From the U.S. Attorney:
FEDERAL INMATE SENTENCED TO ADDITIONAL NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR ASSAULTING ANOTHER INMATE
ROCKFORD — A federal inmate has been sentenced to an additional nine years in prison for assaulting
another inmate.
While incarcerated in 2022 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Thomson, Ill., JULIAN BREAL
repeatedly kicked and punched the other inmate for several minutes, causing serious injuries.
The victim was transported to an outside hospital for treatment, which included surgery.
A jury last year convicted Breal, 47, of assault causing serious bodily injury.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston sentenced Breal to nine years in prison, to be served consecutively to the sentence he is currently serving in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The sentence was announced by Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District
of Illinois, and Douglas S. DePodesta, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. The
government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jessica Maveus and Vincenza L. Tomlinson
