, 2012, Cuevas pleaded guilty to felony assault in connection with both incidents and was sentenced to an additional eight years in prison.[2] Cuevas is currently serving his sentence at ADX Florence, the federal supermax prison in Colorado which holds inmates requiring the tightest security controls.[3]
Notable inmates (current and former)
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Photo | Status | Details |
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| James Kopp | 11761-055 |  |
Serving a life sentence.[4] | Associate of the anti-abortion group The Lambs of Christ; convicted in 2007 of the 1998 murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian, who performed abortions at a clinic in Buffalo, New York; Kopp was one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives prior to his capture in 2001.[5] |
| Steven Warshak | 04431-061 | Serving a 10-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2016.[6] | Founder of Berkeley Nutraceuticals; convicted in 2008 of fraud and money laundering for bilking customers out of $100 million; the story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.[7][8] |
See also
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