The Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield (FCI Edgefield) is a medium-security United States

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for male inmates in South Carolina. It is operated by the

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, a division of the

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. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders, which houses between 500 and 549 inmates. The satellite prison camp also has the Residential Drug and Alcohol Program, which is part of the prison reform and rehabilitation program for those who are addicted to alcohol and other drugs. FCI Edgefield is located near the South Carolina-Georgia border, approximately 25 miles north of Augusta, Georgia.

Notable incidents

In 2002, an unidentified correction officer working at FCI Edgefield pleaded guilty to Georgia state charges for possession with the intent to distribute marijuana. This resulted in a sentence of three years' incarceration, followed by seven years of supervised release. A joint investigation by the Department of Justice Inspector General's Office and the Richmond County Sheriff's Office revealed that the officer took over $9,000 in bribes in exchange for receiving packages containing marijuana and passing them on to inmates. On May 20, 2010, the US Attorney's Office in Columbia, South Carolina, announced that two former correctional officers at FCI Edgefield, Gregory Conyers and Antonio Heath, had been indicted for accepting bribes from inmate Boyce Tisdale in exchange for smuggling contraband into the facility. Conyers and Heath subsequently pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison. Tisdale was transferred to the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner, North Carolina, and is scheduled for release in 2023.

Notable inmates (current and former)

References

External links

Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield
– Official website
Searchinmate.us: Federal Correctional Institution Edgefield
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Notable incidents

Notable inmates (current and former)

See also

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