Ray J. Garcia, 55 was allegedly running a rape club within the all-female low-security Federal Correctional Institute Dublin (FCI Dublin) California women’s prison. The former warden is charged with seven counts of sexual abuse conduct and one count of false testimony to the FBI.
The trial started Monday at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, where six female inmates are scheduled to testify this week.
Garcia and five of his staff officers are charged with a myriad of sex-related crimes. He and John Bellhouse both plead not guilty.
Former prison chaplain James Highhouse was sentenced to a seven-year prison term in September.
Officer Ross Klinger and former prison cook plead guilty to the crime of sexual abuse of a ward.
Club Fed becomes Rape Club
FCI Dublin is about 20 miles southeast of Oakland. And the facility can accommodate 650 inmates.
In the nineties, the prison was referred to as “Club Fed” because it housed so many celebrities and was minimum security. Patty Hearst and Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss both served time there.
