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List of United States federal prisons

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The Federal Bureau of Prisons of the United States Department of Justice classifies prisons into seven categories:

  • United States penitentiaries
  • Federal correctional institutions
  • Private correctional institutions
  • Federal prison camps
  • Administrative facilities
  • Federal correctional complexes
  • Former Federal facilities

This list does not include military prisons, halfway houses, or prisons, jails, and other facilities operated by state or local governments that contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It also does not include facilities operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

United States penitentiaries

Most United States penitentiaries (USPs) are high-security facilities, which have highly secured perimeters with walls or reinforced fences, multiple and single-occupant cell housing, the highest staff-to-inmate ratio, and close control of inmate movement. The most restrictive facility in the federal prison system is USP Florence ADMAX, the federal supermax prison, which holds inmates who are considered the most dangerous and in need of the tightest controls.

USP Leavenworth, USP Lewisburg, USP Lompoc, and USP Marion were originally operated as high-security facilities but have since been downgraded to medium-security facilities (former USP Lompoc has again been downgraded, to low-security). USP Atlanta, also a former high-security facility, is presently a low-security facility with the primary purpose of holding inmates until they are transferred to other institutions. In 2024, all former USP facilities were renamed to FCI facilities to more accurately reflect their security level. Many current USPs include minimum-security satellite camps on the same property and under the same administration as the higher-security units.

NameLocationInmate genderSecurity classPopulation (2025)Ref.
United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum FacilityColoradoMaleAdministrative (Maximum)382
United States Penitentiary, AllenwoodPennsylvaniaHigh304
United States Penitentiary, AtwaterCalifornia1,103
United States Penitentiary, BeaumontTexas1,346
United States Penitentiary, Big SandyKentucky1,236
United States Penitentiary, CanaanPennsylvania1,379
United States Penitentiary, ColemanFlorida1,345 (I)
982 (II)
United States Penitentiary, FlorenceColorado786
United States Penitentiary, HazeltonWest Virginia1,398
United States Penitentiary, LeeVirginia1,198
United States Penitentiary, McCrearyKentucky1,355
United States Penitentiary, PollockLouisiana855
United States Penitentiary, Terre HauteIndiana1,136
United States Penitentiary, TucsonArizona975
United States Penitentiary, VictorvilleCalifornia1,119

Federal correctional institutions

Federal correctional institutions (FCIs) are medium- and low-security facilities, which have strengthened perimeters (often double fences with electronic detection systems), mostly cell-type housing, a wide variety of work and treatment programs. FCI Terre Haute contains a more restrictive section designated as a communication management unit for inmates considered high-security risks. FCI Marion contains one of two highly restrictive communication management units, which holds inmates under stricter controls.

NameLocationInmate genderSecurity classPopulation (2025)Ref.
Federal Correctional Institution, AlicevilleAlabamaFemaleLow1,137
Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood LowPennsylvaniaMale1,030
Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood MediumMedium1,126
Federal Correctional Institution, AtlantaGeorgiaLow1,854
Federal Correctional Institution, AshlandKentucky1,163
Federal Correctional Institution, BastropTexas1,013
Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont Low1,615
Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont MediumTexasMedium1,182
Federal Correctional Institution, BeckleyWest Virginia1,534
Federal Correctional Institution, BennettsvilleSouth Carolina1,515
Federal Correctional Institution, BerlinNew Hampshire805
Federal Correctional Institution, Big SpringTexasLow496
Federal Correctional Institution, Butner LowNorth Carolina1,010
Federal Correctional Institution, Butner Medium IMedium533
Federal Correctional Institution, Butner Medium II1,549
Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman LowFloridaMixedLow1,601
Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman MediumFloridaMaleMedium1,496
Federal Correctional Institution, CumberlandMaryland884
Federal Correctional Institution, DanburyConnecticutMixedLow1,132
Federal Correctional Institution, EdgefieldSouth CarolinaMaleMedium1,251
Federal Correctional Institution, El RenoOklahoma1,001
Federal Correctional Institution, ElktonOhioLow1,605
Federal Correctional Institution, EnglewoodColorado960
Federal Correctional Institution, EstillSouth CarolinaMedium102
Federal Correctional Institution, FairtonNew Jersey728
Federal Correctional Institution, FlorenceColorado1,044
Federal Correctional Institution, Forrest City LowArkansasLow1,621
Federal Correctional Institution, Forrest City MediumMedium1,618
Federal Correctional Institution, Fort DixNew JerseyLow3,859
Federal Correctional Institution, GilmerWest VirginiaMedium1,177
Federal Correctional Institution, GreenvilleIllinoisMixed1,177
Federal Correctional Institution, HazeltonWest Virginia1,537
Federal Correctional Institution, HerlongCaliforniaMale865
Federal Correctional Institution, JesupGeorgia1,055
Federal Correctional Institution, La TunaTexasLow550
Federal Correctional Institution, LeavenworthKansasMedium1,405
Federal Correctional Institution, LewisburgPennsylvania520
Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc ICaliforniaLow886
Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc IICalifornia1,924
Federal Correctional Institution, LorettoPennsylvania781
Federal Correctional Institution, ManchesterKentuckyMedium1,009
Federal Correctional Institution, MariannaFloridaMixed890
Federal Correctional Institution, MarionIllinoisMale1,005
Federal Correctional Institution, McDowellWest Virginia1,483
Federal Correctional Institution, McKeanPennsylvania919
Federal Correctional Institution, MemphisTennesseeLow996
Federal Correctional Institution, MendotaCaliforniaMedium628
Federal Correctional Institution, MiamiFloridaLow824
Federal Correctional Institution, MilanMichigan1,536
Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale ILouisianaLow971
Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale II994
Federal Correctional Institution, OtisvilleNew YorkMedium746
Federal Correctional Institution, OxfordWisconsinLow1,157
Federal Correctional Institution, PekinIllinoisMixedMedium1,031
Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg LowVirginiaMaleLow467
Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg MediumMedium1,654
Federal Correctional Institution, PhoenixArizonaMixed853
Federal Correctional Institution, PollockLouisianaMale1,439
Federal Correctional Institution, Ray BrookNew York856
Federal Correctional Institution, SaffordArizonaLow663
Federal Correctional Institution, SandstoneMinnesota1,233
Federal Correctional Institution, SchuylkillPennsylvaniaMedium1,002
Federal Correctional Institution, SeagovilleTexasLow1,357
Federal Correctional Institution, SheridanOregonMedium1,240
Federal Correctional Institution, TalladegaAlabama958
Federal Correctional Institution, TallahasseeFloridaMixedLow1,186
Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal IslandCaliforniaMale937
Federal Correctional Institution, Terre HauteIndianaLisa Montgomery]] was transferred to FCI Terre Haute on January 11, 2021 and resided in its execution facility under solitary confinement for two days. Montgomery was executed by lethal injection on January 13, 2021 after President Donald Trump refused her request for clemency.Medium1,112
Federal Correctional Institution, TexarkanaTexasMaleLow1,108
Federal Correctional Institution, Three RiversTexasMedium1,058
Federal Correctional Institution, ThomsonIllinoisLow1,967
Federal Correctional Institution, TucsonArizonaMixedMedium433
Federal Correctional Institution, Victorville Medium ICaliforniaMaleMedium1,340
Federal Correctional Institution, Victorville Medium IIMedium1,254
Federal Correctional Institution, WasecaMinnesotaFemaleLow855
Federal Correctional Institution, WilliamsburgSouth CarolinaMaleMedium1,357
Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City Low IMississippiLow1,566
Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City Low IIMississippiLow1,549
Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City MediumMississippiMaleMedium1,498

Federal prison camps

Federal prison camps (FPCs) are minimum-security facilities, which have dormitory housing, a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio, and limited or no perimeter fencing. These institutions are work- and program-oriented. Many are located adjacent to larger institutions or on military bases, where inmates help serve the labor needs of the larger institution or base.

NameLocationInmate genderSecurity classPopulation (2025)Ref.
Federal Prison Camp, AldersonWest VirginiaFemaleMinimum587
Federal Prison Camp, BryanTexas647
Federal Prison Camp, DuluthMinnesotaMale188
Federal Prison Camp, MontgomeryAlabama863
Federal Prison Camp, MorgantownWest Virginia166
Federal Prison Camp, PensacolaFlorida434
Federal Prison Camp, VictorvilleCaliforniaFemale216
Federal Prison Camp, YanktonSouth DakotaMale520

Private correctional institutions

In August 2016, Justice Department officials announced that the FBOP would be phasing out its use of contracted facilities, on the grounds that private prisons provide less safe and less effective services with no substantial cost savings. However, under the Trump administration in 2017, the Justice Department rescinded this phaseout, stating that it would re-implement its usage of private correctional facilities.

Most of these institutions are operated by the GEO Group, Inc., the exception being McRae Correctional Institution, operated by CoreCivic.

NameLocationRef.
Correctional Institution, Big SpringTexas
Correctional Institution, Big Spring (Flightline)
Correctional Institution, Great PlainsOklahoma
Correctional Institution, McRaeGeorgia
Correctional Institution, North LakeMichigan
Correctional Institution, Reeves I & IITexas
Correctional Institution, Reeves III

Administrative facilities

Administrative facilities are institutions with special missions, such as the detention of pretrial offenders; the treatment of inmates with serious or chronic medical problems; or the containment of extremely dangerous, violent, or escape-prone inmates. Administrative facilities include metropolitan correctional centers (MCCs), metropolitan detention centers (MDCs), federal detention centers (FDCs), federal medical centers (FMCs), the Federal Transfer Center (FTC), and the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners (MCFP), all of which are capable of holding inmates in all security categories.

Federal Detention Facilities

NameLocationInmate genderPopulation (2025)Ref.
Federal Detention Center, HonoluluHawaiiMixed294
Federal Detention Center, HoustonTexas855
Federal Detention Center, MiamiFlorida1,428
Federal Detention Center, PhiladelphiaPennsylvania909
Federal Detention Center, SeaTacWashington785
Metropolitan Correctional Center, ChicagoIllinois506
Metropolitan Correctional Center, San DiegoCalifornia522
Metropolitan Detention Center, BrooklynNew York1,328
Metropolitan Detention Center, GuaynaboPuerto Rico1,053
Metropolitan Detention Center, Los AngelesCalifornia950

Federal Medical Centers

NameLocationInmate genderPopulation (2025)Ref.
Federal Medical Center, ButnerNorth CarolinaMale830
Federal Medical Center, CarswellTexasFemale982
Federal Medical Center, DevensMassachusettsMale1,063
Federal Medical Center, Fort WorthTexas1,513
Federal Medical Center, LexingtonKentuckyMixed1,058
Federal Medical Center, RochesterMinnesotaMale811
Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, SpringfieldMissouri1,068

Federal Transfer Centers

NameLocationInmate genderPopulation (2025)Ref.
Federal Transfer Center, Oklahoma CityOklahomaMixed1,146

Former federal facilities

This list enumerates facilities that were formerly owned by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

NameLocationClosed
Camp Columbia Federal PrisonWashington1947
Chillicothe Federal ReformatoryOhio
Catalina Federal Honor CampArizona1951
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz IslandCalifornia1963
United States Penitentiary, McNeil IslandWashington1982
Metropolitan Correctional Center, New YorkNew York2021
Federal Prison Camp, EglinFlorida2006
Federal Prison Camp, NellisNevada2005
Federal Prison Camp, BoronCalifornia2000
Federal Prison Camp, Seymour JohnsonNorth Carolina2005

References

References

  1. "Prison Types & General Information". [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]].
  2. (April 13, 2010). "Immigration Detention Facilities". [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]].
  3. "USP Florence ADMAX". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  4. "USP Allenwood". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  5. "USP Atwater". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  6. "USP Beaumont". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  7. "USP Big Sandy". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  8. "USP Canaan". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  9. "USP Coleman I". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  10. "USP Florence - High". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  11. "USP Hazelton". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  12. "USP Lee". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  13. "USP McCreary". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  14. "USP Pollock". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  15. "USP Terre Haute". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  16. "USP Tucson". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  17. "USP Victorville". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  18. "FCI Aliceville". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  19. "FCI Allenwood Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  20. "FCI Allenwood Medium". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  21. "FCI Atlanta".
  22. "FCI Ashland". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  23. "FCI Bastrop". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  24. "FCI Beaumont Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  25. "FCI Beaumont Medium". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  26. "FCI Beckley". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  27. "FCI Bennettsville". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  28. "FCI Berlin". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  29. "FCI Big Spring". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  30. "FCI Butner Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  31. "FCI Butner Medium I". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  32. "FCI Butner Medium II". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  33. "FCI Coleman Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  34. "FCI Coleman Medium". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  35. "FCI Cumberland". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  36. "FCI Danbury". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  37. "FCI Edgefield". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  38. "FCI El Reno". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  39. "FCI Elkton". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  40. "FCI Englewood". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  41. "FCI Estill". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  42. "FCI Fairton". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  43. "FCI Florence". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  44. "FCI Forrest City Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  45. "FCI Forrest City Medium". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  46. "FCI Fort Dix". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  47. "FCI Gilmer". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  48. "FCI Greenville". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  49. "FCI Hazelton". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  50. "FCI Herlong". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  51. "FCI Jesup". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  52. "FCI La Tuna". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  53. "FCI Leavenworth".
  54. "FCI Lewisburg".
  55. "FCI Lompoc I". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  56. "FCI Lompoc II". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  57. "FCI Loretto". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  58. "FCI Manchester". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  59. "FCI Marianna". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  60. "FCI Marion".
  61. "FCI McDowell". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  62. "FCI McKean". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  63. "FCI Memphis". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  64. "FCI Mendota". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  65. "FCI Miami". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  66. "FCI Milan". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  67. "FCI Oakdale I". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  68. "FCI Oakdale II". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  69. "FCI Otisville". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  70. "FCI Oxford". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  71. "FCI Pekin". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  72. "FCI Petersburg Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  73. "FCI Petersburg Medium". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  74. "FCI Phoenix". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  75. "FCI Pollock". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  76. "FCI Ray Brook". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  77. "FCI Safford". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  78. "FCI Sandstone". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  79. "FCI Schuylkill". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  80. "FCI Seagoville". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  81. "FCI Sheridan". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  82. "FCI Talladega". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  83. "FCI Tallahassee". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  84. "FCI Terminal Island". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  85. "FCI Terre Haute". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  86. "FCI Texarkana". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  87. "FCI Three Rivers". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  88. "FCI Thomson".
  89. "FCI Tucson". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  90. "FCI Victorville Medium I". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  91. "FCI Victorville Medium II". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  92. "FCI Waseca". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  93. "FCI Williamsburg". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  94. "FCI Yazoo City Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  95. "FCI Yazoo City Low". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  96. "FCI Yazoo City Medium". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  97. "FPC Alderson". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  98. "FPC Bryan". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  99. "FPC Duluth". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  100. "FPC Montgomery". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  101. "FPC Morgantown".
  102. "FPC Pensacola". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  103. "FPC Yankton". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  104. (18 August 2016). "Justice Department Says It Will End Use of Private Prisons". [[The Washington Post]].
  105. (23 February 2017). "Justice Department Will Again Use Private Prisons". [[The Washington Post]].
  106. "CI Big Spring". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  107. "CI Big Spring (Flightline)". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  108. "CI Great Plains". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  109. "CI McRae". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  110. "CI North Lake". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  111. "CI Reeves I & II". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  112. "CI Reeves III". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  113. "FDC Honolulu". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  114. "FDC Houston". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  115. "FDC Miami". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  116. "FDC Philadelphia". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  117. "FDC SeaTac". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  118. "MCC Chicago". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  119. "MCC San Diego". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  120. "MDC Brooklyn". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  121. "MDC Guaynabo". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  122. "MDC Los Angeles". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  123. "FMC Butner". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  124. "FMC Carswell". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  125. "FMC Devens". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  126. "FMC Fort Worth". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  127. "FMC Lexington". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  128. "FMC Rochester". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  129. "MCFP Springfield". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  130. "FTC Oklahoma City". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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