Tucson Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Tucson) is a prison

Prison

A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

 complex operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a federal law enforcement agency subdivision of the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. The system also handles prisoners who committed acts considered felonies under the District of Columbia's...

. Located 10 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

 near Interstate 10

Interstate 10

Interstate 10 is the fourth-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90, I-80, and I-40. It is the southernmost east–west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway, although I-4 and I-8 are further south. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 in Santa Monica,...

 on Wilmot Road, the complex consists of:

• Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson
  Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson
  The Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson is a prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in the state of Arizona. Located 10 miles southeast of Tucson near Interstate 10 and Wilmot Road, the medium security institution is part of a larger Federal Correctional Complex that also includes a...
  
   - a medium security facility opened in 1982
• United States Penitentiary, Tucson
  United States Penitentiary, Tucson
  United States Penitentiary, Tucson is a prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons located in Tucson, Arizona. Located southeast of Downtown Tucson near Interstate 10 and Wilmot Road, the institution is part of a larger Federal Correctional Complex that includes Federal Correctional...
  
   - a high security facility opened in 2007 with a minimum security satellite camp

About 520 employees are required to staff the entire federal complex with additional labor provided by the minimum-security camp. The opening of the U.S. Penitentiary in February 2007 worsened a local shortage of prison officers, drawing some staff away from the nearby state prison complex

Arizona State Prison Complex - Tucson

Arizona State Prison Complex – Tucson is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections . ASPC-Tucson is located in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, 127 miles south from the state capital of Phoenix, Arizona....

 operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections

Arizona Department of Corrections

The Arizona Department of Corrections is in charge of the incarceration of inmates in 10 prisons in the U.S. state of Arizona. As of April 2009, the ADC manages over 40,191 imprisoned inmates and over 7,216 inmates who have been paroled or that are statutorily released. ADC is also in involved in...

, also on Wilmot Road.

See also

• List of U.S. federal prisons
• Arizona State Prison Complex – Tucson

External links

• FCC Tucson at the Federal Bureau of Prisons
  Federal Bureau of Prisons
  The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a federal law enforcement agency subdivision of the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. The system also handles prisoners who committed acts considered felonies under the District of Columbia's...
  
  (Official site)