MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Carlos Pena-Prado, 32, currently an inmate at Federal Correctional Institution at Oxford, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 30 months in prison for possessing a weapon in the prison. Pena-Prado pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 17, 2017.
On Jan. 17, 2017, FCI-Oxford officials observed a six-inch shank, or handmade weapon, fall out of Pena-Prado’s jacket pocket. During a subsequent interview with federal agents, Pena-Prado admitted that he had made the shank shortly after arriving at FCI-Oxford.
Pena-Prado is currently serving a 36-month sentence at FCI-Oxford for a federal felony conviction in Arizona for illegal entry into the United States. The 30-month sentence imposed by Judge Conley will run consecutive to the prison sentence Pena-Prado is currently serving.
The charge against Pena-Prado was a result of an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Federal Bureau of Investigation. The prosecution of the case has been handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Wegner.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
