Federal Correctional Institution, La Tuna
FCI La Tuna is located on the Texas-New Mexico border, 12 miles (19 km) north of El Paso, Texas.[2] From May to September 2013, the El Paso Times published a series of letters written by Bob Jones, a longtime El Paso businessman serving a 10-year sentence on corruption and fraud convictions at FCI La Tuna.In the first article, Jones described being detained in a private prison in Otero County, New Mexico after he was sentenced on February 17, 2011 and contracting E. coli bacteria from undercooked food and becoming ill with dysentery.These men fed me and wheeled me to the bathroom, food service (sometimes) and to the medical office.Jones subsequently suffered kidney failure and was sent to a local hospital twice, each stay lasting about 30 days before he was sent back to FCI La Tuna.Jones wrote that while in the hospital, he was chained to the bed and was watched by guards 24 hours a day.