United States · Pennsylvania · Lewisburg
USP Lewisburg
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit USP Lewisburg
Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
One of the oldest federal penitentiaries. Housed the Special Management Unit (SMU) program 2009-2018 — converted to a medium-security USP after the BOP shut the SMU down.
Background
The Federal Correctional Institution, Lewisburg (FCI Lewisburg) is a medium-security United States federal prison in Kelly Township, Pennsylvania, for male inmates. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male offenders.
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Capacity
880
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1932
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Population held
male
Opened
1932
Region
Pennsylvania
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
BOP-operated facility; conditions reports issued by the DOJ Office of Inspector General on a multi-year cycle.
Visiting
Visiting governed by BOP Program Statement 5267.09 — approved-visitor list maintained by the inmate's Unit Team. Weekends and federal holidays in most facilities; specific hours per facility.
Mailing
Standard BOP format: Inmate Name & Register Number, [Facility], [Address]. No staples, polaroids, or hardcover books. Sender's full return address required.
Practical info
Federal inmate funds via Western Union QuickCollect to the BOP Trust Fund. Communication via CorrLinks (TRULINCS) where the inmate has subscribed.
Known issues
Notable inmates
Jimmy Hoffa, John Gotti (briefly), Henry Hill.
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
Compared to other facilities in United States
3134 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.
Data completeness
94%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- BOP — facility page
- Federal Bureau of Prisons — Locations — US Department of Justice
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.