FCI Edgefield

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Verified 21 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Dec 2025

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How to send mail, money, and visit FCI Edgefield

Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.

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Federal Correctional Institution operated by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP region: Southeast Region. Includes an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp.

Background

The Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield (FCI Edgefield) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in South Carolina. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders, which houses between 500 and 549 inmates. The satellite prison camp also has the Residential Drug and Alcohol Program, which is part of the prison reform and rehabilitation program for those who are addicted to alcohol and other drugs. It is in Edgefield County, and partially in the municipal limits of Edgefield.

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Capacity

1,500

Current population

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Occupancy

—

Year opened

2004

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Population held

male

Opened

2004

Region

Security level

Medium

Death-row facility

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 Edgefield, 501 GARY HILL ROAD, Edgefield, SC 29824. 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.