Location | Gilmer County, near Glenville, West Virginia |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Medium-Security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
Population | 1,730 (160 in prison camp) |
Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution, Gilmer (FCI Gilmer) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male inmates.
FCI Gilmer is located in central West Virginia, 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Charleston and 150 miles (240 km) from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]