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Fci Seagoville
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Fci Seagoville is a federal prison located in Dallas County, Texas. Rated capacity: 1,437. Reported population: 1,829. Security level: Minimum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville (FCI Seagoville) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Seagoville, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility includes a detention center for male offenders and an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum security-male offenders. FCI Seagoville is located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Downtown Dallas.
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Capacity
1,437
Current population
1,829
Occupancy
127%
Year opened
1940
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of PrisonsPopulation held
male
Opened
1940
Region
Texas
Security level
Minimum
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 972-287-2911 to confirm hours before your visit. Full regulations: https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/sea/
Mailing
Address mail to: [Inmate Name & Register Number], FCI Seagoville, P.O. BOX 9000, Seagoville, TX 75159. 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
- 12/30
- Oversight reports
- 1/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 127% of design capacity
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
This facility scores 13. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 11 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.
Reports
- marshall-project16 Dec 2022
sides of the wall. But ultimately, we are all the same: warehoused property. Diego Cadena Bejarano for The Marshall Project W hen I first heard that Josh Duggar was coming to FCI Seagoville, I didn’t know who he was. But there are other people here at this federal prison near Dallas who watch a lot of TV, and they all knew: Duggar is the oldest son from the reality show “19 Kids and Counting,”
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
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- US Federal Bureau of Prisons â locations directory — US Department of Justice
- Wikidata (Q976464)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- 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 Seagoville. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fci-seagoville
"Fci Seagoville." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fci-seagoville.
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