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The Federal Correctional Institution, Sheridan (FCI Sheridan) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Oregon. Opened in 1989, it is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also includes a detention center housing male offenders and an adjacent minimum-security satellite prison camp also for male offenders. FCI Sheridan is located in northwestern Oregon in Sheridan. ==History== Sheridan, Oregon, began campaigning to be the site of the first federal prison in Oregon in 1981. Then Senator Mark Hatfield and Congressman Les AuCoin worked to help get Sheridan selected as the site for the prison.〔 Federal prison officials began looking at sites around Sheridan to build a proposed $50 million minimum and medium security prison in 1985. Plans called for the prison to be built on farmland south of the city. Some local residents opposed building the facility near Sheridan and created a group to fight the government.〔 In August 1986, the location south of Sheridan was approved by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.〔 〕 These early plans called for a 250 person minimum security unit, a 550 person minimum security unit, with a total cost of $48 million.〔 The Delphian School's campus was also a candidate for the location of the prison. State and county governments expanded Sheridan's urban growth boundary to include the prison site in 1986, which opponents then fought in court. These efforts, along with two ballot measures in November 1986, all failed, and groundbreaking for construction was held in March 1987. Local businesses and the city had sought the prison to provide jobs in the area.〔 Sheridan expanded its water and wastewater treatment systems at a cost of $2.2 million as part of the project.〔 FCI Sheridan opened in May 1989 with George Killinger as the warden.〔 Oregon's first federal prison cost $52 million to build. Construction began in 1987 with a design to hold 550 inmates at the prison portion and an additional 256 camp prisoners. Portland's Hoffman Construction Company built the prison for the federal government. The prison was officially dedicated on August 24, 1989.〔Painter, Jr. John. Inmates arrive at Oregon’s first federal prison. ''The Oregonian'', May 24, 1989.〕 FCI Sheridan experienced a riot in September 1993 that destroyed one building when inmates set it on fire.〔 Another lockdown occurred in September 2003 when 40 prisoners were involved in fights using homemade weapons.〔Sheridan prison remains locked down. ''The Oregonian'', September 27, 2003.〕 In December 1994, an additional 300 beds were added to the facility as a federal detention center for housing pre-trial inmates. The separate facility from the main prison cost $10 million to build.〔Prison staff offers tours of new jail. ''The Sun'', December 7, 1994.〕 The Oregon Legislature passed a law in 1999 that prevented inmates in federal prisons from voting in local elections.〔 〕 Since Oregon had never had a federal prison, only state prisoners had previously been barred from voting.〔 In 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau mistakenly listed the prison population in one census tract instead of the correct census tract. Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury used the incorrect data when re-drawing the state’s legislative districts as is done after each census.〔Bradbury gives court new map on redistricting. ''The Oregonian'', November 29, 2001.〕 This small error of about 2000 people was enough to throw off the districts beyond their margin of acceptance and the Oregon Supreme Court ruled the Secretary must re-draw the boundary lines to match the correct data.〔''Hartung v. Bradbury'', 332 Or. 570, 33 P.3d 972 (2001)〕 The city also counts the prison population as part of the city’s official population. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Federal Correctional Institution, Sheridan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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