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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.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

1,129

Current population

1,129

Occupancy

100%

Year opened

1963

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

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

  • Viktor Bout
    Viktor Bout
    1967 · arms trafficker

    Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (; Russian: Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Бут, romanized: Viktor Anatolyevich But; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer and politician.

  • Cesar Sayoc Jr.
    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
  • Abdul Hakim Murad
    1968

    Abdul Hakim Ali Hashim Murad (Arabic: عبد الحكيم علي هشام مراد; born April 11, 1968) is a Pakistani Islamist terrorist, who was a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot—the forerunner to the September 11 attacks.

  • Matthew F. Hale
    1971 · journalist

    Matthew Frederick Hale (born July 27, 1971) is an American white supremacist leader.

  • Christopher John Boyce
    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.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

4500 Prison Road, Marion 62959
(618) 964-1441
[email protected]
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

10/100
Low concern10/100
Overcrowding
5/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
5/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Operating at 100% of design capacity
  • · In-custody-death signal in sources

This facility scores 10. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 8 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 5/100 · peers avg: 2/100 (+116%)

Higher risk than 75% of peer facilities in United States.

Occupancythis: 100% · peers avg: 93% (+8%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1129 · peers avg: 547 (+106%)

Data completeness

100%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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World Prisons. (2026). Usp Marion. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/usp-marion
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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-usp-marion,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Usp Marion},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/usp-marion},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}