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FCI Dublin
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit FCI Dublin
Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
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Federal Correctional Institution operated by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP region: Western Region.
Background
The Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin (FCI Dublin) was a low-security United States federal prison for female inmates in Dublin, California. The facility had an adjacent satellite prison camp housing minimum-security female offenders. FCI Dublin was located 20 miles southeast of Oakland. It was located near Santa Rita Jail, which is operated by Alameda County. FCI Dublin opened in 1974.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
1,235
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1974
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Population held
mixed
Opened
1974
Region
CA
Security level
Low
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
BOP-operated facility; conditions reports issued by the DOJ Office of Inspector General on a multi-year cycle.
Visiting
Visit days and hours vary by facility. Visitors must be on the inmate's approved visitor list (form BP-A0629). Pre-screen via VINELink + the facility's visiting page.
Mailing
Inmate Name & Register #, FCI Dublin, 5701 8TH ST - CAMP PARKS, Dublin, CA 94568. Cash and metal staples not accepted; CorrLinks (TRULINCS) for email if subscribed.
Practical info
Inmate funds via Western Union QuickCollect to the BOP Trust Fund (receiver: inmate name, prisoner ID, BOP Trust Fund). Email service via CorrLinks where the inmate has subscribed.
Known issues
Closed amid a long-running federal-court-appointed special master process. Multiple correctional officers and the former warden were criminally convicted of sexual abuse.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 12/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
Compared to other facilities in United States
3134 peersHigher risk than 93% of peer facilities in United States.
Reports
- BOP closure announcement15 Apr 2024
BOP closed FCI Dublin following multiple staff sexual-abuse convictions and the appointment of a federal special master. ~600 women transferred to other facilities.
Data completeness
94%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- BOP facility page
- BOP locations API
- Federal Bureau of Prisons — Locations — US Department of Justice
- US Federal Bureau of Prisons — locations directory — US Department of Justice
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.