FPC Duluth

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Verified 22 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Dec 2025

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For families

How to send mail, money, and visit FPC Duluth

Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.

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Photograph of FPC Duluth — Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Federal Prison Camp operated by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP region: North Central Region.

Background

The Federal Prison Camp, Duluth (FPC Duluth) is a minimum-security federal prison in the north central United States, located in Minnesota for male offenders. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. FPC Duluth is located on the former Duluth Air Force Base near the southwestern tip of Lake Superior, halfway between Minneapolis–St. Paul and the Canada–United States border, and seven miles (11 km) north of Duluth.

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Capacity

750

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

1983

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Population held

male

Opened

1983

Region

Security level

Minimum

Death-row facility

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 #, FPC Duluth, 4464 RALSTON DRIVE, Duluth, MN 55811. 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.