Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield
Medium-security United States prison in South Carolina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield (FCI Edgefield) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in South Carolina. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders, which houses between 500 and 549 inmates.
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Location | Edgefield County, near Edgefield, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 33°45′31″N 81°55′10″W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
Population | 1,700 (560 in prison camp) |
Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The satellite prison camp also has the Residential Drug and Alcohol Program, which is part of the prison reform and rehabilitation program for those who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
FCI Edgefield is located near the South Carolina-Georgia border, approximately 25 miles north of Augusta, Georgia.[1]