Federal Correctional Complex, Tucson

Federal Correctional Complex, Tucson

Location	Tucson, Arizona
Status	Operational
Security class	High, medium and minimum-security
Population	2,500 (two facilities and prison camp)
Managed by	Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Complex, Tucson (FCC Tucson) is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Arizona. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

The complex consists of two facilities:

• Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson (FCI Tucson): a medium-security facility.
• United States Penitentiary, Tucson (USP Tucson): a high-security facility with a satellite prison camp for minimum-security inmates.

History and facility

About 520 employees are required to staff the entire federal complex with additional labor provided by the minimum-security camp.^[1] The opening of the U.S. Penitentiary in February 2007 worsened a local shortage of prison officers,^[2] drawing some staff away from the nearby state prison complex operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections, also on Wilmot Road.^[3]

See also

• List of U.S. federal prisons
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Incarceration in the United States

References

1. Tim Ellis (December 28, 2006). "Federal prison nearly ready". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
2. Dale Quinn (February 2, 2007). "Guard drain strains Tucson prisons". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
3. "Arizona State Prison Complex - Tucson". Arizona Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2010.

External links

• FCC Tucson at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (Official site)

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