FCI Tallahassee Prison

Federal Correctional Institution – Tallahassee or FCI Tallahassee Prison is known as part of the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is important in maintaining public safety. Besides, it also provides rehabilitation programs and offers a number of services to its inmate population. For those who are curious about this facility, you can find out more about it below.

General Information

Details:

• • Address: 501 Capital Circle, NE Tallahassee, FL 32301
  • Status: Operational
  • Security class: Low security
  • Opened: January 1938
  • Warden: Erica Strong
  • Managed by: Federal Bureau of Prisons
  • Email: TAL-ExecAssistant@bop.gov
  • Phone: 850-878-2173
  • Fax: 850-671-6105
  • Inmate gender: Male and female offenders
  • Population: 889 total inmates
  • Judicial district: Northern Florida
  • County: Leon
  • BOP region: Southeast Region

Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee or FCI Tallahassee Prison is counted as a low-security federal correctional institution. It opened in 1938. In this facility, there is a detention center. The facility that is located in Tallahassee, Florida houses 798 male and female inmates. These inmates live in dormitories. As for the ones who are in the detention center, they are housed in cells.

There are a number of popular figures who have served or are still serving at FCI Tallahassee Prison, such as Colleen LaRose, Chelsea Gerlach, Maria Butina, Catherine May Wood, Narcisa Veliz Novack, jaelyn Delshaun Young, and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Programs for Inmates

There are a lot of programs designed by FCI Tallahassee Prison for the inmates, as follows:

• • Residential Drug abuse Program or RDAP
  • Non-Residential Drug Abuse Program or NR-DAP
  • A Drug Abuse Program
  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • English as a Second Language or ESL
  • Literacy
  • GED
  • High School Diploma via paid correspondence
  • Post-secondary programs via paid correspondence
  • Adult Continuing Education or ACE courses
  • Advanced occupational education in Business Education, Building Trades, Cosmetology, Horticulture, and Custodial Maintenance
  • Vocational training in building trades, business education, and horticulture
  • Apprenticeships in Baker, Cook, Construction, Electrician, Housekeeper, Horticulture, Landscape Management Tech, Material Coordinator, Metal Fabricator, Painter, Plumber, Quality Control Inspector, Refrigeration, Stationary Engineer, Teacher Aide, and Wood Machinist
  • UNICOR facility that handles services

Calling an Inmate

There is no way for all the inmates incarcerated at federal prisons such as FCI Tallahassee Prison to have cellphones. Apart from that, they are also not allowed to get rebound calls. The only thing that they can do is make outbound calls during approved hours. If they want to do it, they will have to pay with their money on their personal account or call collect

A thing called TRULINCS will be used to call to both landline and cell phones. It is the same if they want to send and receive emails. For the family members, friends, or anyone from outside to be able to contact the inmates, they will have to be included in the contact list of the inmates. Talking about phone calls, they are limited to only 15 minutes. During the calls, everything will be monitored and recorded.

Visiting an Inmate

There are a few steps to follow to visit your loved one at FCI Tallahassee Prison, as follows:

Step 1: Find the inmate

The first step to visit an inmate who is incarcerated at FCI Tallahassee Prison is to locate the inmate because they may no longer be in the facility or they may be moved to receive medical treatment or for security concerns.

Step 2: Be approved

Aside from making sure that an inmate that you want to visit is still at FCI Tallahassee Prison, you should also be pre-approved. There is no way for you to visit an inmate if you have not been placed on their visiting list and you have not been cleared by the BOP.

Talking about the ones that can be included in the visiting list of an inmate, the list may include:

• Immediate family (mother, father, step-parents, foster parents, brothers, sisters, spouse, children)
• Relatives (grandparents, uncles, aunts, in-laws, cousins)
• Other kinds of approved visitors (friends or associates of no more than 10, foreign officials, members of religious groups, members of civic groups, employers, sponsors, parole advisors, attorneys)

Step 3: Get ready

After making sure about these two, now it is time for you to be prepared. One of the most important things that you have to pay attention to is the clothing. It is a must for you to wear appropriate clothing. Do not wear inappropriate clothing, such as halter tops, revealing shorts, bathing suits, crop tops, see-through garments, low-cut blouses or dresses, leotards, spandex, miniskirts, backless tops, hats or caps, sleeveless garments, skirts two inches or more above the knee, dresses or skirts that have a high-cut split in any part, and clothing that is similar to the one worn by inmates.

The second thing that you have to know is visiting duration. According to the official website of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, an inmate can be visited at least four hours a month. However, it is also possible for them to get more hours. To avoid overcrowding, the length of visits or the number of people who can visit at once may be restricted by the Warden.

When making a visit, please behave well. If either you as a visitor or an inmate act inappropriately, do not get surprised if the visiting room officer comes and kicks you out of the room.

Another thing that you should also take note of is physical contact. Usually, handshakes, hugs, and kisses (in good taste) are allowed at the start and end of the meeting. Apart from these things, everything may be limited for security purposes. In case you are wondering about conjugal visits, unfortunately, they are not allowed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Step 4: Plan your visit

The visiting hours at FCI Tallahassee Prison are from Friday through Sunday starting from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM. unit assignments at the FDC will determine the visiting schedule. Every week, the schedule will be rotated and shared on the housing unit bulletin board in the A&O handbook.  At one time, an inmate can only be visited by a maximum of four adults and eight children. If the children are under 16 years old, there must be an adult to accompany them.

In case you are wondering how to get to FCI Tallahassee Prison, you should arrange transportation to and from the facility accordingly as it is not provided by the Government. Just call the facility if you have any questions.

Sending Mail to an Inmate

If you want to send correspondence and parcels to inmates, you can use the following address:

INMATE NAME & REGISTER NUMBER FCI TALLAHASSEE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION P.O. BOX 5000 TALLAHASSEE, FL  32314

Sending Money to an Inmate

There are several methods to send money to an inmate at FCI Tallahassee Prison, as follows:

Method 1: MoneyGram (Electronically)

If you want to send money electronically using MoneyGram, you should make sure that the inmate has physically arrived at FCI Tallahassee Prison. Then, collect important information, such as the name and the number of the inmate. After that, go to moneygram.com to complete your payment.

Method 2: Western Union (Electronically)

If you want to send money electronically via Western Union, go to westernunion.com/us/en/send-money/app/sendinmatestart to find the special form for sending money. Prepare the full name and number of the inmate beforehand.

Method 3: United States Postal Services (Mail)

If you want to use this method, use the following address:

Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Name Eight-Digit Register Number Post Office Box 474701 Des Moines, Iowa 50947-0001

Remember to not send money to an inmate using the address of FCI Tallahassee Prison. It is a must for every fund sent through the mail to be addressed to a processing center located in Des Moines, Iowa. It applies to all Federal inmates, including the ones incarcerated at FCI Tallahassee Prison.

Sending Freight and Non-USPS Parcels to an Inmate

When shipping freight and non-USPS parcels, make use to use the following address:

STAFF NAME FCI TALLAHASSEE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ATTN: WAREHOUSE 501 CAPITAL CIRCLE, NE TALLAHASSEE, FL  32301

Sending Correspondence and Parcels to Staff

The following address can be used if you want to send correspondence and parcels to staff:

STAFF NAME FCI TALLAHASSEE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION 501 CAPITAL CIRCLE, NE TALLAHASSEE, FL  32301