USP Marion Inmate Search and Prison Information

The USP Marion is commonly known as the United State Penitentiary, Marion. The facility is a medium-security federal prison in Illinois. The prison is operated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It houses male inmates. 

Adjacent to the United States Penitentiary, Marion is a minimum-security satellite prison camp. The satellite prison camp also houses male inmates. 

USP Marion opened their doors back in 1963. USP Marion was replacing the Alcatraz Island maximum-security federal prison in San Francisco. USP Marion was the first control unit when violence ended up requiring a long lockdown back in 1983.

USP Marion was originally planned to hold a least 500 of the United States most dangerous federal inmates from Alcatraz. This prison administrators wanted to keep this prison as safe and secure as they could while avoiding any incidents like the Alcatraz had went through. 

In 1968 the prison implemented the program known as Control and Rehabilitation Effort also known as CARE. Inmates in the CARE program would spend majority of their time in solitary confinement or in group therapy sessions. 

It was not until 1973, that the “control unit” cells were designed. Inmates in these cells would spend majority of their time in their cells, and they would not have much contact with prison staff or their fellow inmates. 

USP Marion is situated in southern Illinois. 

How to Find Someone in USP Marion

USP Marion 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 in the mail. Inmates can receive books, magazines, and newspapers in the mail too. All magazine, books, and newspapers must be sent to the address below directly from the publisher. All books must be paperback. Hardcover books are not permitted. 

The mailing address for the main campus is as follows: 

Inmate Name and Registration Number
USP Marion
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 1000
Marion, IL 62959

The mailing address for the satellite prison camp is as follows: 

Inmate Name and Registration Number
USP Marion
Satellite Prison Camp
P.O. Box 1000
Marion, IL 62959

Inmates cannot receive unused writing paper, envelopes, or stamps through the mail. If you send these items, they will be discarded. Inmates will be able to purchase this from the prison’s commissary.

Sending Money

You can fund an inmate's commissary account by either using MoneyGram, Western Union, or 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

Email

The last way to stay in touch with an inmate at USP Marion 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.

USP Marion Camp Admissions & Orientation Handbook

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

Visitation at the USP Marion is on Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holiday between the hours of 8am to 3pm. Visitation hours for the main campus and the satellite prison camp are the same. 

Inmates are permitted to have no more than 4 adults and 5 children per visit.  

Visitors over the age of 16 must be able to provide a government ID or a valid photo identification to be allowed in the visitation area. Visitors under the age of 16 must be accompanied by their legal guardian.
 

How Often Can I Visit?

At the beginning of every month, inmates are granted 12 visiting points. Each visit will cost the inmate 2 points.

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