United States · FL · Tallahassee
FCI Tallahassee
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit FCI Tallahassee
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: Southeast Region.
Background
Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee (FCI Tallahassee), is a low security United States federal prison for female inmates in Tallahassee, Florida with a designated capacity of 812. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent detention center that houses administrative security level male inmates. FCI Tallahassee is three miles (5 km) east of downtown Tallahassee on US Highway 319.
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Capacity
750
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1938
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Population held
mixed
Opened
1938
Region
FL
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 Tallahassee, 501 CAPITAL CIRCLE, NE, Tallahassee, FL 32301. 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
DOJ OIG (2023) documented sexual misconduct by staff; multiple criminal prosecutions of correctional officers.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 12/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
Compared to other facilities in United States
3134 peersHigher risk than 93% of peer facilities in United States.
Reports
- DOJ Office of Inspector General4 Apr 2023
Findings of widespread sexual abuse of women by staff; criminal prosecutions of multiple correctional officers underway.
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.