United States · Illinois · Marion
USP Marion
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit USP Marion
Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Built to replace Alcatraz. Operated under permanent lockdown 1983-2006 — origin of the modern US supermax regime.
Background
The Federal Correctional Institution, Marion (FCI Marion) is a large medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Southern Precinct, unincorporated Williamson County, Illinois. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum security male offenders. FCI Marion in Southern Illinois is approximately 9 miles (14 km) south of the city of Marion, Illinois, 300 miles (480 km) south of Chicago, and 120 miles (190 km) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
1,100
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1963
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Population held
male
Opened
1963
Region
Illinois
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
John Gotti (deceased 2002), Pete Rose (briefly), Robert Hanssen (transferred 2002).
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
- 5/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · In-custody-death signal in sources
Compared to other facilities in United States
3134 peersHigher risk than 79% 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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.