BOP Inmate Sentenced for Possession of Contraband

Jackson, MS – A United States Bureau of Prisons inmate housed at the Yazoo Federal Correctional Institute was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for possession of contraband within the prison facility.
 

According to court documents, Frederick Joshua Scott, 36, while an inmate in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons was found in possession of fifteen individually wrapped packages of methamphetamine. Scott pleaded guilty to the charged conduct on November 8, 2024. In delivering the sentence, the Court ordered that the 16-month sentence for the instant offense run consecutive to the 180-month sentence Scott was already serving for his previous 2014 federal conviction for Felon in Possession of a Firearm in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. 
 

Acting U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Lemon of the Southern District of Mississippi made the announcement.
 

The United States Bureau of Prisons investigated the case.
 

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael FiggsGanter and Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel Goff prosecuted the case.