The Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson (FCI Tucson) is a medium-security United States
federal prison
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for male inmates with an administrative facility for male and female offenders. It is part of the
Tucson Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Tucson) and operated by the
Federal Bureau of Prisons
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, a division of the
United States Department of Justice
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.
FCI Tucson is located within Tucson city limits, southeast of downtown Tucson.
History
Opened in March 1982, the institution was originally a metropolitan correctional center designed for a capacity of 392 inmates. The staff numbered 237 as of 2002.
In November 2022, an inmate attempted to shoot his wife during a visitation session.
Facility
The facility houses approximately 770 inmates. Males are held in two-person medium security cells, and there is an
administrative facility for both male and female offenders. The prison mainly holds pretrial inmates from
federal court proceedings in the
District of Arizona as well as short term and sentenced inmates awaiting transfer.
Notable inmates (current and former)
†Inmates released prior to 1982 are not listed on the Bureau of Prisons website.
See also
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List of U.S. federal prisons
The Federal Bureau of Prisons classifies prisons into seven categories:
* United States penitentiaries
* Federal correctional institutions
* Private correctional institutions
* Federal prison camps
* Administrative facilities
* Federal correcti ...
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
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*
Incarceration in the United States
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References
External links
FCI Tucsonat the
Federal Bureau of Prisons
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(Official site)
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Buildings and structures in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson
Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson ...
Tucson
Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson ...
1982 establishments in Arizona