The Federal Prison Camp, Bryan (FPC Bryan) is a minimum-security United States

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for female inmates in Texas. It is operated by the

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, a division of the

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. FPC Bryan is located 95 miles northwest of Houston.

Facility and inmate life

After the American track star

Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track and field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 200 ...

was sentenced to federal prison in 2008, an article was published on BleacherReport.com, a sports website owned by

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, which named FPC Bryan as one of the prisons Jones might be sent to and detailing life there. The article cited accounts of FPC Bryan provided on Prisontalk.com, a portal used by numerous women who have been in federal prisons. Ultimately, Jones served her sentence at FMC Carswell in Ft. Worth, Texas. There are between 500-750 women at FPC Bryan at any given time. Of these 750 women only about 200 have a GED or high school diploma, and of those 200 only half have education above high school.

Notable inmates (current and former)

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Facility and inmate life

Notable inmates (current and former)

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