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Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute

State prisonMedium-security (with minimum-security prison campMedium
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Capacity

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Current population

1,190

Occupancy

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Year opened

1940

Operational

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Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1940

Region

IN

Security level

Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Uzair Paracha
    1980

    Uzair Paracha (born January 7, 1980) is a Pakistani citizen previously convicted of providing material support to al-Qaeda by a court in New York City in 2005.

  • George Ryan
    George Ryan
    1934–2025 · politician

    George Homer Ryan (February 24, 1934 – May 2, 2025) was an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003.

  • John Walker Lindh
    John Walker Lindh
    1981 · combatant

    John Philip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American Taliban member who was captured by United States forces as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001.

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Contact & address

Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/federal-correctional-institution-terre-haute},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}