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Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc II

For other low-security, federal prison for male inmates, see Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc I.

The Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc II is a low (formerly also a high, and then medium) security United States federal prison for male inmates in Lompoc, California. It is part of the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Lompoc) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates. It was formerly a military disciplinary barracks on Camp Cooke.

Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc II
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LocationLompoc, Santa Barbara County, California
Coordinates34°40′34″N 120°30′21″W / 34.6762°N 120.5057°W / 34.6762; -120.5057
StatusOperational
Security classLow-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population2,045 [1,754 at the FCI, 291 in prison camps] (September 2024)
Opened1959
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons

FCC Lompoc is located within the city of Lompoc, 175 miles (282 km) northwest of Los Angeles, adjacent to Vandenberg Space Force Base.[1] The complex also includes a second Federal Correctional Institution (in addition to the satellite prison camp).

Facility

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The FCI (Low) has a Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP)

There are two minimum security prison camps that also house adult male inmates.[2]

Notable inmates

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Current

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Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
Kevin Harpham 13663-085 Serving a 32-year sentence. Scheduled for release in 2038. Pleaded guilty to bombings in Spokane in 2011.
Enrique Marquez Jr. 71450-112 Serving a 20-year sentence. Scheduled for release on December 31, 2032. Pleaded guilty to providing weapons to the perpetrators of the 2015 San Bernardino attack
Robert H. Shapiro 77952-112 Serving a 25-year sentence. Scheduled for release on July 31, 2039. Pleaded guilty to orchestrating and leading a massive investment fraud scheme, in which more than 7,000 victims suffered financial losses, as well as tax evasion. Shapiro was the former owner, president, and CEO of Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC (Woodbridge Securities).[3]
Cody Easterday 37593-509 Serving an 11-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2032. Washington rancher convicted in 2022 of wire fraud after invoicing multiple companies for payment for cattle that did not exist.[4]

Former

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Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details
Ivan Boesky 13987-054 Released from custody in 1990; served 2 years. Former leading Wall Street speculator; pleaded guilty in 1987 to conspiracy to file false stock trading records for making $80 million through an insider trading scheme.[5]
Auburn Calloway 14601-076 Serving consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole. Now at USP Florence High Hijacker of Federal Express Flight 705 in 1994.
Nate Colbert 07633-198   Released from custody in 1992, served six month sentence Former Major League Baseball player; pleaded guilty to committing fraud on bank loan documents.
Demetrius Flenory 13037-078 Now at FCI Sheridan Co-founder of the Black Mafia Family criminal organization; pleaded guilty in 2007 to leading a national drug trafficking operation based in Detroit, Michigan with his brother, Terry Flenory, who was also sentenced to 30 years.[6]
Carmine Persico 74666-158   Died at Duke University Hospital[7] while serving a combined sentence of 139 years; was eligible for release in 2050.[8] Mafia figure; former Colombo crime family Boss; convicted in 1986 of murder, loansharking, bribery and extortion, all in aid of racketeering, in order to control and profit from the concrete industry in New York City.[9][10]
Mossimo Giannulli 77808-112 Released from custody in 2021, served five month sentence[11] Charged with connection to the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.
Gene Haas 43241-112   Released from custody in 2009; served 16 months. Haas pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy charge in 2007 for orchestrating a plan to list bogus expenses that could be written off as business costs and save Haas Automation millions in taxes.[12][13]
Harry Robbins Haldeman Unlisted[a]   Released from custody in 1978; served 18 months.[14] White House Chief of Staff for President Richard Nixon and key figure in the Watergate scandal; convicted in 1975 of conspiracy and obstruction of justice.[15][16][17]
Andre Louis Hicks 55553-097 Released from custody in 1996; served 4 years. American rap artist known as Mac Dre and member of the Romper Room Gang, which was suspected of committing a series of bank robberies. He refused a plea deal and was convicted in 1992 of conspiracy for plotting to rob a bank in Fresno, California. Mac Dre served his time between USP Lompoc and Fresno. He recorded Back n da Hood at this time. [18][19][20][21]
Trevor Jacob 66235-510 Released from custody on June 12, 2024; served a 6-month sentence. Pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice by deliberating destroying a plane wreckage that was intentionally crashed for his YouTube channel.[22]
Herbert W. Kalmbach Unlisted[a] Released from custody in 1975; served 6 months.[23] Personal attorney for President Richard Nixon; pleaded guilty in 1974 to illegally soliciting nearly $4 million in campaign funds.[15][24][25]
Chuck Muncie 03389-198   Released from custody in 1992; served 18 months. Former National Football League player; pleaded guilty in 1988 to selling cocaine to an undercover federal agent and perjury.[26][27]
Eugene Plotkin 58897-054 Released from custody in 2011; served 3 years. Former associate at Goldman Sachs; convicted in 2007 masterminding an insider trading conspiracy which netted $6.5 million; Plotkin's story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.[28][29]
Jorge Salcedo 77807-112 Released from custody on December 30, 2021.[11] Charged with connection to the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.
Stephen Semprevivo 77828-112 Released from custody in 2020, served four month sentence Charged with connection to the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.
Reed Slatkin 24057-112 Released from custody in 2013; served 14 years. Co-founder of EarthLink; pleaded guilty in 2002 to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to obstruct justice for stealing $593 million from investors in one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in US history; Slatkin's story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.[30][31][32]
Devin Sloane 77815-112 Released from custody in 2020, served four month sentence Charged with connection to the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.
Roger Ver 99722-111   Released from custody in 2003 Entrepreneur, early investor and promoter of Bitcoin. Charged with selling explosives without a license, illegally storing explosives, and mailing injurious articles.[33]
Hüseyin Yıldırım 09542-018 Released from custody and deported to his home country of Turkey in 2003; served 5 years. Turkish national; convicted in 1989 of conspiring with spy James Hall III to sell classified information regarding US eavesdropping operations to East German and Soviet agents between 1983 and 1988.[34]
Danny Zappin 08036-032   Released from custody in 2005; served 2 years Founder of Maker Studios served a sentence for drug possession.[35]

Dominic Toretto Car thief from Fast and the Furious

COVID-19 pandemic

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Further information: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons

A deadly COVID-19 outbreak swept through the federal correctional complex in 2020.[36] It included several dozen staff members, including correctional officers.[37]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Inmates released from custody before 1982 are not listed on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

References

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  3. ^ "Southern District of Florida | Mastermind of $1.3 Billion Investment Fraud (Ponzi) Scheme - One of the Largest Ever - Sentenced to Twenty-Five Years in Prison on Conspiracy and Tax Evasion Charges | United States Department of Justice". 8 August 2019.
  4. ^ Hill, Kip. "Easterday gets 11 years in prison, for $244M 'ghost cattle' fraud". the Spokesman-Review. pp. A1, A9.
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  11. ^ a b "Lori Loughlin's husband Mossimo Giannulli reports to prison for five-month sentence for college admissions scandal". CNN.
  12. ^ "Team owner Gene Haas gets two years in prison in tax fraud". espn.com.
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  14. ^ Severo, Richard (November 13, 1993). "H. R. Haldeman, Nixon Aide Who Had Central Role in Watergate, Is Dead at 67". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  15. ^ a b Corwin, Miles [1] "Los Angeles Times", July 30, 1990, Accessed January 29, 2011
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  22. ^ "Santa Barbara County Man Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Obstructing Federal Probe into Plane Crash He Posted on YouTube" (Press release). United States Department of Justice: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
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  26. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE - FOOTBALL - Muncie Is Sentenced". The New York Times. 1989-02-22. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
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