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Usp Marion

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Usp Marion is a federal prison located in Williamson County, Illinois. Rated capacity: 1,129. Reported population: 1,129. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

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.

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Capacity

1,129

Current population

1,129

Occupancy

100%

Year opened

1963

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Population held

male

Opened

1963

Region

Illinois

Security level

Medium

Death-row facility

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 â 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

Matthew F. Hale
1971 · journalist
Matthew Frederick Hale (born July 27, 1971) is an American white supremacist leader.
Viktor Bout
1967 · arms trafficker
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (; Russian: ÐÐ¸ÌÐºÑÐ¾Ñ ÐÐ½Ð°ÑÐ¾ÌÐ»ÑÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑÑ, romanized: Viktor Anatolyevich But; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer and politician.
Christopher John Boyce
1953 · spy
Christopher John Boyce (born February 16, 1953) is a former American defense industry employee who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in 1977. Boyce was raised in Southern California and began working for aerospace firm TRW Inc.
Abdul Hakim Murad
1968
Abdul Hakim Ali Hashim Murad (Arabic: Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ Ø§ÙØÙÙÙ Ø¹ÙÙ ÙØ´Ø§Ù ÙØ±Ø§Ø¯; born April 11, 1968) is a Pakistani Islamist terrorist, who was a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plotâthe forerunner to the September 11 attacks.
Cesar Sayoc Jr.
1962
From October 22 to November 1, 2018, 16 packages found to contain pipe bombs were mailed via the U.S.
Raymond Luc Levasseur
1946 · stevedore