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Fci Mendota
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Fci Mendota is a federal prison located in Fresno County, California. Rated capacity: 1,152. Reported population: 708. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota (FCI Mendota) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in California. 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 housing minimum-security male offenders. FCI Mendota is located in central California, 36 miles west of Fresno.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
1,152
Current population
708
Occupancy
61%
Year opened
2012
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of PrisonsPopulation held
male
Opened
2012
Region
California
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 — review the visiting regulations before arriving. Call 559-274-4000 to confirm hours before your visit. Full regulations: https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/men/
Mailing
Address mail to: [Inmate Name & Register Number], FCI Mendota, P.O. BOX 9, Mendota, CA 93640. 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
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
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Federal Bureau of Prisons â Locations — US Department of Justice
- US Federal Bureau of Prisons â locations directory — US Department of Justice
- Wikidata (Q5440132)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). Fci Mendota. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fci-mendota
"Fci Mendota." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fci-mendota.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Fci Mendota},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fci-mendota},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}