Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop
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Bastrop Federal Correctional Institution also known as Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop, is a low security federal prison
Federal prison
Federal prisons are run by national governments in countries where subdivisions of the country also operate prisons.In the United States federal prisons are operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In Canada the Correctional Service of Canada operates federal prisons. Prison sentences in these...

 for men located north on State Highway 95 in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
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 Bastrop County
Bastrop County, Texas
Bastrop County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2006, the population was 71,700. Its county seat is Bastrop. Bastrop County is named for Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop , an early Dutch settler who assisted Stephen F...

, Texas
Texas
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, United States
United States
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 8 miles (12.9 km) north of Bastrop
Bastrop, Texas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there are 5340 people in Bastrop, organized into 2034 households and 1336 families. The population density is 734.8 people per square mile . There are 2,239 housing units at an average density of 308.1 per square mile...

 and 30 miles (48.3 km) southeast of Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

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Background

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.

Notable inmates

Name Number Status Details
Richard Causey
Richard Causey
Richard Alan Causey is one of the prominent figures in the Enron accounting scandal. Causey was Enron's Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer....

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Held in FCI, Bastrop Enron
Enron
Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...

 executive (minimum security camp) for securities fraud
Jeff Fort
Jeff Fort
Jeff Fort is a former Chicago gang leader, co-founder of the Black P. Stones gang, and founder of its El Rukn faction. He was convicted in 1987 of conspiring with Libya to perform acts of domestic terrorism.- Biography :...

Once held in FCI, Bastrop El Rukn, gang leader for drug trafficking
Hobart Huson
Hobart Huson
Hobart Huson, also known as Strike, is the founder and site designer of online forum The Hive and author of several popular books such as Total Synthesis I and II, and Sources, in which he details methods of synthesizing a variety of amphetamines, obtaining equipment and chemicals, and avoiding...

76209-080 Released from FCI, Bastrop on June 19, 2009 author on books for drug making.
Chris Lamprecht
Chris Lamprecht
Chris Lamprecht, aka MinorThreat, is regarded as the first person to be banned from the Internet. After being sentenced to 70 months in prison for money laundering, Lamprecht was also given a punishment of no access to the Internet until 2003....

Once held in FCI, Bastrop computer hacker
Hacker (computer security)
In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...

 for money laundering
Money laundering
Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...

Jeffrey MacDonald Once spent time at the FCI Bastrop. Captain, United States Army Special Forces (Green Beret), convicted of killing his family,

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