United States · WA · Seattle
FDC SeaTac
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit FDC SeaTac
Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Federal Detention Center operated by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP region: Western Region.
Background
The Federal Detention Center, SeaTac (FDC SeaTac) is a federal prison in SeaTac, Washington, near the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility is also adjacent to the Angle Lake light rail station. The administrative facility employed 200 staff as of 2002 and housed 608 male and female inmates as of March 23, 2015.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1997
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Population held
mixed
Opened
1997
Region
WA
Security level
Administrative
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
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 #, FDC SeaTac, 2425 SOUTH 200TH STREET, Seattle, WA 98198. 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
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
78%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
- US Federal Bureau of Prisons — locations directory — US Department of Justice
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.