FCI Phoenix Inmate Locator

FCI Phoenix Overview

FCI Phoenix is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at 37900 N 45th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85086. The BOP public source identifies the facility as a medium-security Federal Correctional Institution in the Western Region and the District of Arizona.

The BOP data captured in research also showed camp and detention-center indicators and a mixed-gender field. Federal custody is distinct from MCSO jail custody and ADCRR state-prison custody. If a local federal arrest starts with a Maricopa County booking, the person may appear in county custody first, then federal court or U.S. Marshals custody, and only later in BOP after designation.

FCI Phoenix Capacity and Population

The BOP facility page provides current population information dynamically, but a static count was not captured in the research file. Do not use Maricopa County jail ADP or ADCRR state-prison figures for FCI Phoenix. Federal facility population is a separate BOP measure.

How to Look Up an Inmate at FCI Phoenix

Use the BOP Inmate Locator for federal inmates. The BOP locator is the correct public search route for FCI Phoenix, not the Maricopa County jail roster and not the ADCRR state locator.

1. Open the BOP Inmate Locator.
2. Search by register number, DCDC number, FBI number, or INS number if one is known.
3. If no number is known, search by name and use age, race, and sex filters only to narrow likely matches.
4. Confirm the result shows FCI Phoenix or Phoenix FCI before using facility-specific rules.

FCI Phoenix Address and Contact

Use the BOP facility contact for federal custody questions. For directions, BOP notes travel from Phoenix north on I-17/Black Canyon Highway to exit 225/Pioneer Road, then west toward the institution.

Visiting Someone at FCI Phoenix

BOP visiting rules control FCI Phoenix. The facility page links to visiting regulations and advises calling the facility to confirm because visiting can change for safety, security, or operational reasons. Do not use Maricopa County ViaPath video-visitation instructions for federal inmates.

Mail, Phone, and Money at FCI Phoenix

BOP rules govern federal inmate mail, phone access, and deposits. Research notes that BOP mail should include the inmate name and register number, and that money should not be sent to the facility address because BOP processes deposits through its central Des Moines process.

Federal Custody and Transfer

FCI Phoenix is not the normal booking point for local Maricopa County arrests. A federal case may involve MCSO booking if the person is first held locally, U.S. District Court case records, U.S. Marshals custody before designation, and then BOP custody after sentencing or placement. The BOP locator may be less useful for federal pretrial custody than for sentenced or designated federal inmates.

Federal custody has its own timing problem. A person arrested in Maricopa County on a federal warrant or indictment may first appear in local booking, then federal court, and only later in BOP systems. USMS may be responsible before BOP designation. If the BOP locator does not show the person, that does not always mean the federal case does not exist. Check the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the local booking path if there was one, and BOP again after sentencing or designation.

FCI Phoenix should not be mixed with ASPC-Phoenix. The names sound similar, and both are in Arizona, but they are different systems. FCI Phoenix is federal BOP custody. ASPC-Phoenix is ADCRR state-prison custody. MCSO county jails handle pretrial and short-sentence local custody. ICE ODLS covers immigration detention. The right locator depends on the legal authority holding the person, not just the city where the arrest happened.

About FCI Phoenix

FCI Phoenix sits in northern Phoenix and serves federal custody in the District of Arizona. It should not be confused with ASPC-Phoenix, which is an Arizona state prison complex, or with the MCSO Durango jail campus, which handles county jail intake, housing, and release.

The research captured the official BOP address, phone, email, Western Region, District of Arizona, medium-security designation, and indicators for camp and detention-center functions. It did not capture a fixed static population count because BOP facility population figures can be dynamic. That means the page should not assign a frozen count to FCI Phoenix. Use the BOP facility page for current institution notices and the BOP locator for the individual custody result.

Mail and money are also federal, not local. BOP requires inmate name and register number for mail routing, and money should not be sent to the facility address because BOP uses central deposit processing. County jail postcard rules, Lower Buckeye central mailroom routing, MCSO account deposits, and Fourth Avenue bond procedures do not apply to FCI Phoenix. For records, federal court and BOP channels are the better route than Maricopa County jail records unless there was a separate local booking.

FCI Phoenix can still appear in a Maricopa County custody search path because federal arrests, holds, or convictions may involve local events before federal designation. If a person was first booked into MCSO, the county booking record and mugshot question remain county records. If the person was prosecuted federally, the case record belongs to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. If the person is serving or designated to federal custody, the BOP locator and FCI Phoenix facility page become the right sources.

ICE custody is another separate path. An immigration hold noted during local custody does not make FCI Phoenix the right lookup. Use ICE ODLS for immigration detention after transfer and remember that ODLS has public-display limits. For federal prison custody, BOP is the controlling public locator.

FCI Phoenix directions and visiting rules should be verified through BOP before travel. Federal facilities can alter visiting for safety, security, staffing, weather, or institutional needs, and the warden may restrict visits when operations require it.