United States · CA · San Pedro
FCI Terminal Island
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How to send mail, money, and visit FCI Terminal Island
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Gallery
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Photo by Photograph © P. Alejandro Díaz, 30 March 2002. via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Federal Correctional Institution operated by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP region: Western Region.
Background
The Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island (FCI Terminal Island) is a United States federal prison for male inmates in Los Angeles, California. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. FCI Terminal Island is located at the entrance to Los Angeles Harbor, between San Pedro and Long Beach.
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Capacity
970
Current population
855
Occupancy
88%
Year opened
1938
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Population held
male
Opened
1938
Region
CA
Security level
Low
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
Site of one of the largest documented federal COVID-19 outbreaks (April-June 2020) with 8+ deaths.
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 Terminal Island, 1299 SEASIDE AVENUE, San Pedro, CA 90731. 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
Federal court rulings (Torres v. Milusnic, 2020) required compassionate-release processing during pandemic outbreak.
Notable inmates
Tom Sizemore (briefly), Charles Manson (1956, predecessor disciplinary segregation).
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 5/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
- · In-custody-death signal in sources
Compared to other facilities in United States
3134 peersHigher risk than 87% 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
- 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.