Infamous drug dealer prison inmate disappears between Miami and Georgia

Crime admin September 13, 2026 0 Comments

Infamous drug dealer prison inmate disappears between Miami and Georgia

How does a drug dealer in the middle of a 27-year federal prison sentence disappear between a federal correctional facility in Miami and one in Georgia?

Friday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons changed the status of inmate 42967-037, Sherman Kemp, to “Escaped On: 9/11/2026” after Kemp didn’t show up at Federal Correctional Institution Jesup in Jesup, Georgia, after a transfer from FCI Miami.

“The United States Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement agencies were notified. An internal investigation was initiated,” a Bureau of Prisons release stated.

Kemp is a 5-foot-7, 185-pound 47-year-old with black hair and brown eyes also known as “Goose.” He became nationally known after appearing in the 2004 DVD “Stop Snitching” that repeated the street-level policy against informing on neighborhood criminals and featured several Baltimore drug dealers, including Kemp.

In August 2010, Kemp was sentenced to 27 years for conspiracy to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin; felon in possession of a firearm; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Kemp and his ‘furlough transfer?’

The Bureau of Prisons’ release announcing Kemp’s unauthorized freedom said it was a “failure to report” after a “furlough transfer” from FCI Miami, 15801 SW 137th Ave., to the satellite camp at FCI Jesup. A Sunday email to the Miami Herald from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) refused to define a “furlough transfer” or if Kemp had been released in any way to report to Jesup on his own.

But, a 2011 BOP program .

“A furlough is an authorized absence from an institution by an inmate who is not under escort of a staff member, U.S. Marshal, or state or federal agents,” the statement says.

One of the two types of furloughs is a “transfer furlough — a furlough for the purpose of transferring an inmate from one Bureau facility to another, a non-federal facility, or community confinement (including home confinement).”

FCI Miami is described on the BOP website as “A low security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.” The site says FCI Jesup is a medium security prison, but “with an adjacent low security satellite prison and a minimum security satellite camp.”

Kemp was supposed to report to the camp.

Later in the 2011 document, under “Institution-to-Institution Transfer,” it says “an inmate may travel via “transfer furlough” from a low or minimum security level institution to a minimum security level institution if the inmate is a minimum security level inmate and has OUT or COMMUNITY custody.

“The inmate can travel via government-arranged travel or the inmate’s family (on the approved visiting list) may provide transportation to the receiving institution only if the inmate is transferring from one minimum security level institution to another, and if approved by the Warden.”

It also says, “When approving travel arrangements for inmates, unit staff consider all aspects of the inmate’s travel arrangement (e.g., the method of transportation is direct with few, if any, stops prior to reaching the final destination) to ensure inmates have limited opportunities to engage in inappropriate behavior.”

Anyone who knows anything about Kemp’s whereabouts can reach out to the U.S. Marshals Service at (786) 433‑6340.