FMC Lexington Inmate Search and Prison Information

FMC Lexington is commonly known as the Federal Medical Center, Lexington. It is a federal prison situated in Kentucky. It houses both female and male inmates that need medical attention or mental health care. 

The facility is an administrative building meaning that it can hold inmates of all five security levels. It is operated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. 

Adjacent to the Federal Medical, Lexington there is a satellite prison camp. The prison camp is a minimum-security facility that houses female inmates. 

The prison opened in May of 1935. It sits on 1,000 acres of land. It was under the name of “United States Narcotic Farm” but changed to “U.S. Public Health Service Hospital” a little while later. 

In 1967, they changed their name once again. This time their name was “National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Research Center.”

The purpose of this facility was to help treat people who went into treatment under their own accord for drug addiction. They were going to treat patients with experimental treatment plans; some of the first kind throughout the United States. 

Throughout the days of the facility, nearly two-thirds of the patients were voluntary. Many chose the institution instead of getting a federal sentence. The other one-third of the patients were not voluntary due to federal charges that either had to do drugs or did not have to do with drugs.

How to Find Someone in FMC Lexington

FMC Lexington 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 back home. The mailing address for the main campus is: 

Inmate Name and Registration Number
FMC Lexington
Federal Medical Center
P.O. Box 14500
Lexington, KY 40512

The mailing address for the satellite prison camp is: 

Inmate Name and Registration Number
FMC Lexington
Satellite Prison Camp
P.O. Box 14525
Lexington, KY 40512

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 FMC Lexington 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 FMC Lexington 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.

List and prices of items sold at the commissary in FMC Lexington

List and prices of items sold at the commissary in FMC Lexington Camp

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

Visiting hours differ from the main campus to the satellite prison camp. Before you can visit inmates in either facility, you must be put on the inmates approved visitor list. Inmates can have a max of 5 visitors at a time.

Visiting hours for the main campus: 

Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays – 2:25 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
Saturdays, Sundays, Federal Holidays – 8:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

Visiting hours for the satellite prison camp:

Fridays – 5:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
Saturdays, Sundays, Federal Holidays – 8:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

How Often Can I Visit?

At the beginning of each month, inmates will have 12 visiting points. They can cash in 2 points for a weekday visit. They can cash in 4 points for a weekend or a federal holiday visit. The satellite prison camp only costs 1 point for Friday visits.

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