FCI Tallahassee Inmate Search and Prison Information

FCI Tallahassee is commonly referred to as the Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee. The facility is a low-security federal prison in Florida. The prison is operated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. 

Adjacent to the Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee is a detention center. The detention center is home to administrative security level inmates. It currently just houses male inmates. 

FCI Tallahassee opened their doors in 1938. Notable inmates that graced their presence in FCI Tallahassee are Chelsea Gerlach convicted for arson. Gerlach served 6 years and was released from the facility in 2013. Colleen LaRose convicted of conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, and conspiracy to provide material to support terrorism. LaRose is serving a 10-year sentence. 

FCI Tallahassee is 3 miles away from downtown Tallahassee. The facility is located on US Highway 319.

How to Find Someone in FCI Tallahassee

FCI Tallahassee 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 back home. These letters, however, cannot contain the following:

•    Any sort of stain including lipstick, perfume, and cologne
•    Glitter
•    Unused writing paper
•    Unused envelopes
•    Unused stamps

Writing paper, stamps, and envelopes are always on sale in the commissary for inmates to purchase. You are not permitted to send these items in the mail to an inmate. These items will be discarded if they are sent. 

All incoming mail will be checked for contraband before given to the inmate. If contraband is found, it will be properly discarded. 

Inmates can receive books, newspapers, and magazines. These items must be sent to the prison directly from the publisher. Sites like Amazon can do that. Book cannot be hardcover. All books are required to be paperback.
 

Sending Money

To fund an inmate’s account, you can either send money through MoneyGram, Western Union or by sending a money order to the following address: 

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

If you send a non-postal money order, it will be under a 15-day hold before the funds can be deposited into the inmate’s account. 

Email

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

FCI Tallahassee Admissions & Orientation Handbook

FCI Tallahassee Guía de Admisión y Orientación

FCI Tallahassee Detention Center Admissions & Orientation Handbook

FCI Tallahassee Detention Center Guía de Admisión y Orientación

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. 

List and prices of items sold at the commissary in FCI Tallahassee

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 receive visitors. Make sure that you are on the approved visitors list. If you are not on the approved list, you will be denied visitation. You will need to supply your driver’s license or your state identification card to be permitted into the visitation area. 

Dress Code

When visiting the facility, please dress appropriately. No miniskirts, halter tops, or other clothes not suitable for a job interview. If such clothing is worn, you will be denied visitation.

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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