Danbury Federal Prison Inmate Search and Prison Information

FCI Danbury is commonly referred to as the Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury. The facility is a low-security prison. The prison housed both female and male prisoners at one point in Danbury, Connecticut. The facility is operated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Adjacent to the main facility, there is a satellite prison camp that is home to minimum security female inmates.

FCI Danbury opened their doors in August of 1940. Its sole purpose was to house both female and male inmates. It held a few high-profile political inmates during the Second World War. 

The Yale Law School in the 70s started to provide legal services to inmates currently sitting behind bars at the FCI Danbury. Even in the 2010s, Yale professors and students still provide legal services to inmates in the facility. 

In 1993, FCI Danbury exclusively started housing female inmates. This was since there were not many prisons in the Northeastern United States and an influx of female inmates. 

It was not until August 2013, that the Federal Bureau of Prisons stated that FCI Danbury was going back to a male-only prison to help relieve the overcrowding issue going on in the federal prison system. The inmates in the facility would be brought to FCI Aliceville in Alabama. 

How to Find Someone in Danbury Federal Prison

FCI Danbury 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.

Sending a Mail/Care Package

Inmates can receive letters from their family and friends on the outside. You will need to know what facility to send it to, as there is three. All three addresses are below:

Inmate Name and Registration Number
FCI Danbury
Federal Correctional Institution
Route 37
Danbury, CT 06811

Inmate Name and Registration Number
FCI Danbury
Satellite Low
Route 37
Danbury, CT 06811

Inmate Name and Registration Number
FCI Danbury
Satellite Prison Camp
Route 37
Danbury, CT 06811

Sending Money

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

• Inmate Name
• Register Number (inmate number)
• City (always will be FBOP)
• State (always will be DC)

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 Danbury 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.

Email

The last way to stay in touch with an inmate at FCI Danbury 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.

Admissions and Orientation Handbook

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. 

The handbook is in English and in Spanish.

Commissary

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.

Legal Activities

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.

Visitation

Inmates can have visitors. Visitors must be on the inmates approved visitor list and have a government ID handy when arriving on the jail premises. 

Visitation hours for the FCI Danbury facility is Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and federal holidays from 8:30am to 3pm. 

Visitation hours for the FCI Danbury Satellite Low facility is Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and federal holidays from 8:30am to 3pm. 

Visitation for the satellite camp is Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and federal holidays from 8:30am to 3pm. 
 

How Often Can I Visit?

This will depend on what rank the inmate is. There are three ranks:

• LSCI – 12 points
• FCI – 5 points
• USP – 9 points

Here is the point schedule for visitations:

FCI

• Each visit is one point regardless of the day.

LSCI

• 2 points for weekend visits
• 2 points for federal holidays visits
• 1 point for weekday visits

USP

• 2 points for weekend visits
• 0 points for federal holiday visits
• 1 point for weekday visits.

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