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Location | Tucson, Arizona |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | High, medium and minimum-security |
Population | 2,500 (two facilities and prison camp) |
Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Complex, Tucson (FCC Tucson) is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Arizona. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
The complex consists of two facilities:
About 520 employees are required to staff the entire federal complex with additional labor provided by the minimum-security camp. [1] The opening of the U.S. Penitentiary in February 2007 worsened a local shortage of prison officers, [2] drawing some staff away from the nearby state prison complex operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections, also on Wilmot Road. [3]