Berlin Federal Correctional Institution, or Berlin FCI for short, is a medium-security prison located in Berlin, New Hampshire, in Coos County. In addition, Berlin Federal Correctional Institution operates a minimum security satellite prison camp next to the main facility. Around 79 minimal security guys are housed in the camp, while around 1,016 male convicts are housed in the main unit. Berlin FCI consists of three housing units designated as A, B, and C.

Berlin FCI occupies an area of roughly 700 acres. The main unit is protected by two 16-foot chain-link fences separated by ten rolls of razor wire. Additionally, motion and microwave detection technologies are used to monitor perimeter movement. Finally, two roving patrol trucks maintain 24-hour surveillance of the perimeter.

At the minimum security camp, inmates serve as a work support force for the main unit. These camp offenders are assigned to work assignments such as facility maintenance, landscaping, cooking, and laundry duty.

At FCI Berlin, inmates have access to a range of programs and activities, including educational, vocational, recreational, religious, and mental health. A Residential Drug Abuse Program, or RDAP, is available to medium-security inmates who are struggling with alcohol or drug abuse. Literacy and English as a Second Language are compulsory courses for inmates who lack these skills. Adult Continuing Education (ACE) courses and GED courses/testing are available as educational programs. Inmates who currently hold a high school diploma or GED can enroll in occupational education programs and achieve a degree or certification in various disciplines.

Federal Correctional Institution, Bennettsville — Bennettsville FCI for short — is a medium-security prison in Marlboro County, South Carolina. In addition to the main unit, Bennettsville FCI operates a minimum security satellite camp adjacent to the facility. Bennettsville can house up to 1,800 male convicts. This facility now houses around 1,536 criminals, with 143 inmates housed in the camp and 1,393 inmates housed in the main unit.

Bennettsville FCI is situated on 670 acres, with 50 acres included within the protective perimeter fence. On the right side of the main institution is the camp, which houses the warehouse, facility maintenance, and a mechanics garage. Bennettsville’s primary unit consists of three big 500-bed housing units. Each of these dormitories is four stories high and divided into four pods. In addition, Bennettsville’s camp is equipped with dormitory housing for up to 150 convicts.

Bennettsville offenders receive an average sentence of 143 months or almost 12 years. Inmates range in age from twenty to eighty-six years. Bennettsville FCI offers a variety of educational programs, including academic courses that teach Adult Continuing Education (ACE), literacy, and English as a Second Language, as well as the opportunity for inmates to earn a GED during their incarceration (those who earn a GED are eligible for a $25 achievement award). Additionally, parenting classes are available to assist in developing knowledge, attitude, and relational skills. Automotive service, construction, machining, welding, waste recycling/management, electrical, industrial cleaning, HVAC, and culinary arts are all offered vocational training and certification. Specific certificates may be subject to a small cost.

Recreational programs are available to inmates at Bennettsville Federal Correctional Institution. Basketball, handball, flag football, softball, horseshoes, bocce ball, and soccer are all intramural sports. During recreation, convicts have access to fitness equipment. Additionally, ceramics, board games, crocheting, music, and an arts program are available.

The Beckley Correctional Center was initially created in 1974 as the Beckley Work Release Center. In 1997, the prison was rebuilt and renamed the Beckley Correctional Center (BCC). The facility expanded into the Jackie Withrow hospital in March 2011 to include a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Unit (RSAT) on the hospital’s grounds. Among the notable inmates are Steven Warshak, founder of Berkeley Nutraceuticals (who served nine years in prison for fraud and money laundering), James Kopp, who is serving a life sentence for murder, and Eric DeWayne Boyd, who is receiving a life sentence for murder (serving an 18-year sentence for helping a carjacking to elude authorities).

Beckley FCI’s primary facility consists of three four-story housing units. Prisoners are held in two-story structures with two layers on each floor. Multiple and double occupancy quarters are available, as are three single cells in the Special Housing Unit. The SHU has a maximum capacity of 143 inmates. Male minimum-security offenders are housed in an open dormitory unit on the camp compound. Many of the camp’s convicts serve as a labor force for the main facility, providing food, laundry, and maintenance services.

At Beckley Federal Correctional Institution, offenders participate in educational classes that focus on continuing adult education, literacy, and the opportunity to achieve a GED. In addition, offenders are taught vocational skills and given a chance to obtain a new one. Computer applications, electrical, masonry, appliance repair, HVAC, carpentry, and blueprinting are all examples of vocational training. Additional services, including a residential and non-residential drug abuse program, are available to offenders who suffer from substance misuse. Inmates are encouraged to participate in any and all initiatives that they believe may assist them.

The Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont (FCI Beaumont) is a federal prison in Texas that houses male offenders. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a United States Department of Justice division, as part of the Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Beaumont). It is divided into two sections:

• Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution Low: a facility with a low level of security
• Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution Medium: a facility with a medium level of security

FCC Beaumont is 35 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, 100 miles east of Houston, and 190 miles west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Sick calls, eyeglasses, emergency medical treatment, physical examinations, prescriptions, vaccines, and dental care are all included in health services. In addition, the commissary sells over-the-counter drugs. For the duration of their stay, inmates are given a single health care practitioner. Inmates must complete a triage form to be examined for a medical concern. In addition, 24-hour emergency medical care is accessible.

FCI Beaumont Medium conducts intake screenings on all new convicts. The psychology department provides treatment for a wide variety of clinical disorders, as well as self-help choices, assessment and treatment of behavioral and emotional difficulties, and assistance with overall adjustment. Numerous group treatment programs are available, including anger management and criminal thinking.

The Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) is housed at FCI Beaumont Medium. Additionally, it offers a substance abuse program, a Drug Abuse Education Course, and a Non-Residential Substance Abuse Program (NR-DAP).

FCI Beaumont Medium offers literacy, GED, and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes. Except in limited circumstances, all federal convicts who do not possess a high school certificate or GED must enroll in the literacy program. In addition, paid correspondence programs are available for high school diplomas and post-secondary education.

It also provides advanced occupational education in the following areas: HVAC, Advanced HVAC, Building Trades, Culinary Arts, Advanced Microcomputer Office and Administrative Applications, Microcomputer Applications, Major Appliance, and Small Business Management.

Beaumont Low Federal Correctional Institution, or FCI Beaumont Low, is a medium-security prison located in Beaumont, Texas, in Jefferson county. Originally intended to house a maximum of 1,512 convicts, Beaumont Low now houses around 1,871 male offenders. Six general population housing units are enclosed within three two-story buildings, each with two units. Each of these six components has two wings.

At Beaumont Low, one of the housing units has been recognized as a Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP, for short). The Residential Drug Abuse Treatment is a 500-hour program for inmates who are addicted to drugs or alcohol.

The average sentence served by inmates at FCI Beaumont Low is five years, and they range in age from 18 to 81 years. Adult Continuing Education (ACE) and the opportunity for an offender to acquire a GED are among the educational options available at Beaumont Low. Additionally, offenders with high school graduation or GED can engage in vocational training to gain new skills in areas such as major appliance repair, construction trades, welding, business education, culinary arts, and microcomputer applications.

All visitors are subject to an officer’s visual and pat search. Additionally, you will be scanned with a metal detector and given a hand stamp that is scannable with a black light.

Any object brought into the prison will be opened and searched by a staff member, and anyone who refuses to have their person or property checked will be denied access to visit the offender.

To utilize vending machines, you may bring up to $20 in change (no banknotes larger than $5) to the visiting room. Additionally, you may carry a transparent plastic handbag, photo identification, necessary medication, and feminine hygiene products. All other items must be left in the vehicle.

Additionally, you may bring in supplies that a newborn may require during a visit, such as diapers and packaged baby food.

If you are 16 years of age or older, you must bring a valid photo ID, such as a state or federal ID card, driver’s license, current passport, or resident alien card, with you to the visit. Birth certificates are not acceptable forms of identification.

Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop is a minimum-security federal correctional facility for male convicts located in Bastrop, Texas, approximately 30 minutes southeast of Austin. The Federal Bureau of Prisons controls the facility, which also includes an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.

FCI Bastrop has five dorms, and convicts are housed in two-person cells. Additionally, the camp’s detainees are kept in dorms. The prison opened in 1979 and currently accommodates 1,356 offenders — 1,188 at the Federal Correctional Institution and 168 at the camp.

Sam Hurd, a former NFL player, convicted of conspiracy to possess and sell a prohibited drug in an attempt to establish a marijuana and cocaine ring in Chicago, is one of the most well-known inmates at the FCI.

Visitors who are authorized to visit an inmate include family members, friends, and associates. You are not permitted to visit an offender unless he or she places you on the visiting list.

Everyone must complete a visitation form and establish contact with the offender before their detention. If a prospective visitor does not know the inmate personally, their request will be examined by the warden.

Once an offender wishes to add someone to their visitation list, a correctional counselor will send them a visiting form, which the inmate is responsible for mailing out and informing the possible visitor that they must complete and return the form to the institution’s staff.

The unit team will conduct a background check and assess whether or not to approve a guest application. They base their choice on constructive and security considerations. The procedure takes roughly a week, and the inmate will be notified by the unit personnel when the visitation request is allowed or denied. The convict is responsible for notifying the visitor of his or her decision, and the procedure is identical for adult and juvenile visitors.

All visitors are subject to an officer’s visual and pat search. Additionally, you will be inspected with a metal detector. Any object brought into the prison will be opened and searched by a staff member, and anyone who refuses to have their person or property checked will be denied access to visit the offender.

The Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland (FCI Ashland) is a low-security federal prison for male convicts located in the unincorporated community of Summit in Boyd County, Kentucky, roughly 5 miles outside of Ashland. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, a branch of the United States Department of Justice, operates it. Additionally, it houses a satellite prison camp for male criminals sentenced to low security. 

Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland, is located roughly 125 miles east of Lexington, Kentucky. It began operations in 1940. It now houses inmates serving short-term sentences and is in the process of “phasing out” prisoners who are nearing the end of their sentences at one of the regional prisons. Kentucky, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, western Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh), Tennessee, and West Virginia are the core service areas of FCI Ashland. 

FCI Ashland operates a satellite camp that Forbes magazine ranks as one of the greatest places in the U.S. to go to prison. The camp offers a “wellness” program that includes cardiovascular activity and stress management.

On December 5, 2008, Mark Ingram Sr., a former National Football League receiver, refused to report to FCI Ashland following a 92-month prison term for bank fraud and money laundering. After his playing career ended in 1996, Ingram was granted a delay to watch his son, Mark Ingram Jr., complete his freshman season as a running back at the University of Alabama. Ingram requested a second postponement to watch his son compete in the 2009 Sugar Bowl between Utah and Alabama in New Orleans. When the judge refused, Ingram fled. US Marshals apprehended him two hours before the Sugar Bowl kickoff in a Michigan motel room a month later. He was lying in bed, watching the television pre-game show. Ingram’s sentence was later increased by two years. He was imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City, a minimum-security facility in Mississippi, and released in 2015. 

On May 13, 2014, local news organizations reported that James Lewis, 46, a former correctional officer at FCI Ashland, had been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Between December 2010 and February 2012, Lewis pleaded guilty to conspiring with inmate Gary Musick and Musick’s girlfriend, Cindy Gates, to bring marijuana and nude photographs into the prison. As a result, Musick was convicted of conspiracy, while Gates pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation on a petty conspiracy charge.

Allenwood Medium is a Federal Correctional Institution located near White Deer, Pennsylvania, in Union County. It houses convicts with a medium level of security. Moreover, it can accommodate a maximum of 1,261 male inmates. 

At Allenwood Medium FCI, inmates participate in educational programs that include various activities and possibilities for self-improvement. Inmates may enroll in reading lessons and adult basic education classes and may be compelled to get a GED if they do not possess a high school diploma. Inmates interested in continuing their adult education can enroll in voluntary ACE classes (ACE stands for Adult Continuing Education). Inmates enrolled in ACE classes have the opportunity to study a range of subjects, including finance, foreign languages, history, business, and practical skills (classes vary each semester). In addition, Allenwood Medium offers vocational courses in carpentry, aquaculture, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and computers.

Anyone intending to visit an inmate at Allenwood Medium FCI must first be approved for visitation by the detainee. Individuals who have been approved to visit an inmate may do so between the hours of 8 am and 3 pm on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and State-recognized holidays. After 2:15 pm, visitors will not be processed into visitation. At 2:15 pm, guests will begin the process of being processed out of visitation, which should conclude before or just after 3 pm. Each inmate is permitted five visiting points per month, with each visit worth one point. Thus, a visitor may visit an inmate a maximum of five times during a single visit (children under the age of two do not count against the maximum number of visitors). Visitors may bring a small clear Ziploc bag containing up to $25 in quarters or bills no larger than $5 to purchase products from the vending machines located in the visiting rooms. An inmate may not utilize vending machines or be in possession of any monies at any time.

Allenwood Low is a federal correctional institution with a minimum security rating near Allenwood, Pennsylvania, in Union County. It is located within the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex. Allenwood Low is a correctional facility for up to 1,250 adult male offenders. 

Moreover, Allenwood Low administers what is known as a Residential Drug Abuse Program, or RDAP. RDAP is a self-administered treatment program for alcohol and drug abuse. Offenders enrolled in the RDAP program at Allenwood Low dwell in a separate unit for a minimum of nine months. In addition, they must complete a minimum of 500 hours of individual and group therapy. 

Convicts of Allenwood Low FCI have access to educational programs that teach adult education, provide opportunities for inmates to get a GED, and assist inmates in preparing for release by teaching them the personal, social, and legal obligations associated with being a productive citizen. In addition, Allenwood offers vocational training for offenders in culinary arts, office automation, fiber optics, and college correspondence courses. Among the industries that employ inmates at Allenwood is a Dimensional Mill, which offers opportunities in clerical office work, machining, sanding, assembly, and shipping. Inmates are compensated for their job with a minimum hourly payment, which they can use to purchase products from the commissary.

Each inmate at FCI Allenwood Low is seen by a psychologist for an intake interview. A psychologist is available for crisis intervention and suicide prevention 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Individual therapy is available to any inmate who is struggling with interpersonal, family, adjustment, or other personal issues. Additionally, educational and therapeutic groups are available to address specific problems such as anger management, stress management, and interpersonal relationships. Health Services provides medication for mental health concerns. A voluntary treatment program for sexual offenders is available at various locations.

Aliceville Federal Correctional Institution (FCI Aliceville) is a medium-security federal prison in Alabama for female convicts. The Federal Bureau of Prisons – a branch of the United States Department of Justice – operates it. Additionally, it features a satellite prison camp for female minimum-security convicts. FCI Aliceville is located between Aliceville and Pickensville in unincorporated Pickens County. Moreover, it is Alabama’s first federal women’s jail.

FCI Aliceville construction began in 2008. In 2013, FCI Aliceville opened its doors. Officials in Aliceville authorized the project with the support of citizens who expect the facility will create jobs and benefit local businesses. The town has a population of about 2,500 people and an unemployment rate of approximately 11%, which is significantly higher than the national average. 

Officials in Aliceville believe that the facility will generate between 700 and 1,000 daily excursions, resulting in the opening of additional restaurants, hotels, and gas stations. When fully operational, the minimum-security jail is projected to house 1,400 female convicts and employ between 320 and 350 staff. However, 40% of those positions will be filled by current federal prison workers. The Bureau of Prisons has already moved female detainees to FCI Aliceville from FCI Danbury, which is undergoing a conversion to an all-male facility.

Pickens County, which had been declining in population, became the fastest expanding county in Alabama in 2014 as a result of the prison’s construction. On February 2, 2016, a tornado damaged the prison complex. However, the amount of the damage is unknown and undisclosed.

FCI Aliceville offers a literacy program to assist inmates in acquiring fundamental knowledge and skills in math, reading, and written expression, as well as to prepare them for GED programs. Inmates with little English proficiency must enroll in ESL classes. Additionally, correspondence college programs, adult continuing education, and parenting seminars are available.