Jack Teixeira, the classified document leaker from Dighton, is currently being held at a medium security federal prison located in Virginia.
In one of the most significant national security breaches in recent years, Teixeira, aged 23, was given a 15-year prison sentence in November. The reason for the sentence was his act of posting highly classified military documents on the social media platform Discord.
Teixeira is currently listed at FCI Petersburg in Hopewell, Virginia, south of Richmond, according to the inmate locator of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
According to the website, the facility currently houses approximately 1,600 inmates.
Until recently, the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator system did not provide any information regarding Teixeira’s whereabouts.
He was held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility while his federal court case in Massachusetts was ongoing.
In April 2023, Teixeira was apprehended at his residence in Dighton. Later, in March 2024, he admitted guilt to six charges under the Espionage Act.
Teixeira, an information technology specialist at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod, utilized his security clearance to gain access to various documents, including sensitive information on the war in Ukraine.
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