BOP is Closing Several FPC and FCI Prison Facilities

The Bureau of Prisons is ‘deactivating’ its Duluth Federal Prison Camp. “The FBOP faces several significant challenges, including a critical staffing shortage, crumbling infrastructure, and limited budgetary resources” (a BOP press release noted). BOP is also closing additional facilities including prison camps and a federal correctional institution due to infrastructure concerns and related inefficiencies.

It is deactivating three satellite camps, with employees reassigned to other federal correctional institutions – and suspending operations at minimum-security satellite camps adjacent to federal prisons in Oxford WI, Littleton CO and Loretto, PA – in addition to FPC Morgantown WV and FPC Pensacola FL. The Bureau of Prisons said it was taking “decisive and strategic action” to address “significant challenges, including a critical staffing shortage, crumbling infrastructure and limited budgetary resources.” 

– The Bureau of Prisons said the buildings at its Pensacola camp, which are owned by the Navy, are in “significant disrepair” and will be demolished after about 500 prisoners and 100 staff members are relocated to other facilities.

– The Duluth camp is also plagued by “aging and dilapidated infrastructure,” including several condemned buildings that are contaminated with asbestos and lead paint, the agency said. About 736 inmates and 90 staff members will be moved to other facilities.

– The Morgantown camp is closing and about 400 inmates and 150 employees will be relocated to “maximize existing resources” at the federal prison complex in Hazelton, West Virginia, about 23 miles away.

Bureau of Prisons Plans to Deactivate Duluth Federal Prison Camp / WDIO/ABC Duluth MN
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/top-stories/bureau-of-prisons-plans-to-deactivate-duluth-federal-prison-camp/

The U.S. Government is Closing a Women’s Prison and Other Facilities After Years of Abuseand Decay / Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-12-05/the-us-government-is-closing-a-womens-prison-and-other-facilities-after-years-of-abuse-and-decay

U.S. Government to Close Women’s Prison Known for Abuse, 6 Other Facilities / Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/prison-us-government-abuse-close-down-1996434