Federal Medical Center, Butner

Federal Medical Center, Butner
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LocationDurham County, North Carolina
Coordinates36°08′15″N 78°48′49″W / 36.13753°N 78.81368°W / 36.13753; -78.81368
StatusOperational
Security classAll security levels (with adjacent camp for minimum-security inmates)
Population775 (June 2023)
Opened1995
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Medical Center, Butner (FMC Butner), is a United States federal prison opened in 1995[1] in North Carolina for male inmates of all security levels who have special health needs. It is part of the Butner Federal Correctional Complex and 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.

It is located in Mangum Township,[2] Durham County, North Carolina,[3] near Butner.[4]

FMC Butner is located near the Research Triangle area of Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill.[5]

  1. ^ "Federal Correctional Complex, Butner (FCI Butner Medium I)".
  2. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Mangum township, NC" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/3). Retrieved 2022-08-15. Butner Federal Correctional Complex
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Durham County, NC" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 6 (PDF p. 7/19). Retrieved 2024-07-18. Butner Federal Correctional Complex - Cross-check the map with the exact prison location (the map directly specifies the whole complex but not where the exact FMC Butner facility is).
  4. ^ "Official Zoning Map" (PDF). Butner, North Carolina. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2021-04-15. - FMC Butner is not in the Butner city limits.
  5. ^ "BOP: FMC Butner". Bop.gov. Retrieved 2012-08-27.