Prisoners Corey Branch, Tavares Lajuane Graham, Lamonte Rashawn Willis and Kareem Allen Shaw were reported missing from the Petersburg Federal Correctional Complex satellite camp at approximately 1:45 a.m. Saturday, the agency said.
Details of the leak were not included in the press release, beyond the BOP calling it a “walk”.
According to the BOP, the U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are assisting in the search for the four men.
Branch, 41, was serving a 160-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and a felony possession of a firearm. Graham, 44, was serving a 120-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of base cocaine, and possession of a firearm as a result of a felony. drug trafficking, the agency said.
Willis, 30, was serving a 216-month sentence for possessing and concealing a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Shaw, 46, was serving a 194-month sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a measurable amount of heroin, the BOP said in a press release.
The satellite camp at the Petersburg Federal Correctional Complex is listed as a minimum security facility, currently housing 185 male inmates, according to the BOP.
CNN’s Braden Walker contributed to this report.