Federal Detention Center, SeaTac

Federal Detention Center, SeaTac
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Location2425 South 200th Street
SeaTac, Washington 98198
StatusOperational
Security classAdministrative
Capacity1000[1]
Population608[2] (as of March 23, 2015)
OpenedSeptember 1997[3]
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Detention Center, SeaTac (FDC SeaTac) is a prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is located in SeaTac, Washington, near the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport,[3] 12 miles (19 km) south of downtown Seattle and 16 miles (26 km) north of Tacoma, 1 mile (2 km) west of the 200th Street exit at the Interstate 5. The facility is also adjacent to the Angle Lake light rail station.[4]

The administrative facility employed 200 staff as of 2002 and housed 608 male and female inmates as of March 23, 2015.[2][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference FDC Seatac, Stromberg Architectural was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Weekly Population Report". Federal Bureau of Prisons. July 29, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference The-US-Federal-Prison-System was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Lindblom, Mike (July 27, 2016). "Light rail's Angle Lake Station in SeaTac nears the finish line". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "FDC SeaTac". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved July 21, 2010.