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| Location | Victorville, California |
|---|---|
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium-security (with low-security female prison camp) |
| Population | 1,300 (300 in prison camp) |
| Opened | 2004 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Warden | E. Ricolcol |
TheFederal Correctional Institution, Victorville (FCI Victorville Medium I & II) are two medium-security United Statesfederal prisons for male inmates in Victorville, California. Part of the Victorville Federal Prison Complex, it is operated by theFederal Bureau of Prisons, a division of theUnited States Department of Justice.
FCI Victorville Medium are two medium-security United Statesfederal prisons for male inmates inVictorville, California. Part of the Victorville Federal Prison Complex, it is operated by theFederal Bureau of Prisons, a division of theUnited States Department of Justice. There is an adjacent satellite prison camp for low-security female inmates. The complex is located on land that was formerly part ofGeorge Air Force Base.[1]
It was built on aSuperfund site, which has contaminated the region's water supply with industrial solvents liketrichlorethylene, and pesticides like dieldrin and aldrin, and chemicals from jet fuel.[2]
In 2010, Scott A. Holencik, 45, the warden of FCI Victorville, was named in a six-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury. The indictment accused Holencik of lying to special agents of the United States Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, when he was interviewed in November 2009 in connection with an investigation into Internet postings that disclosed confidential government information. The indictment charged Holencik with two felony counts of making false statements when he denied making posts to www.prisonofficer.org. Holencik allegedly made multiple posts to the website that contained sensitive information concerning criminal investigations at the prison. Specifically, it is alleged that he disclosed confidential government information concerning a Bureau of Prisons employee who was suspected of being involved with an inmate gambling scheme, as well as facts related to a homicide that occurred at the prison in August 2009.[3]
A federal judge, Virginia Phillips, subsequently ruled that the information posted on prisonofficer.org was not confidential, thereby dismissing those charges. On February 20, 2014, federal Judge Virginia Phillips ruled dismissing the remaining counts of the indictment against Holencik with prejudice.[4] Holencik retired as warden.
On May 31, 2016, inmate Fazliddin Kurbanov snuck behind then-warden Calvin Johnson and attempted to slit his throat with a 4-inch shank he concealed, injuring him in the process. Kurbanov, anUzbek refugee, was serving a 25-year sentence formaterial support and plotting a bombing attack while working as truck-driving instructor inSalt Lake City, Utah. Kurbanov was charged withattempted murder of a federal officer and sentenced to an additional 20 years in prison in 2018. He is now serving his sentence atADX Florence.[5][6]
In the first episode of theHBO television seriesLuck, the main character Chester "Ace" Bernstein, played by Dustin Hoffman, is released from federal custody after serving 3 years at FCI Victorville.[7]
Diablo, played byGeno Silva inA Man Apart (2003), was incarcerated at Victorville Penitentiary.
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Sentence | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez | 33230-068 | Serving a 25-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2033. | Pleaded guilty to terrorism and weapons offenses for using asemi-automaticrifle to fire at least eight rounds at theWhite House on November 11, 2011 in an attempt to kill PresidentBarack Obama, who he believed was theAntichrist. |
| John Lenzie Creech | 05924-028 | Scheduled for release in 2029. | Sentenced for Federal drug offenses; convicted in California state court of manslaughter in the 2012 killing ofGavin Smith. |
| Jerry Whitworth | 78095-011 | Serving a 365 year sentence; not expected to be released. | Sentenced to 365 years for his part in theWalker family spy ring. |
| Inmate name | Register number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Osman Mohamud | 73079-065Archived 2013-10-17 at theWayback Machine | Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2036. Currently atFCI Sandstone. | US citizen fromSomalia; convicted in 2013 of attempting to use of aweapon of mass destruction for trying to detonate what he thought was a car bomb supplied by undercover FBI agents posing as members ofAl-Qaeda at a Christmas tree lighting in Portland, Oregon in 2010.[8][9] |
| Abby Lee Miller | 35991-068 | Served a 366-day sentence,[10] released May 2018. | Choreographer, dance instructor, and former star of thereality television seriesDance Moms and several spin-offs; pleaded guilty tobankruptcy fraud and sentenced to 366 days in prison.[11][12][13][14][15] |
| Miguel Caro-Quintero | 02921-748Archived 2013-09-29 at theWayback Machine | Served a 17-year sentence; deported to Mexico upon release in 2019.[16] | Former leader of the now-defunctSonora Cartel, a drug trafficking organization responsible for exporting multi-ton quantities of marijuana to the US during the 1980s and 1990s; extradited to the US from Mexico in 2009.[17][18][16] |
| Lenny Dykstra | 57780-112 | Released from custody in 2013; served 15 months.[19] | FormerMajor League Baseball player; pleaded guilty in 2012 tobankruptcy fraud andmoney laundering for hiding and sellingsports memorabilia intended to be auctioned off for hisbankruptcy filing.[20] |
| Max Butler | 09954-011 | Served a 13-year sentence; released April 2021. | Pleaded guilty in 2007 to two counts ofwire fraud, stealing nearly 2 million credit card numbers, which were used for $86 million in fraudulent purchases. |
| George Trofimoff | 39090-018 | Died in 2014 while serving a life sentence.[21] | RetiredUS Army Reserve colonel and former civilian intelligence chief for the US Army; convicted in 2001 of providing classified military documents to theKGB during theCold War; Trofimoff is highest-ranking Army official to be convicted ofespionage.[22] |
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