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James Santos has arrived in federal prison in Victorville USP. USP means United States Penitentiary.
According to the Department of Justice:
The United States Penitentiary (USP) - Victorville in Adelanto, California, is a high security facility housing male inmates. It is part of the Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (FCC).
USP Victorville is located approximately 85 miles northeast of Los Angeles on Interstate 15.
Both Joaqina Santos and Timothy Villagomez are still listed as "in transit." I'm surprised that James Santos in a "high security" facility.
It's also ominous to read on the website that this facility is in need of correctional officers. They're hiring and giving a 15% incentive. I wonder what that's about.
The Department of Justice inmate locator still lists Timothy Villagomez, James A. Santos and Joaquina V. Santos as "in transit."
But they've added projected release dates for the Santos couple: Joaquina on 4/21/2015 and James on 4/22/2015.
Just saying...
I'm back in Saipan from vacation. Sentencing of Tim Villagomez and James and Joaquina Santos occurred on my first day back, but I didn't attend. Just stopped by to get the news (after the morning session, before Joaquina's sentence).
Wendy has two great posts that deal with all the details.
My two cents:
* I thought in the end that Mr. Santos would step forward and plead for leniency for his wife, and take some of the blame. I'm sorry I was wrong on that score. (I sincerely feel sorry for their daughter.)
* The jail time is less than the 10 years asked for, but still hefty. 7 1/4 years for Tim; 6 1/2 years for each of Mr. and Mrs. Santos. Even with time off for good behavior, these people face serious loss of liberty for their crimes. From my point of view, this is a good balance--serious time for serious crime, but not the maximum allowable, some mercy and some consideration of first time offender-status.
* Only Mr. and Mrs. Santos were fined. I believe Tim avoided this because of his lack of income and resources. And that just makes me wonder--how could a man with a steady stream of high-paying jobs end up with nothing? What did he do with his money? While it was his, he could do whatever he wanted (including buying the boat, and running for elected office)-it's none of my business. But I'm curious. How does an intelligent, income-earning man end up with nothing?
* As for the message to others here? I doubt this will make much difference. Look at New Jersey, Chicago, Louisiana, Ohio.
Could it be that there is no room at present that is why J Santos is in a maximum security prison? Or could it be that he is initially put there to "watch" him first to see how he adapts to prison life before being transferred to another facility?
It will be interesting to see where the other two will end up. But (to me) strange that brother and sister have not arrived yet while the husband has been sent to this facility.
But then I am not familiar with this type of events.
Could it be that because there is no release date yet on Tim that they may be trying to make a deal with him to take down some others in other crimes with information supplied by him??
It says "high" security. I don't think this is the same as "maximum" security, but still higher than medium. I'm not sure, though.
There is a lot of speculation; my own guess, fwiw, is that it's just taking time to get the paperwork done and the internet records updated.
Um, maybe "high" security is the same as "maximum" security. See this page regarding the U.S. Prison System's classification system.