May 2, 2026 – OAKLAND, CA – Former Bureau of Prisons correctional officer Jeffrey Wilson was sentenced on Friday to 52 
months in prison for sexually abusing a female inmate at the Federal Correction Institution in Dublin, California, a low-security federal prison for females, and for making false statements to federal agents. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers handed down the sentence.
Image by Ray Shrewsberry • Ray_Shrewsberry from Pixabay
Wilson, 34, of Eureka, Calif., pleaded guilty on August 7, 2025, to five counts of sexual abuse of a ward and one count of making a false statement to federal agents.
Wilson was employed from July 2021 to September 2022 as a correctional officer at FCI Dublin, where he served as a health technician/paramedic. In that role, he was responsible for providing emergency assessment and medical care to the female inmates.
According to his plea agreement, around August 2021, he began interacting with a victim inmate after she began taking medication prescribed to her for seizures. He encouraged the victim to transfer from the prison to the FCI Dublin Camp where there were fewer medical staff who would see their interactions.
Wilson admitted to engaging in sexual acts on multiple occasions with the victim. He also provided the victim with a $60 pre-paid credit card and a cellphone while she was at the FCI Dublin Camp. The victim used that cellphone to take naked pictures of herself and send them to Wilson.
When he was interviewed by special agents from the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG), Wilson falsely stated that he never had sexual contact with the victim inmate and that he had never given her contraband.
United States Attorney Craig Missakian, DOJ OIG Special Agent in Charge Jeremy Hunt, and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Matthew Cobo made the announcement.
Wilson is the ninth correctional officer to have either pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial as part of an ongoing federal investigation into sexual abuse of inmates at FCI Dublin. FCI Dublin was closed in 2024.
FCI Dublin Investigation
As part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing investigation into FCI Dublin, 10 FCI Dublin correctional officers have been charged with crimes related to the sexual abuse of the female prisoners at the facility. The status of these cases is below:
| Defendant | Case Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Warden Ray J. Garcia | 4:21-cr-00429-YGR | Convicted on all counts by jury on Dec. 8, 2022; sentenced to 70 months in prison |
| CO John Bellhouse | 4:22-cr-00066-YGR | Convicted on all counts by jury on Jun. 5, 2023; sentenced to 63 months in prison |
| CO Darrell Smith (a/k/a “Dirty Dick Smith”) | 4:23-cr-00110-YGR | Case dismissed on December 22, 2025, following two hung juries |
| Chaplain James Highhouse | 4:22-cr-00016-HSG | Pleaded guilty on Feb. 24, 2022; sentenced to 84 months in prison |
| CO Ross Klinger | 4:22-cr-00031-YGR | Pleaded guilty on Feb. 10, 2022; sentenced to one year of home confinement |
| CO Enrique Chavez | 4:22-cr-00104-YGR | Pleaded guilty on Oct. 27, 2022; sentenced to 20 months in prison |
| CO Andrew Jones | 4:23-cr-00212-YGR | Pleaded guilty on Aug.17, 2023; sentenced to 96 months in prison |
| CO Nakie Nunley | 4:23-cr-00213-YGR | Pleaded guilty on Sept. 5, 2023; sentenced to 72 months in prison |
| CO Lawrence Gacad | 4:25-cr-00181-YGR | Pleaded guilty on Aug. 7, 2025; sentenced to one year of home confinement |
| CO Jeffrey Wilson | 4:25-cr-00180-YGR | Pleaded guilty on Aug. 7, 2025; sentenced to 52 months in prison |
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew Paulson, Alethea Sargent, Sailaja Paidipaty, and Molly Priedeman are prosecuting these cases with the assistance of Veronica Hernandez, Soana Katoa, and Amala James. The prosecutions are the result of an investigation by DOJ OIG and the FBI.
Two Additional Former FCI Dublin Correctional Officers Charged with Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates
Former Federal Prison Warden, Merced Resident Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of Three Female Inmates
Source: DOJ Release