{{Short description|Low-security prison in Texas, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}}
{{About|the federally-owned prison|the privately-owned prison|Big Spring Correctional Center}} {{Infobox prison | prison_name = Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring | image = FCI Big Spring.jpg | image_size = 275 | location = [[Big Spring, Texas|Big Spring]], [[Howard County, Texas]] | coordinates = | status = Operational | classification = Low-security (with minimum-security prison camp) | population = 1,018 plus (114 plus in prison camp) | opened = 1979 | closed = | managed_by = [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] | warden = Chad Humphrey }}
The '''Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring''' ('''FCI Big Spring''') is a low-security United States [[federal prison]] for male inmates in Texas. It 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 which houses minimum-security male offenders.
FCI Big Spring is located in the city of [[Big Spring, Texas]], midway between [[Dallas]] and [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FCI Big Spring|url=https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/big/index.jsp|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons}}</ref> The town is also the location of the privately owned and operated [[Big Spring Correctional Center]], which contracts with the FBOP to house federal detainees at four locations. Both FCI Big Spring and the BSCC occupy buildings and facilities repurposed from the closed [[Webb Air Force Base]].
==Notable inmates (current and former)== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !width=13%|Inmate Name !width=9%|Register Number !width=5%|Photo !width=24%|Status !width=54%|Details |- | style="text-align:center;"| [[Robert Courtney (fraudster)|Robert Courtney]] | style="text-align:center;"| [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=14536-045&x=107&y=19 14536-045]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | | Now at [[Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood|FCI Englewood]]; scheduled for release in 2026. | Former [[pharmacist]]; pleaded guilty in 2002 to deliberately diluting the [[chemotherapy]] drugs of an estimated 4,200 cancer patients for profit; known as "The Toxic Pharmacist;" the story was featured on the CNBC television show ''[[American Greed]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Draper|first1=Robert|title=The Toxic Pharmacist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/magazine/the-toxic-pharmacist.html?ref=topics|access-date=3 October 2015|magazine=The New York Times Magazine|date=June 8, 2003}}</ref> |- | align="center" |[[Boston Marathon bombing#Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's roommates|Dias Kadyrbayev]] | align="center" |[https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ 95091-038] | align="center" | | Released in 2018 and deported to Kazakhstan.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5443092/dias-muratovich-kadyrbayev-deported-boston-bombings/|title=Friend Who Helped Boston Bomber Get Rid of Evidence Deported to Kazakhstan|last=Law|first=Tara|date=2 November 2018|magazine=Time|access-date=4 February 2020}}</ref> | Friend of [[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], perpetrator of the 2013 [[Boston Marathon bombing]]; pleaded guilty in 2015 to [[conspiracy (crime)|conspiring]] to [[obstruction of justice|obstructing justice]] for retrieving and disposing of evidence in order to impede the bombing investigation.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Valencia|first1=Milton J.|title=Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's friend gets six-year prison term|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/06/02/tsarnaev-friend-scheduled-for-sentencing-tuesday/88F7NNXtQAflE8lOMI4NwI/story.html|access-date=14 August 2015|publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC|date=June 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dias Kadyrbayev Sentenced to Six Years for Impeding the Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation|url=https://www.fbi.gov/boston/press-releases/2015/dias-kadyrbayev-sentenced-to-six-years-for-impeding-the-boston-marathon-bombing-investigation|website=Federal Bureau of Investigation|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=14 August 2015|date=June 2, 2015}}</ref> |- | align="center" |[[Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna]] | align="center" |[http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=98832-179 98832-179]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | align="center" | | Serving a 135-month (11.25 year) sentence;<ref name="Id9DEf"/> released into Mexican custody 19 October 2021.<ref name="dVDzS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|title=Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna – Register Number: 98832-179|publisher=[[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618072724/https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|archive-date=18 June 2017|url-status=live|access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elsoldetampico.com.mx/policiaca/entrega-estados-unidos-a-presunto-lider-criminal-de-tamaulipas-7362166.html | title=Entrega Estados Unidos a presunto líder criminal de Tamaulipas }}</ref> | [[Gulf Cartel]] leader who [[1999 Matamoros standoff|assaulted two U.S. federal agents]] in Mexico in 1999. He was convicted of assault in 2009. In 2012, he was convicted of bribery for attempting to pay off an U.S. undercover agent to arrange his release to members of his criminal group.<ref name="Id9DEf">{{Cite web|url=https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/sanantonio/press-releases/2012/gulf-cartel-figure-and-five-others-sentenced-to-prison-in-bribery-scheme|title=Gulf Cartel Figure and Five Others Sentenced to Prison in Bribery Scheme|date=10 October 2012|publisher=[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]|location=Brownsville, Texas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710162348/https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/sanantonio/press-releases/2012/gulf-cartel-figure-and-five-others-sentenced-to-prison-in-bribery-scheme|archive-date=10 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | align="center" |[[Anthony Pellicano]] | align="center" |[http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=21568-112&x=70&y=15 21568-112]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | align="center" | | Released in 2019 after serving a fifteen-year sentence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/arts/anthony-pellicano-prison-release.html|title=Anthony Pellicano, Notorious Detective to the Stars, Walks Free From Prison|last=Harris|first=Elizabeth A.|date=22 March 2019|website=New York Times|access-date=4 February 2020}}</ref> | Former [[private investigator]] for celebrities including [[Michael Jackson]], [[Tom Cruise]] and [[Steven Seagal]]; convicted in 2008 of illegal [[telephone tapping|wiretapping]], [[racketeering]] and [[wire fraud]]. Later transferred to [[Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island|FCI Terminal Island]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Brooks|title=Pellicano Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/business/media/16pellicano.html?ref=anthonypellicano&_r=2&|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 15, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Burrough, Bryan|first=Connolly, John|title=Talk of the Town|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2006/06/pellicano200606|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> before being released in 2019. |- | align="center" |[[David Duke]] | align="center" |28213-034 | [[File:Rsz davidduke (cropped).jpg|80px]] |Released in 2004 |Politician and white nationalist convicted of tax fraud.<ref>{{cite web |title=David Duke Gets 15-Month Sentence for Fraud |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/david-duke-gets-15-month-sentence-for-fraud |website=Associated Press |access-date=21 August 2019 |date=25 March 2015}}</ref> |- | align="center" |[[Leland Yee]] | align="center" | 19629-111 | align="center" | [[File:Leland Yee.jpg|80px]] | Served a 5-year sentence; released on June 26, 2020. | Former [[California Senate|California state senator]] charged with public corruption and gun trafficking. Pled guilty to a felony racketeering charge in relation to money laundering, public corruption and bribery in a [[Chinatown, San Francisco|San Francisco Chinatown]] organized crime case. |- | align="center" |Islam Said | align="center" | 06597-509 | align="center" | | Serving a 10-year sentence, scheduled for release in 2028. | Son of [[Yaser Abdel Said]]. Pled guilty to harboring a fugitive, conspiring to harbor a fugitive, and one count of [[Obstruction of justice|conspiracy to obstruct justice]]. |- | align="center" |[[Derek Chauvin]] | align="center" |47849-509 | align="center" | | Serving a 22 1/2 year sentence, scheduled for release in 2037. | Pleaded guilty to the [[murder of George Floyd]] on June 25, 2021. |- | align="center" |[[Don Black (white supremacist)|Don Black]] | align="center" |16692-034 | align="center" | |Served a 2 year sentence; released November 15, 1984 |Violation of the [[Neutrality Act of 1794|Neutrality Act]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 4, 1983 |title=Klan leader asks ACLU to join legal fight - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/10/04/Klan-leader-asks-ACLU-to-join-legal-fight/6335434088000/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref> |}
==See also== {{Portal|United States|Politics|Texas}} *[[List of U.S. federal prisons]] *[[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] *[[Incarceration in the United States]] {{Clear}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Federal Bureau of Prisons}} {{coord|32.22851|-101.50559|display=title}}
[[Category:Buildings of the United States government in Texas]] [[Category:Prisons in Texas]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Howard County, Texas]] [[Category:Federal Correctional Institutions in the United States|Big Spring]] [[Category:1979 establishments in Texas]] [[Category:Big Spring, Texas]]