FCI-Greenville Inmate Sentenced for Possession of Contraband

Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on December 9, 2016, Antonio M. Green, 27, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution located in Greenville, Illinois (FCI-Greenville), was sentenced for possession of contraband by a federal inmate. Green received eighteen months of imprisonment, to run consecutively to the term of imprisonment for which he is incarcerated. He also received an additional two years of supervised release, to run concurrently to the term of supervised release for which he is incarcerated. Green was also fined $200 and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. Green has been detained since his arraignment on the Indictment on July 11, 2016.

The charge arose when, on April 4, 2016, a correctional officer performed a random shakedown of Green’s cell and found a seven inch, ice pick style weapon with a handle in his locker. Green admitted that the weapon was his, stating that he had it for his own protection. Federal inmates are prohibited from possessing weapons.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Prisons’ Special Investigations Section. The case was assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Angela Scott