Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg
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| Location |
Prince George County, near Hopewell, Virginia |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Low and medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg (FCI Petersburg) is a United States federal prison for low and medium-security male inmates. It is part of the Petersburg Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Virginia and operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male offenders. FCI Petersburg consists of two facilities:
FCC Petersburg is located in Prince George County, 25 miles southeast of Richmond, Virginia, the state capital. It lies just west of Hopewell, Virginia.
FCI Petersburg offers numerous educational opportunities, including a GED Program, English as-a-Second Language, Occupational Education, Post-Secondary Education, Adult Continuing Education, as well as Parenting Classes and Release Preparation. The facility also has a Law Library which compliant inmates may use periodically.
FCI Petersburg is one of several federal prison facilities which offer sex offender treatment programs. The Sex Offender Management Program (SOMP) at FCI Petersburg was established to assist in effectively managing the Bureau of Prisons’ population of offenders with sex offense histories. The program consists of assessment/evaluation, treatment, and monitoring/managing components. The assessment/evaluation component of SOMP is non-voluntary because it assists correctional staff in determining whether the inmate is likely to engage in risk relevant behavior while incarcerated. The remaining elements of the program are voluntary.
In 2008, a joint investigation conducted by the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons found that an inmate at FCI Petersburg, John Leighnor, was coordinating an ongoing identity theft scheme from the facility. Leighnor was already serving a 7-year-sentence handed down in 2003 for another identity theft scheme. Armed with the names of his victims, Leighnor drafted correspondence to be sent by mail to various governmental agencies and other organizations to obtain official documentation for his targets. In connection with each mailing, Leighnor either claimed that he was actually the person he was victimizing or that he was a lawyer, advocate, or other designated representative for a targeted victim and requested the victim’s personal documentation, such as birth certificates, family information, undergraduate transcripts, enrollment applications, and death certificates. Leighnor directed that all return correspondence be sent to his attention at various addresses, including: “Dept. 14375-077, P.O. Box 1000, Petersburg, Virginia 23804.” He concealed the fact that the correspondence would actually be delivered to him at FCI Petersburg and that “14375-077” was his federal prisoner identification number.
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