United States · NJ · Joint Base Mdl
FCI Fort Dix
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit FCI Fort Dix
Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Federal Correctional Institution operated by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP region: Northeast Region. Includes an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp.
Background
The Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix (FCI Fort Dix) is a low-security United States federal prison for male offenders in New Jersey. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. A satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male inmates. FCI Fort Dix is located in Burlington County on the ASA Fort Dix entity of Joint base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. It is approximately 40 miles (64 km) from Philadelphia.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
4,300
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1992
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Population held
male
Opened
1992
Region
NJ
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 Fort Dix, 5756 HARTFORD &, Joint Base Mdl, NJ 08640. 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
Subject of repeated reporting on COVID-19 outbreaks (2020-2022) and reports of staff misconduct.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
Trend over time
Population and occupancy by year. Source: official corrections statistics + oversight reports.
Population held
Occupancy %
Compared to other facilities in United States
3134 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.
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
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.