According to news on April 15, local time, the "FCI Dublin" (FCI Dublin) in California, USA, has been decided to close, marking the end of this notorious women's prison.
Federal Bureau of Prisons officials announced on the 15th that they planned to close the "Dublin FCI Prison" located about 21 miles (about 33.8 kilometers) east of Oakland, and some inmates have been transferred to other prisons.
Prison Service Director Colette Peters confirmed to the media that although the "Dublin FCI Prison" has undergone a certain degree of rectification after years of scandals, it has failed to meet the expected standards. "The best course of action is to close it." "This decision follows an ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of these unprecedented steps and additional resources," Peters said.
reported that from 2021 to now, at least eight prison employees have been accused of assaulting and abusing female prisoners incarcerated therein, including former prison warden Ray Garcia, who was convicted in 2022 of abusing three inmates and assaulting three prisoners. Federal officer lied and was sentenced to 6 years in prison. Also included is the most notorious former prison guard, Jon C. Hyson, who was charged with 17 counts of having a relationship with an inmate and five counts of lying to investigators.
According to black-haired Heidi Fleiss, known as "Hollywood Madam", "inappropriate relationships" between prison guards and inmates were obvious during her three-year sentence. "Everyone Everybody knows this happens all the time."
"While I was there, I saw an inmate eating KFC and I immediately knew what was going on with her and the guard. Fried chicken was not on the prison menu," Fleiss said. Said, "And the prisoner was showing off and felt that he was being treated preferentially."
In addition, Fleiss also revealed that the prison seemed to be very crowded when she was there, with about 2,400 prisoners. "It was overcrowded, and I had to talk to The other three people shared a small cell, and because I complained, the guards did everything they could to humiliate me. But I was really scared because I was living with a murderer."
Fleiss, who is now 58 years old. He was imprisoned 28 years ago. The atmosphere at that time was already so bad, but no one took care of it. It was not until 2021 that the matter was exposed.
After his release from prison, Fleiss became a television personality, making documentaries and appearing in reality shows.
In addition to female prisoners like Fleiss, the "Dublin FCI Prison" has also imprisoned relatively well-known Hollywood female stars, such as Felicity Huffman, who starred in "Desperate Housewives". She once participated in a crime that shocked the United States. He was sentenced to 14 days in prison for the college entrance examination cheating scandal and was served in the "Dublin FCI Prison".
Hoffman did not talk about her life in prison, but she broke her silence after being released from prison, explaining why she falsified her daughter’s college entrance examination results. She said, “I felt like if I didn’t do it, I would become A bad mother."
Like Huffman, who was also convicted of sending her children to college, there was Full House actress Lori Loughlin, who spent time in the "Dublin FCI Prison" For two months.
In addition to the abuse and violation of female prisoners by employees, the "Dublin FCI Prison" has also experienced suicides and escapes. The institution is still facing a lawsuit filed against it by eight inmates, who claim that "Prison Officers Over the Years No steps were taken to stop the abuse."
It is not yet known when the "Dublin FCI Prison" will be closed, but responsible officials have stated that employees currently employed there will not
