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| Location | Fremont County, nearFlorence, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 38°21′39″N105°06′09″W / 38.3608°N 105.1024°W /38.3608; -105.1024 |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium-security |
| Population | 1,200 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Warden | C. Lepe |
TheFederal Correctional Institution, Florence (FCI Florence) is a medium-security United Statesfederal prison for male inmates in Colorado. Part of theFlorence Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Florence), it is operated by theFederal Bureau of Prisons, a division of theUnited States Department of Justice.
FCI Florence is located in anunincorporated area inFremont County, outside the city of Florence, Colorado,[1] 90 miles (140 km) south of Denver, 45 miles (72 km) south of Colorado Springs, and 40 miles (64 km) west of Pueblo.[2][3][4]
[5] in the morning hours of December 29, 2008, correction officers at FCI Florence found inmate Pablo Zúñiga-García, 33, dead in his cell. Zúñiga-García (95492-198), who was serving a 54-month sentence for an illegal-immigration conviction, had suffered numerous blunt-force injuries to his head. A subsequentFBI investigation found that inmates José Augustín Pluma, Juan Martín Ruelas, Mark Rosález, and Justin Hernández, all inmates at FCI Florence and members of theSureños gang, orchestrated the assault.
Prior to the fatal assault, Hernández, aSureños leader, ordered several other inmates to physically assault Zúñiga-García. Hernández's lieutenant, Rosález, asked another inmate to act as a lookout during the assault and prevent Zúñiga-García from escaping. During the early hours of December 29, 2008, Pluma and three of the unnamed co-conspirators entered the cell with their makeshift weapons, padlocks attached to belts, and began a 15-minute beating of Zúñiga-García while Ruelas and another unnamed co-conspirator took their places as lookouts. Three other participants pleaded to lesser charges and agreed to testify against the four men.
Pluma, Ruelas, Rosález, and Hernández were convicted of conspiring to assault Zúñiga-García andsecond-degree murder on June 14, 2011. They are all serving lengthy sentences at high-security facilities:
Justin Hernandez (30123-013) is located in the nearby supermax prisonADX Florence; scheduled for release on November 15, 2058. José Augustín Pluma (34104-013) is inUSP Beaumont inTexas; scheduled for release on July 14, 2040. Juan Martin Ruelas (11510-081) is inUSP Coleman I inFlorida; scheduled for release on May 2, 2029. Mark Rosález (08961-091) is inUSP Lee inVirginia; scheduled for release on October 2, 2040.
†Beckley was incarcerated at the adjacent FCI Florence minimum-security prison camp.
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Duran | 19588-016[permanent dead link] | Transferred toUSP Lee. Serving a 40-year sentence; scheduled for release on February 3, 2029. | Anarchist; convicted in 1995 of attempting to assassinateUS PresidentBill Clinton by firing 25 to 30 rounds from a rifle at theWhite House in October 1994.[6][7] |
| William King | 41870-037[permanent dead link] | Released from custody on May 26, 2022 after serving a 20-year sentence, (Originally a 454-year sentence) | FormerBaltimore Police detective, involved in the worst scandal in the department's history; convicted in 2006 of stealing narcotics and cash from drug dealers with his partner,Antonio Murray, who served the same sentence and was released the next day.[8] |
| Brent Beckley† | 66155-054[permanent dead link] | Released from custody on October 4, 2013; served a year-long sentence. | Co-founder ofAbsolute Poker; pleaded guilty in 2012 to engaging in unlawfulinternet gambling,bank fraud andwire fraud for falsifying transaction records so that they appeared to come from non-gambling online merchants.[9][10][11] |
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