United States · Washington · Seattle
Fdc Seatac
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Fdc Seatac is a federal prison located in King County, Washington. Rated capacity: 807. Reported population: 703. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Federal Detention Center, SeaTac (FDC SeaTac) is a federal prison in SeaTac, Washington, near the SeattleâTacoma 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.
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Capacity
807
Current population
703
Occupancy
87%
Year opened
1997
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of PrisonsPopulation held
mixed
Opened
1997
Region
Washington
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
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 206-870-5700 to confirm hours before your visit. Full regulations: https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/set/
Mailing
Address mail to: [Inmate Name & Register Number], FDC SeaTac, P.O. BOX 13900, Seattle, WA 98198. 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
No major issues documented in our database.
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 peersData completeness
90%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
- US Federal Bureau of Prisons â locations directory — US Department of Justice
- Wikidata (Q5440193)
- 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). Fdc Seatac. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fdc-seatac
"Fdc Seatac." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fdc-seatac.
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title = {Fdc Seatac},
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