FCI Tucson is located within Tucson city limits, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of downtown Tucson.[1]
History
Opened in March 1982, the institution was originally a metropolitan correctional center designed for a capacity of 392 inmates. The staff numbered 237 as of 2002.
In November 2022, an inmate attempted to shoot his wife during a visitation session.[2]
Facility
The facility houses approximately 770 inmates. Males are held in two-person medium security cells, and there is an administrative facility for both male and female offenders. The prison mainly holds pretrial inmates from federal court proceedings in the District of Arizona as well as short term and sentenced inmates awaiting transfer.
Notable inmates (current and former)
†Inmates released prior to 1982 are not listed on the Bureau of Prisons website.
Transferred to the facility in August 2022. Transferred to FCI Big Spring, Texas, in 2024.[6]
Convicted on several state and federal charges relating to the 2020 murder of George Floyd, among other civil rights charges.[7] Chauvin was stabbed by another inmate on November 24, 2023. Prison employees performed "life-saving" measures before Chauvin was taken to a hospital for evaluation and treatment.[8]
Perpetrator of 'Gone Girl' kidnapping. Plead guilty and no contest to kidnapping, burglary, forcible rape, battery, assault, and false imprisonment. Some of crimes detailed in American Nightmare.[9]