U. S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Federal Correctional Complex Hazelton
Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
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For Immediate Release
October 30, 2018

Contact: Chris Pulice
Public Information Officer
(304) 379-1527

Inmate Death at United States Penitentiary Hazelton
Bruceton Mills, WV: On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at approximately 8:20 a.m., inmate James
Bulger was found unresponsive at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Hazelton, in Bruceton
Mills, West Virginia. Life-saving measures were initiated immediately by responding staff. Mr.
Bulger was subsequently pronounced dead by the Preston County Medical Examiner.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified and an investigation has been initiated. No
staff or other inmates were injured, and at no time was the public in danger.
Mr. Bulger was an 89 year-old male who was sentenced in the United States District Court for
the District of Massachusetts to a Life sentence for Racketeering Conspiracy, Racketeering,
Extortion Conspiracy, Money Laundering, Possession of Unregistered Machine Guns, Transfer
and Possession of Machine Guns, Possession of Firearms with Obliterated Serial Numbers, and
Possession of Machine Guns in Furtherance of a Violent Crime. He had been in custody at USP
Hazelton since October 29, 2018.
USP Hazelton is a high security facility that currently houses 1,270 male offenders at Federal
Correctional Complex (FCC) Hazelton.
Additional information about the Federal Bureau of Prisons can be found at www.bop.gov.

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