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Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota

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Official counts are conducted at 12:05 a.m., 3 a.m., 5 a.m., 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. The 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. counts are known as "standing counts," during which inmates must stop what they are doing and stand up even if they are in bed. An additional standing count is held at 10 a.m. on holidays and
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FCI Mendota opened in January 2012 after years of funding delays. The final cost of construction was $ 235 million. Mendota Mayor Robert Silva was pleased about the new jobs and revenue for local businesses that the prison would provide and encouraged the Bureau of Prisons to hire as many local
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certificate and gain vocational training. Prisoners are required to work on a number of duties, ranging from food preparation in the dining hall to maintenance work. A recreation yard has basketball courts, a soccer field and a track.
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Convicted for his role in a 2010 incident during which a group of Hispanic men were threatened and run off the road; accomplice Sean Popejoy was sentenced to 4 years; the first individuals sentenced under the 2009
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FCI Mendota is located on 960 acres and is enclosed with a 12-foot-high razor wire fence. Inside the facility, inmates have access to educational programs where they may work toward their
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Inmates sleep in seven- by twelve-foot cells, complete with toilet and sink. They have access to a common area where they can exercise, shower, and watch basic cable television.
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between 1990 and 2004 as well as conspiracy to make and distribute more than 10,000 kilograms of cocaine destined for the US.
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Served an 11-year sentence; released November 3, 2020, from a Residential Reentry Facility in Dallas, TX
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court. He also admitted sending over 500,000 kilograms of cocaine to America through
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Served a 2-month sentence; released from custody on February 28, 2020.
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FCI Mendota is located in central California, 36 miles west of
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Served sentence of over 2 years; released on July 7, 2016.
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Serving a 60 year sentence, scheduled for release in 2025
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Serving a 25-year sentence; scheduled for release 2032.
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Colombian Drug Lord; known as "Rasguño", member of the
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Jeremy Meeks was dubbed the "hot felon" by some media.
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Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota (FCI Mendota)
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Buildings and structures in Fresno County, California
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Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
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Fresno County
Mendota, California
Coordinates
36°44′00″N 120°23′32″W / 36.73333°N 120.39222°W / 36.73333; -120.39222
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden
http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/men/
federal prison
California
Federal Bureau of Prisons
United States Department of Justice
Fresno
GED
10463-010
Hate Crimes Prevention Act
01694-138
2019 college admissions bribery scandal
Richard Scutari
34840-080
The Order
Jeremy Meeks
71672-097

James Kopp
11761-055

The Lambs of Christ
Dr. Barnett Slepian
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

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