FCI McKean

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How to send mail, money, and visit FCI McKean

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: Northeast Region. Includes an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp.

Background

The Federal Correctional Institution, McKean (FCI McKean) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Pennsylvania. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male offenders. FCI McKean is located in Lafayette Township, in northwest Pennsylvania between the towns of Bradford and Kane, 90 miles south of Buffalo, New York.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

1,300

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

1989

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Population held

male

Opened

1989

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 McKean, 6975 ROUTE 59, Lewis Run, PA 16738. 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.