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Usp Terre Haute

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    Photo by United States Penitentiary Terre Haute via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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    Photo by United States Penitentiary Terre Haute via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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    Photo by United States Penitentiary Terre Haute via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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Usp Terre Haute is a federal prison located in Vigo County, Indiana. Rated capacity: 1,355. Reported population: 1,355. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

The Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute (FCI Terre Haute) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Indiana. It is part of the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute (FCC Terre Haute) and 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 for minimum-security male offenders. FCC Terre Haute is located 2 miles (3 kilometers) south of the City of Terre Haute and 70 miles (110 kilometers) west of Indianapolis.

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

Capacity

1,355

Current population

1,355

Occupancy

100%

Year opened

1940

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1940

Region

Indiana

Security level

Maximum

Death-row facility

No

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 #, USP Terre Haute, 4700 BUREAU ROAD SOUTH, Terre Haute, IN 47802. 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.

Known issues

Notable inmates

  • Dustin Honken
    1968–2020

    Dustin Lee Honken (March 22, 1968 – July 17, 2020) and Angela Jane Johnson (born January 17, 1964) are American mass murderers convicted of the 1993 murders of five people in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. The victims were related to a drug trial against Honken.

  • Lisa M. Montgomery
    Lisa M. Montgomery
    1968–2021

    Bobbie Jo Stinnett (December 4, 1981 – December 16, 2004) was a 23-year-old pregnant American woman who was murdered in Skidmore, Missouri, in December 2004.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

4700 Bureau Rd S, Terre Haute 47802

Conditions Risk Score

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

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
5/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Operating at 100% of design capacity

This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 0/100 · peers avg: 2/100 (100%)

Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United States.

Occupancythis: 100% · peers avg: 93% (+8%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1355 · peers avg: 547 (+148%)

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 Terre Haute. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/usp-terre-haute
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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-usp-terre-haute,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Usp Terre Haute},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/usp-terre-haute},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}