Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson

Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson
Location 8901 South Wilmot Road
Tucson, Arizona 85706
Status Operational
Security class Medium, administrative[1]
Capacity 392[2]
Population 730[3] (as of August 12, 2010)
Opened March 1982[2]
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson is a prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in the state of Arizona. Located 10 miles southeast of Tucson near Interstate 10 and Wilmot Road, the medium security institution is part of a larger Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) that also includes a separate high security U.S. Penitentiary.[1]

As of August 12, 2010, the facility housed 730 inmates. Males are held in two-person medium security cells, and there is an administrative facility for both male and female offenders.[3] 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.[1][2]

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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.[2]

Notable inmates

Inmate Number Status Description
Joseph Bonanno 07255-008[4] Transferred to MCFP Springfield[5] Contempt of court
David Hall — Released 1978 Bribery, extortion
Charles Keating 97188-012[6] Released April 1, 1998 Bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud

See also

Arizona portal
Government of the United States portal

References

  1. ^ a b c "FCI Tucson". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/tcn/index.jsp. Retrieved August 15, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c d Mary Bosworth (2002). "The U.S. Federal Prison System". SAGE Publications. p. 316. http://books.google.com/books?id=nypWXkksfp8C&pg=PA316&lpg=PA316. Retrieved August 15, 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "Weekly Population Report". Federal Bureau of Prisons. August 12, 2010. http://www.bop.gov/locations/weekly_report.jsp. Retrieved August 15, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Inmate Locator: Joseph C Bonanno". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=Bonanno&Middle=C&FirstName=Joseph&Race=&Sex=&Age=&x=0&y=0. Retrieved August 16, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Bonanno flown to federal prison". The Deseret News. September 7, 1985. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YpopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3733,2862020. Retrieved August 16, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Inmate Locator: Charles Keating". Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=Keating&Middle=&FirstName=Charles&Race=&Sex=&Age=&x=0&y=0. Retrieved August 15, 2010. 

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