USP Leavenworth Inmate Search and Prison Information

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

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

USP Leavenworth opened their doors in 1903. Between the main campus and the satellite prison camp, the facility holds around 1,800 male inmates. Nearly 1,400 of them are housed in the main campus, and the other 400 of them are in the satellite prison camp. Even though the facility holds around 1,800 male inmates, it was only originally designed to hold a little over 1,600 in the main campus and around 400 in the satellite prison camp. 

USP Leavenworth was supposed to be a maximum-security prison. However, in 2005 it was downgraded to a medium-security facility. 

USP Leavenworth is situated 25 miles outside of Kansas City, Kansas.

How to Find Someone in USP Leavenworth

USP Leavenworth 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. In order to send the letter to the correct address, you will need to know if the inmate is residing in either the satellite prison camp or in the main campus at USP Leavenworth. 

The main campus mailing address is as follows: 

Inmate Name and Registration Number
USP Leavenworth
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 1000
Leavenworth, KS 66048

The satellite prison camp mailing address is as follows: 

Inmate Name and Registration Number
USP Leavenworth
Satellite Prison Camp
P.O. Box 1000
Leavenworth, KS 66048

Inmates can also receive books, newspapers, and magazines through the mail too. You will need to send them to the correct address above. All books, newspapers, and magazines must be sent directly from a publisher. All books must be paperback. No hardcover books will be accepted.

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 USP Leavenworth 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 USP Leavenworth 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 Leavenworth Admissions & Orientation Handbook

USP Leavenworth 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 USP Leavenworth

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 are permitted to have no more than 5 visitors at a time. As the visiting room starts to get full, the first visitors in will be asked to leave. The prison runs on a first in, first out basis.

Inmates that are housed in the Special Housing Unit can also have visitors. These visits are through video chat. These visits are not to be longer than 2 hours.

Visiting hours vary from the main campus at USP Leavenworth to the satellite prison camp.

How Often Can I Visit?

Inmates start out each month with 24 visiting points. Inmates can cash in one point per hour of visiting times on the weekdays. Inmates can cash in two points per hour on visiting times on the weekends and federal holidays. 

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