Federal Prison Camps are still not nice places and they don’t have the luxuries that they used to have.
FPC = No fence, inmates must have 10 years or less left on their sentence, you can’t be a sex offender or have detainers (including immigration detainers).
FSL = Is run like a FPC but with a fence, used for some who would be eligible for an FPC but are not because of sex offenses, immigration detainers, etc.
FCI Low = Has a fence, 20 years or less until release date. Violence is still rare, but it’s still a prison. Inmates live in giant open air dorms.
FCI Medium = Any sentence length including lifers can be here. Gangs and violence begin to have major influence, it is a hybrid between a USP & FCI Low. Inmates live in cells instead of open air dorms.
USP = Mostly kingpins and violent offenders go here. Tons of security, comparable to a state prison in terms of security measures.
ADX = The Supermaxes usually designated for those the DOJ says have to go there OR the BOP will put them there if they escape or get violent at USPs.
FMC = Federal Medical Centers are NOT nearly as good as outside hospitals but will house inmates with chronic conditions- even if they don’t need medical care 24/7, of all security levels. Sex offenders are sometimes sent here for safety reasons.
Most of these people in political scandals would go to FPCs or FCI Lows depending on sentence length.
Federal Prison Camps are still not nice places and they don’t have the luxuries that they used to have.
FPC = No fence, inmates must have 10 years or less left on their sentence, you can’t be a sex offender or have detainers (including immigration detainers).
FSL = Is run like a FPC but with a fence, used for some who would be eligible for an FPC but are not because of sex offenses, immigration detainers, etc.
FCI Low = Has a fence, 20 years or less until release date. Violence is still rare, but it’s still a prison. Inmates live in giant open air dorms.
FCI Medium = Any sentence length including lifers can be here. Gangs and violence begin to have major influence, it is a hybrid between a USP & FCI Low. Inmates live in cells instead of open air dorms.
USP = Mostly kingpins and violent offenders go here. Tons of security, comparable to a state prison in terms of security measures.
ADX = The Supermaxes usually designated for those the DOJ says have to go there OR the BOP will put them there if they escape or get violent at USPs.
FMC = Federal Medical Centers are NOT nearly as good as outside hospitals but will house inmates with chronic conditions- even if they don’t need medical care 24/7, of all security levels. Sex offenders are sometimes sent here for safety reasons.
Most of these people in political scandals would go to FPCs or FCI Lows depending on sentence length.