Facility Name: | FCI Yazoo City Low |
Facility Type: | Federal Prison |
Address: | 2225 HALEY BARBOUR PARKWAY YAZOO CITY, MS, 39194 |
Phone: | 662-751-4800 |
Email: | YAZ/[email protected] |
Capacity: | 2200 |
Date Established: | 1996 |
Offender Gender: | Male Offenders |
Security Level: | FCI – Low, Camp – Minimum |
BOP Region: | Southeast Region |
Judicial District: | Southern Mississippi |
City: | Yazoo City |
Postal Code: | 39194 |
State: | Mississippi |
County: | Yazoo |
Official Website: | https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/yaz/ |
FCC Yazoo City is also known as the Federal Correctional Complex, Yazoo City. The facility is a federal correctional complex in Mississippi. FCC Yazoo City is operated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The FCC Yazoo City is composed of three facilities at different security levels. These facilities are:
• FCI Yazoo City Low also known as the Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City Low. The facility is a low-security federal prison. Adjacent to the FCI Yazoo City Low is a minimum-security satellite prison camp.
• FCI Yazoo City Medium is also known as the Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City Medium. The facility is a medium-security federal prison.
• USP Yazoo City is also known as the United States Penitentiary, Yazoo City. The facility is a high-security federal prison.
FCC Yazoo City is situated 36 miles away from Jackson, Mississippi.
FCI Yazoo City Low 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.
Inmates at FCC Yazoo City can receive written letters from their family and friends. Inmates can also receive books, magazines and newspapers. However, the books, magazines, and newspapers must be sent directly from the publisher.
Inmates cannot receive care packages from home unless they get prior written approval from their unit supervisor or another authorized prison staff member. Inmates can receive their release clothes and authorized medical equipment.
When sending a letter to an inmate, you cannot send any unused stamps, envelopes, or writing paper. These items are available for purchase at the prison commissary.
FCC Yazoo City has three different facilities. Before sending a letter, you will want to verify what facility the inmate is in to ensure that the letter gets sent to the correct address.
The mailing address for FCI Yazoo City Low is:
Inmate Name and Registration Number
FCI Yazoo City Low
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 5000
Yazoo City, MS 39194
The mailing address for the satellite prison camp is:
Inmate Name and Registration Number
FCI Yazoo City Low
Satellite Prison Camp
P.O. Box 5000
Yazoo City, MS 39194
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
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 Yazoo City Low 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.
The last way to stay in touch with an inmate at FCI Yazoo City Low 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.
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 Yazoo City Low Admissions & Orientation Handbook
FCI Yazoo City Low Guía de Admisión y Orientación
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.
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.
Inmates can receive visitors when they are at the FCC Yazoo City. Visitors will need to be put on the approved visitors list. Inmates can do this, or visitors can fill out the form and turn it in themselves. Visitors will need to leave all personal belongings in the car and only bring in their driver’s license or their state identification card.
Visiting hours vary when it comes to all the facilities. You will need to pay attention to the hours of the facility you will be visiting.
This will depend on what rank the inmate is. There are three ranks:
Here is the point schedule for visitations:
FCI
LSCI
USP
Monday | |
Tuesday | |
Wednesday | |
Thursday | |
Friday | 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM; |
Saturday | 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM;10:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Sunday | 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM;10:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Holiday | 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM;10:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
The visiting starts in first in, first out type of fashion. No new visitors will be allowed in 45 minutes before the end of the visit day. 45 minutes before the end of the visit day officers start escorting those who were first in out of the visitor room.
Refer the map below to find the driving directions
FCI Yazoo City Low has six housing units. Within these housing units are dormitories. Within the dormitories there are two-person cells. There are no individual cells in FCI Yazoo City Low. All inmates will have to share their cell with a fellow inmate.
In the satellite prison camp adjacent to the FCI Yazoo City Low, they have their inmates housed in dormitories.
FCC Yazoo City offers their inmates a variety of services and programs they can partake in. These services and programs include, but not limited to the following:
• Medical Services
• Psychology Services
• Library Services
• Religious Services
• GED Prep
• Recreational Program
• English as a Second Language Program
• Commissary
• Residential Drug Abuse Program
• Drug Education Class
• Non-Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program
• Adult Continuing Education
• Vocational Training
• Apprenticeship Program
• UNICOR Factory
Please note that the Residential Drug Abuse Program is only offered at the FCI Yazoo City Low.