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FCI Miami, 15801 SW 137th Ave. The Federal Bureau of Prisons describes it as \u201cA low security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.\u201d<\/p>\n
Federal Bureau of Prisons<\/p>\n
How does a drug dealer in the middle of a 27-year federal prison sentence disappear between a federal correctional facility in Miami and one in Georgia?<\/p>\n
Friday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons changed the status of inmate 42967-037, Sherman Kemp, to \u201cEscaped On: 9\/11\/2026\u201d after Kemp didn\u2019t show up at Federal Correctional Institution Jesup in Jesup, Georgia, after a transfer from FCI Miami.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe United States Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement agencies were notified. An internal investigation was initiated,\u201d a Bureau of Prisons release stated.<\/p>\n
Kemp is a 5-foot-7, 185-pound 47-year-old with black hair and brown eyes also known as \u201cGoose.\u201d He became nationally known after appearing in the 2004 DVD \u201cStop Snitching\u201d that repeated the street-level policy against informing on neighborhood criminals and featured several Baltimore drug dealers, including Kemp.<\/p>\n
Sherman Kemp Federal Bureau of Prisons <\/p>\n
In August 2010, Kemp was sentenced to 27 years for conspiracy to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin; felon in possession of a firearm; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<\/p>\n
Kemp and his \u2018furlough transfer?\u2019<\/p>\n
The Bureau of Prisons\u2019 release announcing Kemp\u2019s unauthorized freedom said it was a \u201cfailure to report\u201d after a \u201cfurlough transfer\u201d from FCI Miami, 15801 SW 137th Ave., to the satellite camp at FCI Jesup. A Sunday email to the Miami Herald from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) refused to define a \u201cfurlough transfer\u201d or if Kemp had been released in any way to report to Jesup on his own.<\/p>\n
But, a 2011 BOP program statement on inmate furloughs seems to provide some clarity<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cA furlough is an authorized absence from an institution by an inmate who is not under escort of a staff member, U.S. Marshal, or state or federal agents,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n One of the two types of furloughs is a \u201ctransfer furlough \u2014 a furlough for the purpose of transferring an inmate from one Bureau facility to another, a non-federal facility, or community confinement (including home confinement).\u201d<\/p>\n FCI Miami is described on the BOP website as \u201cA low security federal correctional institution<\/a> with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.\u201d The site says FCI Jesup is a medium security prison, but \u201cwith an adjacent low security satellite prison and a minimum security satellite camp<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Kemp was supposed to report to the camp.<\/p>\n Later in the 2011 document, under \u201cInstitution-to-Institution Transfer,\u201d it says \u201can inmate may travel via \u201ctransfer furlough\u201d from a low or minimum security level institution to a minimum security level institution if the inmate is a minimum security level inmate and has OUT or COMMUNITY custody.<\/p>\n \u201cThe inmate can travel via government-arranged travel or the inmate\u2019s family (on the approved visiting list) may provide transportation to the receiving institution only if the inmate is transferring from one minimum security level institution to another, and if approved by the Warden.\u201d<\/p>\n It also says, \u201cWhen approving travel arrangements for inmates, unit staff consider all aspects of the inmate\u2019s travel arrangement (e.g., the method of transportation is direct with few, if any, stops prior to reaching the final destination) to ensure inmates have limited opportunities to engage in inappropriate behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n Anyone who knows anything about Kemp\u2019s whereabouts can reach out to the U.S. Marshals Service at (786) 433\u20116340.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/FCI+Jesup,+2600+US-301,+Jesup,+GA+31599\/FCI+Miami,+15801+SW+137th+Ave,+Miami,+FL+33177\/@28.5123598,-86.2810291,6z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x88fab823bced4a05:0xcf6526fe1ba25767!2m2!1d-81.9023754!2d31.5634095!1m5!1m1!1s0x88d9c2329a86b9ef:0xc25057e18596ebf4!2m2!1d-80.411695!2d25.617331!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDkwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D<\/p>\n FCI Jesup in Jesup, Georgia. The Federal Bureau of Prisons describes it as \u201cA medium security federal correctional institution with an adjacent low security satellite prison and a minimum security satellite camp.\u201d Federal Bureau of Prisons <\/p>\n