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Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson

Medium-security prison in Arizona, US

Summary

Medium-security prison in Arizona, US

Field	Value
prison_name	Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson
image	Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson.jpg
image_size	250
location	Tucson, Arizona
coordinates
status	Operational
classification	Medium security
population	795
opened	1982
managed_by	Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson (FCI Tucson) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates with an administrative facility for male and female offenders. It is part of the Tucson Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Tucson) and operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

FCI Tucson is located within Tucson city limits, 10 mi southeast of downtown Tucson.

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.

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.

Inmate Name	Register Number	Photo	Status	Details
Charles Keating	97188-012		Released from custody in 1998; served 5 years.	Owner of the now-defunct Lincoln Savings and Loan Association; pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud and wire fraud for stealing nearly $1 million from the company prior to its failure in 1989, which cost taxpayers $3.4 billion.
Manuel Henriquez	86705-054		Served a 6-month sentence, released on April 25, 2021.	Pleaded guilty to fraud and bribery, Charged in connection with the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal
Don Black	16692-034		Served a 2 year sentence transferred to FCI, Big Spring; released November 15, 1984	Violation of the Neutrality Act.
Derek Chauvin	47849-509		Transferred to the facility in August 2022. Transferred to FCI Big Spring, Texas, in 2024.	Convicted on several state and federal charges relating to the 2020 murder of George Floyd, among other civil rights charges. 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.
Matthew Muller	72875-097	[[File:Matthew Muller Mugshot, Dublin, California, June 9, 2015.jpg	80px]]	Scheduled release in 2049.	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.

References

"BOP: FCI Tucson". Bop.gov.
(15 November 2022). "Feds to review security after inmate tries to shoot visitor at Tucson correctional institution". The Arizona Republic.
Shain, Jeff. (October 3, 1996). "Charles Keating Released From Jail".
E. Scott Reckard. (April 7, 1999). "Keating Pleads Guilty to Fraud; Legal Saga Ends". Los Angeles Times.
(November 29, 1982). "Ku Klux Klan leader not going to Mexican-dominated jail".
(August 20, 2024). "Ex-officer convicted in George Floyd's killing is moved to new prison months after stabbing".
(2022-08-25). "Derek Chauvin transferred to Tucson prison". [[KTVK]].
Sisak, Michael. (November 24, 2023). "Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says". [[Associated Press]].
Jacobs, Eammon. "What happened to Denise Huskins' kidnapper, Matthew Muller? The case was first considered a 'Gone Girl'-style hoax".

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