The Federal Correctional Institution, Three Rivers (FCI Three Rivers) is a medium-security United States
federal prison
A federal prison is operated under the jurisdiction of a federal government as opposed to a state or provincial body. Federal prisons are used for convicts who violated federal law (U.S., Mexico), inmates considered dangerous (Brazil), or those s ...
for male inmates in
unincorporated Live Oak County, Texas
Live Oak County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,335. Its county seat is George West. The county was named for the groves of live oak within its borders.
Geography
According to the ...
. It is operated by
Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the
United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp which houses minimum-security male offenders.
FCI Three Rivers is approximately south of San Antonio and northwest of
Corpus Christi.
Notable incidents
In 2008, a riot occurred between members of rival
prison gangs at FCI Three Rivers which left 22 prisoners injured and one dead. Fifteen of the injured were transported to hospitals in Corpus Christi and San Antonio. The deceased inmate was identified as 40-year-old Servando Rodriguez of
Nuevo Laredo,
Tamaulipas, Mexico. Sources at the prison told the ''
San Antonio Express-News
The ''San Antonio Express-News'' is a daily newspaper in San Antonio, Texas. It is owned by the Hearst Corporation and has offices in San Antonio and Austin, Texas. The ''Express-News'' is the third largest newspaper in the state of Texas, with ...
'' that one gang consisted of American-born
Chicanos and the other of
Mexican citizens known as "Paisas."
A former U.S. Bureau of Prisons correctional officer and his wife were sentenced Wednesday to federal prison for accepting bribes from the family of an inmate in exchange for taking contraband into the Federal Correction Institution in Three Rivers.
According to the Department of Justice, Joel Gonzalez admitted that from December 2012 through April 2014 he made plans to smuggle tobacco and other contraband into the FCI in exchange for cash.
His wife, Lisa Gonzalez, reportedly assisted him by arranging times and locations for receiving the contraband and the bribe payments. The DOJ said Lisa Gonzalez, who was employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice during the scheme, traveled with her husband to Laredo to accept the items. Joel Gonzalez would then smuggle them into the FCI on his body, the DOJ said.
Joel Gonzalez was sentenced to 24 months in prison, while his wife was ordered to serve 10 months. The couple was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following completion of their prison sentences.
[http://www.ksat.com/.../former-correctional-officer--wife-sentenced-in-bribery-scheme.html ]
Notable inmates (current and former)
See also
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List of U.S. federal prisons
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
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Incarceration in the United States
References
External links
FCI Three Rivers"
Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Buildings of the United States government in Texas
Federal Correctional Institutions in the United States
Buildings and structures in Live Oak County, Texas
Prisons in Texas
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