Federal Correctional Institution, Bennettsville

FCI Bennettsville
Location Marlboro County,
near Bennettsville, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°40′25″N 79°43′28″W / 34.6737°N 79.7245°W / 34.6737; -79.7245Coordinates: 34°40′25″N 79°43′28″W / 34.6737°N 79.7245°W / 34.6737; -79.7245
Status Operational
Security class Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population 1,688 (157 in camp)
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Warden Travis Bragg

The Federal Correctional Institution, Bennettsville (FCI Bennettsville) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in South Carolina. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also includes an adjacent prison camp for minimum-security male inmates.

FCI Bennettsville is located in northeast South Carolina, approximately 70 miles from Myrtle Beach and 100 miles from Columbia, the state capital.[1]

Notable incidents

In August 2012, Dawud Abdullah Khalid, age 37, was charged in a one-count indictment with escaping from FCI Bennettsville on July 17, 2012. He faces a maximum sentence of 5 additional years in prison. The case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service.[2][3] Khalid is currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Marianna, a medium-security facility in Florida, and is scheduled for release in 2017.[4]

See also

References

  1. "FCI Bennettsville". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. "Bennettsville Inmate Charged With Escape". US Department of Justice.
  3. "Bennettsville inmate charged with escape". August 28, 2012.
  4. "Federal Inmate Locator - DAWUD KHALID". Federal Bureau of Prisons.


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