Topic summary
United States Penitentiary, Marion
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Federal Correctional Institution, Marion.
History
FCI Marion was built and opened in 1963 as United States Penitentiary, Marion (USP Marion), to replace the maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, which closed the same year. On May 16, 2025, a tornado hit the Penitentiary but no injuries were reported on site.