Facility Name: | FCI Forrest City Medium |
Facility Type: | Federal Prison |
Address: | 1400 DALE BUMPERS ROAD FORREST CITY, AR, 72335 |
Phone: | 870-494-4200 |
Email: | FOM/[email protected] |
Capacity: | 1332 |
Date Established: | 1997 |
Offender Gender: | Male Offenders |
Security Level: | Medium |
BOP Region: | South Central Region |
Judicial District: | Eastern Arkansas |
City: | Forrest City |
Postal Code: | 72335 |
State: | Arkansas |
County: | Saint francis |
Official Website: | https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/fom/ |
FCC Forrest City is commonly known as the Federal Correctional Complex Forrest City. It’s a federal prison complex that houses male prisoners in Arkansas. The facility is operated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The FCC Forest City has two facilities. These facilities include:
• FCI Forrest City Low: Low-Security Prison. Has a minimum-security prison camp.
• FCI Forrest City Medium: Medium-Security Prison
The Forrest City Low opened their doors in 1997. The Forrest City Medium opened their doors in 2004.
The FCI Forrest City Low houses over 2,000 inmates total. A 1,722 of those inmates are in the main campus and the other 296 of those inmates are in the satellite prison camp. While FCI Forrest City Medium houses over 1,400 male inmates.
FCI Forrest City Medium is a federal prison. The easiest way to lookup an inmate in federal prisons is going to the BOP website.
They have a database where you can search all federal inmates.
Inmates can receive letter correspondence from their family and friends. However, you will need to make sure you send it the correct facility since FCC Forrest City has three different mailing addresses.
The mailing address for the FCI Forrest City Medium facility is the following:
Inmate Name and Registration Number
FCI Forrest City Medium
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 3000
Forrest City, AR 72336
You can put money into your inmate's commissary account by Western Union or MoneyGram. Each option you can do online or in person.
You will need to the following information
If you can’t get down to either Western Union or MoneyGram, you can send money directly to their PO box. That information is:
INMATE NAME & REGISTER NUMBER
P.O. Box 474702
Des Moines, Iowa 50947
Do NOT send money to an inmate using the FCI Forrest City Medium address. All funds sent through the mail must be addressed to a processing center in Des Moines, Iowa. This applies to all Federal inmates, regardless of where they are incarcerated.
The last way to stay in touch with an inmate at FCI Forrest City Medium is through email. Email is also through Trulincs.
The email program is funded by the inmate trust fund, which is kept up with purchases from the commissary, the telephone service, and fees paid directly to Trulincs.
Emails are monitored and screened for content not suitable for them.
Your first day in prison, you are bombarded with a ton of information. One booklet you will be giving is the Admissions and Orientation (A&O) Handbook.
This handbook will supply you with general information about the prison itself alongside the prison’s rules, programs, and regulations you will have to follow while you are serving out your sentence.
It will be in your best interest to familiarize yourself with handbook as it is your responsibility to transition smoothly to prison life.
FCI Forrest City Medium Admissions & Orientation Handbook
The commissary was founded in 1930 by the Department of Justice. The Commissary was placed in all Federal Institutions.
The commissary allows inmates to shop for “luxury” items while they are in prison. Funds are typically deposited by their friends, families, and their prison jobs.
Inmates have a spending limit of $360 per month. The commissary is only open on a designated day of the week where they can utilize the shop.
All federal prisons have their commissary list with prices available to the public.
List and prices of items sold at the commissary in FCI Forrest City Medium
Even when in prison, you may still need legal counsel. There are strict procedures one will have to follow to obtain legal reference materials alongside their legal counsel.
There are also many opportunities to be taken advantage of to afford the proposal of legal documents when behind bars.
All procedures for legal activities can be located here.
Inmates can receive visitors. All visitors must be on the inmates approved visitor list. Inmates are only permitted to have 5 visits a month. The visits can only consist of 4 adults and 5 children at a time.
All visitors over the age of 16, must provide their government ID before they will be permitted back into the visitation area. As the visitation area gets full, the first people in, will be asked to leave. It goes on a first in, first out basis.
Keep in mind, that you should keep your personal belongings inside your vehicle as there is a strict policy of what can and cannot be allowed in the visitation area.
Visitation for all of FCC Forrest City are Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays from 8am to 3pm.
This will depend on what rank the inmate is. There are three ranks:
Here is the point schedule for visitations:
FCI
LSCI
USP
Monday | |
Tuesday | |
Wednesday | |
Thursday | |
Friday | |
Saturday | 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
Sunday | 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
Holiday | 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
The visiting starts in first in, first out type of fashion. No new visitors will be allowed in 45 minutes before the end of the visit day. 45 minutes before the end of the visit day officers start escorting those who were first in out of the visitor room.
Refer the map below to find the driving directions
FCI Forrest City Medium has 6 housing units. In these housing units, they contain numerous cells.
Inmates can also take advantage of a wide variety of programs while they are serving their sentence out in FCC Forrest City. These programs and services include, but not limited to the following:
• Commissary
• Medical Services
• Psychology Services
• Library Services
• Recreational Programs
• UNICOR
• Advanced Occupational Education
• GED Prep
• English-as-a-Second Language Program
• Adult Basic Learning Exam
• Test of Adult Basic Education
• Spanish Assessment of Basic Education
• Adult Continuing Education
• Parenting Classes
• Residential Drug Abuse Program
• Drug Abuse Program
• Non-Residential Drug Abuse Program
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Narcotics Anonymous
Correctional Facility Name | Type | County |
---|---|---|
FCI Forrest City Low, Arkansas 0 miles | Federal Prison | |
Lee County Jail, Arkansas 14.04 miles | County Jail | Lee County |
Marianna Jail, Arkansas 14.32 miles | City Jail | Lee County |
Ark. State Prison – East Arkansas Regional Unit, Arkansas 16.86 miles | State Prison | Lee County |
Brinkley Jail, Arkansas 23.41 miles | City Jail | Monroe County |
Cherry Valley Jail, Arkansas 25.23 miles | City Jail | Cross County |
Marvell Jail, Arkansas 29.7 miles | City Jail | Phillips County |
Tunica County Jail, Mississippi 30.1 miles | County Jail | Tunica County |