Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield

Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield
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LocationEdgefield County,
near Edgefield, South Carolina
Coordinates33°45′31″N 81°55′10″W / 33.75861°N 81.91944°W / 33.75861; -81.91944
StatusOperational
Security classMedium-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
Population1,700 (560 in prison camp)
Opened1998[1]
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield (FCI Edgefield) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in South Carolina. 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 for minimum-security male offenders, which houses between 500 and 549 inmates.

The satellite prison camp also has the Residential Drug and Alcohol Program, which is part of the prison reform and rehabilitation program for those who are addicted to alcohol and other drugs.

FCI Edgefield is located near the South Carolina-Georgia border, approximately 25 miles north of Augusta, Georgia.[2]

  1. ^ "FCI Edgefield | SCORE". www.score.org. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  2. ^ "FCI Edgefield". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved 26 October 2013.