FCI Jesup

Jesup at a glance

Jesup is really three places on one site in southeast Georgia: the FCI (medium security), a Federal Satellite Low (FSL), and a minimum-security prison camp. All three are for men. The visiting days are different for each one, so find out which one your loved one is in.

How many people

1,039 in the FCI and 133 at the camp (BOP, October 29, 2026).

Medical care level 2

Stable outpatients who need to see a clinician anywhere from monthly to every 6 months. Examples the BOP gives: diabetes controlled with medication, epilepsy, emphysema. Click here to read the source: BOP "Institution Care Levels for Medical Assignment," February 13, 2024 (released under FOIA 2024-03455) ↗

Mental health care level 2

Routine outpatient mental health care, or short crisis care such as suicide watch. The BOP does not post care levels on its website. This list is dated February 13, 2024 and came out through a public records request. Click here to read the source: BOP "Institution Care Levels for Medical Assignment," February 13, 2024 (released under FOIA 2024-03455) ↗

Satellite low (FSL)

506 people were counted at the FSL in the BOP's October 29, 2026 population report. The numbers above are for the FCI and camp.

Who is there

Men. On the first day of the 2025 audit, ages ran from 20 to 78 at the FCI, 22 to 77 at the FSL and 24 to 76 at the camp. Click here to read the source: PREA audit report, FCI Jesup (onsite February 11 to 13, 2025) ↗

Built for

808 people at the FCI, 444 at the FSL and 128 at the camp. Click here to read the source: PREA audit report, FCI Jesup (onsite February 11 to 13, 2025) ↗

Average stay

691.2 days at the FCI, 392.8 days at the FSL and 442.1 days at the camp. Click here to read the source: PREA audit report, FCI Jesup (onsite February 11 to 13, 2025) ↗

Counts

Official counts are at 12:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., 5:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. every day, plus 10:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays. The 4:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. and weekend 10:00 a.m. counts are stand-up counts. This is from the 2016 handbook. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Tobacco

Smoke free. Smoking breaks the rules and brings discipline. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

The BOP's own page for FCI Jesup.

Visiting hours and days

The rules give no last-entry time. Camp visitors may not be on the property before 7:30 a.m., and may not get out of their car before 7:45 a.m., or they lose that day's visit. When the room is full, visits can be cut down to a minimum of one hour. In bad weather no one is admitted until the lieutenant says normal operations have resumed.

The rules list no other visiting days. Federal holidays are not mentioned in the 2025 rules. Click here to read the source: JES 5267.09, Visiting Regulations (May 15, 2025) ↗

The BOP's own papers disagree. Jesup's two papers disagree. The visiting rules (May 15, 2025) put FCI visits on Sunday and Monday, and FSL and camp visits on Friday and Saturday. The handbook (revised February 2016) says visiting is Saturday, Sunday, Monday and all federal holidays, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., for everyone. The handbook is older. Also, the rules say 16- and 17-year-olds must be on the list and come with an adult; the handbook says they can come alone with written permission from a parent. Go by the 2025 rules and call 912-427-0870 before you drive.

The BOP beats to its own drum. The front desk has the final say. Keep a spare outfit in the car.

Inmate mailing address

JOHN ANTHONY SMITH-JONES
Reg. No. 12345-678
FCI Jesup
2680 301 South
Jesup, Ga 31599

The handbook gives the mailing address as their committed name, register number and housing unit, then the institution. Ask your loved one for their unit. The 2016 handbook says outgoing mail must carry a mailing label, and most outgoing mail at the FCI is left unsealed so staff can screen it. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Use exactly this address. Jesup has no P.O. Box for inmate mail.

Books and magazines

Hardcover books and newspapers may come only from the publisher, a book club or a bookstore. At a medium security prison, soft-cover books and magazines must also come only from the publisher, a book club or a bookstore. At the camp, soft-cover items other than newspapers may come from any source. Put the sender's address on the outside of the package. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Packages

Packages are usually limited to release clothing and must be approved in advance through their Unit Team. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Stamps

Do not send stamps in with mail to the camp. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Writing to other inmates

Inmate-to-inmate letters (including to people in other prisons and halfway houses) are not allowed without written approval. It is usually limited to immediate family and co-defendants with a case still going. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Legal mail

They may seal their own legal or special mail and hand it to staff directly. Outgoing legal mail is scanned by x-ray and similar machines but is not read. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Money

The mail room will not accept money. Any funds are sent back to you. Money goes to the BOP lockbox in Des Moines, Iowa (see the Money tab). Use their committed name, no nicknames. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Mail room hours

Certified mail and oversized envelopes are handled at the mail room Tuesday and Thursday only. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Books and magazines: at a medium security prison, books and magazines must come straight from a publisher, book club or bookstore (Amazon, for example), never from home.

How to send money to an inmate here

Money never goes to Jesup. It goes to the BOP, and the BOP puts it on their account. There are 3 ways. Each one below shows you the actual form and exactly what to write in each box, already filled in with their name and number.

First, they must sign the power-of-attorney form (BP-A0407) when they arrive. Until they do, MoneyGram and Western Union money cannot post. Click here to read the source: Program Statement 4500.13, Trust Fund/Deposit Fund Manual (May 7, 2026) ↗

1. Postal money order Our pick

"Postal" means the U.S. Post Office. A postal money order is one you buy at the counter of a U.S. Post Office, from the United States Postal Service. Money orders sold at Walmart, a grocery store, a bank, Western Union, MoneyGram or a check-cashing store are not postal money orders.

Why it matters: a postal money order has no hold. Once the BOP's lockbox in Des Moines gets it, it goes on their account. Every other money order and every personal or company check is put on a 15-day hold first, and the 15 days only start when the lockbox receives the envelope. Add the days it spends in the mail, and it can be close to three weeks before they can spend it.Click here to read the source: BOP, Sending money by U.S. mail ↗ Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗ Foreign money orders and checks are held 45 days. The postal money order is also the cheapest way.

The Post Office's own steps

1. Decide the amount. Up to $1,000 in one money order.
2. Go to any Post Office.
3. Bring cash or a debit card. The Post Office does not take credit cards for money orders.
4. Fill it out at the counter with the clerk. Use the boxes below.
5. Pay the amount plus the fee: $2.65 for up to $500, $3.75 for $500.01 to $1,000.
6. Keep your receipt. You need it to track the money order or replace it if it is lost.Click here to read the source: U.S. Postal Service, Money Orders ↗

1. Pay toJOHN ANTHONY SMITH-JONEStheir committed name, exactly as the BOP Inmate Locator shows it
2. Address (under Pay to)Federal Bureau of Prisons, P.O. Box 474701, Des Moines, IA 50947-0001
3. FromMARIA SMITH-JONESyour name
4. Address (under From)123 Main Street, Trenton, NJ 08608your address
5. MemoReg. No. 12345678their 8-digit register number, no dash

Unconfirmed: the BOP does not say in writing what goes on the "Pay to" line. Their name is what families use. The name and number on the envelope are what the BOP requires.

Maria Smith-Jones
123 Main Street
Trenton, NJ 08608

STAMP

Federal Bureau of Prisons
JOHN ANTHONY SMITH-JONES
12345678
Post Office Box 474701
Des Moines, Iowa 50947-0001

Lost it? Tracking and replacing a money order

• Keep the receipt. You need the serial number, post office number and amount to track it at tools.usps.com/money-orders.htm.
• Lost or stolen: take the receipt to any post office and ask for a Money Order Inquiry. It costs $23 and can take up to 60 days.

2. MoneyGram

Posts in about 2 to 4 hours if sent 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern, any day. Up to $300 per payment. In a store, you fill out the blue ExpressPayment form. This is the BOP's own filled-in sample:

1. Company NameFederal Bureau of Prisons
2. City & StateWashington, DC
3. Receive Code7932always the same
4. Account Number of the Bill to Pay12345678SMITHJONESone letter or number per box
5. Amount to Payup to $300
6. Message to Biller or Beneficiary NameJOHN ANTHONY SMITH-JONES

Top section: your own name, address, phone and signature. Pay cash. Keep the receipt with the reference number.

Unconfirmed: some stores now type it into a screen instead of using the paper form. The boxes are the same.

Doing it online or in the MoneyGram app instead

1. Go to moneygram.com (Pay Bills) or the MoneyGram app and log in or sign up.
2. Search the biller 7932 or "Federal Bureau of Prisons."
3. Enter the amount (up to $300) and the account number 12345678SMITHJONES.
4. Pay with a debit or credit card. A credit card can charge a cash-advance fee.

3. Western Union

Posts in about 2 to 4 hours. In a store, ask for the Quick Collect form ("To Send Money Form for Bill Payments"). Do not ask for a regular money transfer. This is a real Quick Collect form filled in with the BOP's values:

1. Dollar Amountyour amount
2. Pay toFederal Bureau of Prisons
3. Code CityFBOP, DC
4. AttentionJOHN ANTHONY SMITH-JONES
5. Account # with Company (in the SENDER section: this is where people get lost)12345678SMITHJONES

Leave Promo Code blank. Put your own name, phone and address in the rest of the Sender section and sign at 3. Pay cash (some stores take debit). You get a 10-digit tracking number (MTCN). Keep it.

Unconfirmed: some stores have the blue Quick Collect form, some a "Pay a Bill" section, and some a phone to an agent.

Doing it online (Send2Corrections), screen by screen

You need a photo ID to set up the account: your name must match your ID exactly.

1. Go to send2corrections.com or the Send2Corrections app. Log in or register.
2. "Who are you sending to?" Choose the facility Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP DC).
3. Receiver first name, middle name (optional), last name: exactly as the BOP has it.
4. Commissary number: type only the 8 digits, 12345678. No dash, no name. The site adds the last name itself and shows the full account number in a grey box you cannot type in.
5. Ignore the pop-up that says "BOP number will not work." That text shows for every prison. The register number is what works.
6. Amount: $1 to $300. Pay by card, or choose "Pay Cash (in-store)" and pay at a Western Union counter within 12 hours, or it cancels.

Hyphenated last name? The site drops the hyphen: Smith-Jones becomes 12345678SMITHJONES.

Money sent to the wrong person is not returned by Western Union. Western Union payments cannot be changed after they are sent.

Commissary: what they can spend

Jesup's handbook (February 2016) says the spending limit is $160.00 every two weeks, reset on the 1st and 15th of the month. Stamps and medicine are not counted. National BOP policy (PS 4500.13, May 7, 2026) is now $460 a month, plus $50 more in November and December. Jesup's handbook is ten years old and has not caught up. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗ Click here to read the source: Program Statement 4500.13, Trust Fund/Deposit Fund Manual (May 7, 2026) ↗

The price list: Jesup's official list is a scan or an older layout we could not turn into a reliable searchable list, so we don't retype prices we can't be sure of. Click here to read the source: FCI Jesup Commissary List (dated July 3, 2013) ↗

Phone calls and email

Minutes

The 2016 handbook says they can call collect or by debit up to 300 minutes per calendar month. Calls on the unit phones are paid for with money moved from their commissary account. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Hours

Phones work 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. every day, except during counts and not so as to interfere with work. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Contacts

Their call list is made in TRULINCS and holds up to 30 phone numbers. They can only call people on the list. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Rules

Calls are monitored and recorded. No three-way calls, conference calls, call forwarding, or using another person's PAC (phone access code). A new PAC costs $5.00. Calls to a lawyer are collect only, and unmonitored legal calls need the Unit Manager's approval. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

They have to add your number and email to their list first. Emails come through CorrLinks: you get an invitation by email once they add you.

Health care at Jesup

Medical care level 2 and mental health care level 2 (of 4). Stable outpatients who need to see a clinician anywhere from monthly to every 6 months. Examples the BOP gives: diabetes controlled with medication, epilepsy, emphysema. Click here to read the source: BOP "Institution Care Levels for Medical Assignment," February 13, 2024 (released under FOIA 2024-03455) ↗

Sick call

Sign-up is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (not holidays). Camp: 6:00 a.m. FSL: 11:15 a.m. FCI: the 7:40 a.m. work call move. They bring their ID card and the reason. This is from the 2016 handbook. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Staff on site

Health Services clinical staff are on site 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., 7 days a week. Emergency care is available 24 hours a day. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

If they get sick later

Hurt or sick at work: tell the work supervisor. After clinic hours: tell the unit officer. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Dental

Dental sick-call forms are handed in at regular sick call and passed to the dentist. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Co-pay

$2.00 for each visit they ask for. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Special Housing Unit

Sick call requests are handed out by the Special Housing staff and collected during Health Services' daily rounds. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

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Programs

RDAP (drug program; can mean up to a year off for those eligible)

The BOP's RDAP list (updated June 4, 2026) names FSL Jesup. The 2016 handbook says RDAP is at the FSL, runs at least 500 hours over 9 to 12 months, and that people who qualify are transferred to a prison that has it. Those who qualify and meet the rules may get up to a 12-month sentence reduction and 6 months in a halfway house. How to ask: send an Inmate Request to Staff Member to the Drug Abuse Programs mailbox. Click here to read the source: First Step Act Approved Programs Guide (May 2026) ↗

Other drug programs

Drug Abuse Education (required for some people; refusing it keeps them at the lowest pay grade) and the Non-Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (small groups that meet once a week for 12 to 24 weeks). Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

UNICOR (prison factory)

The BOP's program guide lists Jesup (JES) among the prisons that may have Federal Prison Industries work. UNICOR has its own pay scale. Click here to read the source: First Step Act Approved Programs Guide (May 2026) ↗

Pay

Grade 1 is $0.40 an hour, grade 2 $0.29, grade 3 $0.17, grade 4 $0.12. Maintenance pay is $5.25 a month. Without a GED they cannot move up past grade 4. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Education

GED, English as a Second Language, Adult Continuing Education (commercial driver's license course, legal research, Spanish, basic finance, resume writing, parenting) and college correspondence courses. A mock job fair is held at least once a year. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Programs Jesup does not have

The Challenge Program, sex offender treatment, the Brave Program, the Skills Program and the Habilitation Program. They may transfer if they qualify. Click here to read the source: FCI/FSL/FPC Jesup Admission and Orientation Handbook (revised February 2016) ↗

Jesup's handbook is from 2016 and describes programs as they were then. The BOP's First Step Act guide (May 2026) lists FSL Jesup for RDAP and Jesup for Federal Prison Industries work. Whether those programs are running today is unconfirmed. Click here to read the source: First Step Act Approved Programs Guide (May 2026) ↗

Safety record

Criminal cases at Jesup

• September 17, 2026A former Jesup corrections officer and inmates were sentenced in a scheme to smuggle contraband into the prison. (WTOC)
• July 3, 2026Two inmates were recaptured after a brief escape from the prison. (WSAV-TV)
• February 3, 2026A former Jesup corrections officer pleaded guilty to accepting $80,000 in bribes and money laundering. (WSAV-TV)
• May 26, 2026A man was found missing from the satellite camp. The U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI were notified. (BOP press release)
• February 2025A 25-year-old inmate died at the federal prison, local news reported. (WJCL)

Deaths announced by the BOP

• February 24, 2026A 66-year-old man was found unresponsive at about 5:30 a.m., taken to a hospital, and pronounced dead on February 26. The FBI was notified. Click here to read the source: BOP press release, "Death at FCI Jesup," February 27, 2026 ↗
• November 2020 to January 2021A 38-year-old man tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2020 and died in January 2021 after chest pains. The BOP announced it January 12, 2021. Click here to read the source: BOP press release, "Inmate Death at FCI Jesup," January 12, 2021 ↗
• July 2020A 61-year-old man at the satellite camp tested positive for COVID-19 and died July 22, 2020. The BOP announced it July 23, 2020. Click here to read the source: BOP press release, "Inmate Death at FCI Jesup's Satellite Camp," July 23, 2020 ↗

These are deaths the BOP announced in a press release. The BOP does not publish a full count of deaths at each prison, so this is not a total.

Sexual abuse audit (PREA)

The last federal sexual-abuse (PREA) audit visited Jesup February 11 to 13, 2025. Result: 0 standards exceeded, 45 met, 0 not met. In the 12 months before the audit, Jesup recorded 13 sexual-abuse allegations (3 against staff, 10 against other inmates) and 10 sexual-harassment allegations (2 against staff, 8 against other inmates). Click here to read the source: PREA audit report, FCI Jesup (onsite February 11 to 13, 2025) ↗

An allegation is a report, not a finding. The audit counts reports made, not what investigators concluded.

News about Jesup

• FCI Jesup without phone service due to severed cableWSAV-TV · Sep 23, 2026
• Employees at FCI Jesup taken to hospital following possible exposure to unknown substanceWTOC · Aug 28, 2026
• FBI: Federal inmate who escaped Jesup prison camp believed to be in MexicoWJCL · Jul 28, 2026
• Authorities recapture 2 inmates after brief escape from FCI JesupWTOC · Jul 3, 2026
• FBI offering reward for inmate who escaped federal prison in Jesup11Alive.com · Jun 3, 2026
• Federal authorities search for inmate who escaped from Jesup prison campWJCL · May 28, 2026
• Former Jesup prison officer pleads guilty to accepting $80,000 in bribesWTOC · Feb 3, 2026
• Former funeral home owner Cody Anderson reports for federal prison in Jesup, GeorgiaPost and Courier · Jan 6, 2026
• 25-year-old inmate dies at federal prison in JesupWJCL · Feb 25, 2025

Stories from news outlets that name FCI Jesup, checked every day. Last updated Nov 3, 2026, 8:11 am ET. We link to the original story; we did not write these.

Intel from the Inside

Intel last checked: November 3, 2026

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