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Fci Edgefield
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Fci Edgefield is a federal prison located in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Rated capacity: 1,152. Reported population: 1,229. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
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
1,152
Current population
1,229
Occupancy
107%
Year opened
2004
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Population held
male
Opened
2004
Region
South Carolina
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
BOP-operated facility; conditions reports issued by the DOJ Office of Inspector General on a multi-year cycle.
Visiting
Visiting days and hours are set by the Warden and vary by housing unit; consult the facility's official visiting regulations for the current schedule. All visitors must be on the inmate's approved visitor list (submitted on BOP form BP-A0629) and present government-issued photo ID. Dress-code and contraband restrictions apply â review the visiting regulations before arriving. Call 803-637-1500 to confirm hours before your visit. Full regulations: https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/edg/
Mailing
Address mail to: [Inmate Name & Register Number], FCI Edgefield, P.O. BOX 725, Edgefield, SC 29824. No cash, staples, or metal fasteners. Books must be sent directly from a publisher or approved retailer. Photos must not be Polaroid and may not exceed limits set by policy. Money orders payable to the inmate's name and register number; or use Western Union QuickCollect to the BOP Trust Fund. TRULINCS (CorrLinks) provides email where the inmate has 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
Notable inmates
Christopher Coke1969 · drug lord
Miguel RodrÃguez Orejuela1943 · drug lordMiguel Ãngel RodrÃguez Orejuela (born August 15, 1943) is a convicted Colombian drug lord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 107% of design capacity
Compared to other facilities in United States
7324 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.
Data completeness
100%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Federal Bureau of Prisons â Locations — US Department of Justice
- US Federal Bureau of Prisons â locations directory — US Department of Justice
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata (Q5440111)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.