The Federal Correctional Institution, Jesup (FCI, Jesup) is a medium security facility housing male offenders in Jesup

Jesup, Georgia

Jesup is a city in Wayne County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,279 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Wayne County.-Geography:Jesup is located at ....

, southeast Georgia

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Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

. The prison, on U.S. Route 301

U.S. Route 301

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, is 40 miles (64.4 km) northwest of Brunswick, Georgia

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, 65 miles (104.6 km) southwest of Savannah, Georgia

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, and 105 miles (169 km) miles northwest of Jacksonville, Florida

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. It serves the Judicial District for Southern Georgia.

, the minimum security camp of FCI Jesup housed about 300 prisoners, consisting of drug addicts and perpetrators of white collar crime. Ben Reyes

Ben Reyes

Ben Torres Reyes , an American, is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives and a former Houston City Council member.-History:...

, who served time in the camp for bribery and conspiracy, said that the camp was "a more relaxed, more bucolic facility" than the Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont

Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont

Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont is a large federal prison for men consisting of two different levels of security, including low and medium, in unincorporated Jefferson County, Texas, near Beaumont. The FCC, Beaumont institution is also near United States Penitentiary, Beaumont, a prison for...

.

, FCI Jesup houses adult male prisoners in all of its properties. It includes a medium security facility for 1,150 prisoners. It also has two satellite camps, including a low security property for 605 prisoners, and a minimum security property for 150 prisoners.

Notable inmates

Name	Number	Status	Details
Kent Hovind Kent Hovind Kent E. Hovind is an American young earth creationist. Hovind speaks on creation science and aims to convince listeners to reject theories of evolution, geophysics, and cosmology in favor of the Genesis creation narrative as found in the Bible...	06452-017	Moved to FCI, Jesup in September 2010. and moved in June 2011 to FPC Satellite Camp in the ADX Florence ADX Florence The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility is a supermax prison for men that is located in unincorporated Fremont County, Colorado, United States, south of Florence. It is unofficially known as ADX Florence, Florence ADMAX, Supermax, or The Alcatraz of the Rockies...	Tax evasion
Ben Reyes Ben Reyes Ben Torres Reyes , an American, is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives and a former Houston City Council member.-History:...	76205-079	Moved to FCI, Jesup's minimum security satellite prison camp from Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont is a large federal prison for men consisting of two different levels of security, including low and medium, in unincorporated Jefferson County, Texas, near Beaumont. The FCC, Beaumont institution is also near United States Penitentiary, Beaumont, a prison for... around 2000; released on December 29, 2006.	Bribery and conspiracy

External links

• Federal Correctional Complex, Jesup