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Lockdown alerts

Federal prison lockdown alerts: know when visiting stops

The BOP publishes an operations level for every facility and I check it every five minutes. Pick the facilities you care about and you'll get one email when a visiting suspension starts and one when it lifts. No newsletter, no drip sequence, nothing else, ever.

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Facilities to watch

FPC Alderson (WV)

FCI Aliceville (AL)

FCI Aliceville Camp (AL)

FCC Allenwood (PA)

USP Allenwood (PA)

FCI Allenwood Low (PA)

FCI Allenwood Medium (PA)

FCI Ashland (KY)

FCI Ashland Camp (KY)

FCI Atlanta (GA)

FCI Atlanta Detention Center (GA)

USP Atwater (CA)

USP Atwater Camp (CA)

FCI Bastrop (TX)

FCI Bastrop Camp (TX)

FCC Beaumont (TX)

USP Beaumont (TX)

FCI Beaumont Low (TX)

FCI Beaumont Low Camp (TX)

FCI Beaumont Medium (TX)

FCI Beckley (WV)

FCI Beckley Camp (WV)

FCI Bennettsville (SC)

FCI Bennettsville Camp (SC)

FCI Berlin (NH)

FCI Berlin Camp (NH)

USP Big Sandy (KY)

USP Big Sandy Camp (KY)

FCI Big Spring (TX)

FCI Big Spring Camp (TX)

MDC Brooklyn (NY)

FPC Bryan (TX)

FCC Butner (NC)

FMC Butner (NC)

FCI Butner Low (NC)

FCI Butner Medium I (NC)

FCI Butner Medium I Camp (NC)

FCI Butner Medium II (NC)

USP Canaan (PA)

USP Canaan Camp (PA)

FMC Carswell (TX)

FMC Carswell Camp (TX)

MCC Chicago (IL)

FCC Coleman (FL)

USP Coleman I (FL)

USP Coleman II (FL)

FCI Coleman Low (FL)

FCI Coleman Low Camp (FL)

FCI Coleman Medium (FL)

FCI Cumberland (MD)

FCI Cumberland Camp (MD)

FCI Danbury (CT)

FCI Danbury Camp (CT)

FMC Devens (MA)

FMC Devens Camp (MA)

FPC Duluth (MN)

FCI Edgefield (SC)

FCI Edgefield Camp (SC)

FCI Elkton (OH)

FCI Elkton Satellite Low (OH)

FCI El Reno (OK)

FCI El Reno Camp (OK)

FCI Englewood (CO)

FCI Englewood Detention Center (CO)

FCI Estill (SC)

FCI Fairton (NJ)

FCI Fairton Camp (NJ)

FCI Fairton Detention Center (NJ)

FCC Florence (CO)

FCI Florence (CO)

USP Florence ADMAX (CO)

FCI Florence Camp (CO)

USP Florence - High (CO)

FCC Forrest City (AR)

FCI Forrest City Low (AR)

FCI Forrest City Low Camp (AR)

FCI Forrest City Medium (AR)

FCI Fort Dix (NJ)

FCI Fort Dix Camp (NJ)

FMC Fort Worth (TX)

FMC Fort Worth Detention Center (TX)

FCI Gilmer (WV)

FCI Gilmer Camp (WV)

FCI Greenville (IL)

FCI Greenville Camp (IL)

MDC Guaynabo (PR)

FCC Hazelton (WV)

FCI Hazelton (WV)

USP Hazelton (WV)

USP Hazelton Camp (WV)

FCI Hazelton Secure Female Facility (WV)

FCI Herlong (CA)

FCI Herlong Camp (CA)

FDC Honolulu (HI)

FDC Houston (TX)

FCI Jesup (GA)

FCI Jesup Camp (GA)

FCI Jesup Satellite Low (GA)

FCI La Tuna (TX)

FCI La Tuna Camp (TX)

FCI Leavenworth (KS)

FCI Leavenworth Camp (KS)

USP Lee (VA)

USP Lee Camp (VA)

FCI Lewisburg (PA)

FCI Lewisburg Camp (PA)

FMC Lexington (KY)

FMC Lexington Camp (KY)

FCC Lompoc (CA)

FCI Lompoc I (CA)

FCI Lompoc II (CA)

FCI Lompoc II Camp (CA)

FCI Loretto (PA)

MDC Los Angeles (CA)

FCI Manchester (KY)

FCI Manchester Camp (KY)

FCI Marianna (FL)

FCI Marianna Camp (FL)

FCI Marion (IL)

FCI Marion Camp (IL)

USP McCreary (KY)

USP McCreary Camp (KY)

FCI McDowell (WV)

FCI McDowell Camp (WV)

FCI McKean (PA)

FCI McKean Camp (PA)

FCI Memphis (TN)

FCI Memphis Detention Center (TN)

FCI Mendota (CA)

FCI Mendota Camp (CA)

FCI Miami (FL)

FDC Miami (FL)

FCI Miami Camp (FL)

FCI Milan (MI)

FCI Milan Detention Center (MI)

FPC Montgomery (AL)

FPC Morgantown (WV)

FCC Oakdale (LA)

FCI Oakdale I (LA)

FCI Oakdale II (LA)

FCI Oakdale II Camp (LA)

FTC Oklahoma City (OK)

FCI Otisville (NY)

FCI Otisville Camp (NY)

FCI Otisville Detention Center (NY)

FCI Oxford (WI)

FCI Pekin (IL)

FCI Pekin Camp (IL)

FCC Petersburg (VA)

FCI Petersburg Low (VA)

FCI Petersburg Low Camp (VA)

FCI Petersburg Medium (VA)

FDC Philadelphia (PA)

FCI Phoenix (AZ)

FCI Phoenix Camp (AZ)

FCI Phoenix Detention Center (AZ)

FCC Pollock (LA)

FCI Pollock (LA)

USP Pollock (LA)

FCI Pollock Camp (LA)

FCI Ray Brook (NY)

FCI Ray Brook Detention Center (NY)

FMC Rochester (MN)

FCI Safford (AZ)

MCC San Diego (CA)

FCI Sandstone (MN)

FCI Schuylkill (PA)

FCI Schuylkill Camp (PA)

FCI Seagoville (TX)

FCI Seagoville Camp (TX)

FCI Seagoville Detention Center (TX)

FDC SeaTac (WA)

FCI Sheridan (OR)

FCI Sheridan Camp (OR)

FCI Sheridan Detention Center (OR)

MCFP Springfield (MO)

FCI Talladega (AL)

FCI Talladega Camp (AL)

FCI Tallahassee (FL)

FCI Tallahassee Detention Center (FL)

FCC Terre Haute (IN)

FCI Terre Haute (IN)

USP Terre Haute (IN)

FCI Terre Haute Camp (IN)

FCI Texarkana (TX)

FCI Texarkana Camp (TX)

FCI Thomson (IL)

FCI Thomson Camp (IL)

FCI Three Rivers (TX)

FCI Three Rivers Camp (TX)

FCC Tucson (AZ)

FCI Tucson (AZ)

USP Tucson (AZ)

USP Tucson Camp (AZ)

FCI Tucson Detention Center (AZ)

FCC Victorville (CA)

USP Victorville (CA)

FCI Victorville Medium I (CA)

FCI Victorville Medium I Camp (CA)

FCI Victorville Medium II (CA)

FCI Waseca (MN)

FCI Williamsburg (SC)

FCI Williamsburg Camp (SC)

FPC Yankton (SD)

FCC Yazoo City (MS)

FCI Yazoo City Low (MS)

FCI Yazoo City Low Camp (MS)

FCI Yazoo City Low II (MS)

FCI Yazoo City Medium (MS)

Nothing matches. Try the state name or the shorter facility name.

Alerts come from the BOP's public data plus family reports I've been able to stand behind. The BOP under-reports disruptions; an email from me means it's on the record, but silence doesn't guarantee all is well.

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