Prison Name: | Federal Correctional Complex, Tucson |
Location: | Tucson, Arizona |
Status: | Operational |
Classification: | 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]