Eureka man gets 52 months in FCI Dublin abuse case, false statement charge
A Eureka man who worked at FCI Dublin got 52 months in prison for abusing an inmate and lying to investigators. His case is the ninth conviction tied to the prison scandal.
Eureka resident Jeffrey Wilson was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison for sexually abusing a woman held at FCI Dublin and then lying to federal investigators about it. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers imposed the sentence after Wilson, 34, pleaded guilty Aug. 7, 2025, to five counts of sexual abuse of a ward and one count of making a false statement.
Wilson worked at the now-closed Federal Correctional Institution Dublin from July 2021 to September 2022 as a correctional officer and health technician-paramedic. Prosecutors said the abuse took place between March 14, 2022, and Aug. 16, 2022, inside a medical room at the prison in Alameda County. According to the plea agreement, the inmate had begun taking seizure medication before Wilson started interacting with her, and Wilson later encouraged her to transfer to the FCI Dublin Camp, where fewer medical staff were available.
Federal prosecutors said Wilson gave the inmate a $60 prepaid credit card and a cellphone. Investigators said the woman used the phone to take nude photos and send them to Wilson, deepening a case that authorities say turned a staff member’s position of authority into a tool for exploitation.
Wilson also lied when questioned by agents with the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General. Prosecutors said he falsely denied having sexual contact with the inmate and denied giving her contraband. That false statement charge became part of the same federal case that brought him into court on June 25, 2025, alongside former correctional officer Lawrence Gacad.
The sentencing adds another data point to the wider FCI Dublin investigation, which has exposed repeated abuse by prison employees and raised serious questions about how the federal system failed to protect people inside the institution. Wilson is the ninth correctional officer from FCI Dublin to either plead guilty or be convicted, and 10 correctional officers have now been charged in the broader case.
FCI Dublin was closed in 2024, but the fallout continues to shape federal accountability efforts in Northern California. For Humboldt County, the case carries added weight because Wilson lived in Eureka while working in a prison system now defined by one of the most troubling abuse scandals in recent federal corrections history.
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