# Federal prisons in South Carolina

**Nothing suspended in South Carolina right now.** Visiting is running at every South Carolina facility I watch, as far as the BOP's own data admits.

Checked 2 minutes ago. I poll the BOP (the federal Bureau of Prisons)'s own data for all 7 of these every five minutes. The BOP under-reports, so quiet means they have not said anything, not that nothing is happening.

South Carolina has 4 federal institutions across 4 towns. Counting the camps and detention centers attached to them, that is 7 separate places somebody can be designated to: 3 camps, 1 low, and 3 mediums. Each one has its own page here.

Security level is the first thing that matters, because it decides almost everything else: whether there is a fence, whether visiting is a room or a table outside, how much movement there is, and what the days look like. Where somebody lands in South Carolina is not a choice anybody gets to make, but it is worth knowing what the options are.

## Every federal facility in South Carolina

Camps and detention centers sit under the prison they belong to, because that is what they are: a satellite unit on the same grounds, run by the same staff, with its own security level and its own rules about visiting.

| Facility | Security | Holds | Where | Visiting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [FCI Bennettsville](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/ben-fci-bennettsville-federal-correctional-institution-south-carolina) | Medium | Men | Bennettsville, SC | Running |
| — [FCI Bennettsville Camp](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/ben-camp-fci-bennettsville-camp-federal-prison-camp-south-carolina) | Minimum | Men | Bennettsville, SC | Running |
| [FCI Edgefield](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/edg-fci-edgefield-federal-correctional-institution-south-carolina) | Medium | Men | Edgefield, SC | Running |
| — [FCI Edgefield Camp](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/edg-camp-fci-edgefield-camp-federal-prison-camp-south-carolina) | Minimum | Men | Edgefield, SC | Running |
| [FCI Estill](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/est-fci-estill-federal-correctional-institution-south-carolina) | Low | Women | Estill, SC | Running |
| [FCI Williamsburg](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/wil-fci-williamsburg-federal-correctional-institution-south-carolina) | Medium | Men | Salters, SC | Running |
| — [FCI Williamsburg Camp](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/wil-camp-fci-williamsburg-camp-federal-prison-camp-south-carolina) | Minimum | Men | Salters, SC | Running |

Visiting status is the BOP's public data, not a schedule. A facility running today can suspend tomorrow without warning, and the suspension usually shows up in the data before it shows up on a phone call. Each facility's page carries its own day-by-day record.

## The camps in South Carolina

A camp is minimum security: no fence, open bay housing, and the most freedom of movement the Bureau hands out. It is also the level most people picture when they think "federal prison camp," and the level most first-time white-collar defendants are hoping for. Nobody chooses it. The [designation score](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/bop-program-statements/5100-08-inmate-security-designation-and-custody-classification) does, and you can [work the score out yourself](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/bop-pattern-score-calculator) before anybody tells you.

- [FCI Bennettsville Camp](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/ben-camp-fci-bennettsville-camp-federal-prison-camp-south-carolina) · Bennettsville, SC
- [FCI Edgefield Camp](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/edg-camp-fci-edgefield-camp-federal-prison-camp-south-carolina) · Edgefield, SC
- [FCI Williamsburg Camp](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/wil-camp-fci-williamsburg-camp-federal-prison-camp-south-carolina) · Salters, SC

## Where women go in South Carolina

There are far fewer federal facilities for women than for men, which is why women get designated further from home on average. These are the South Carolina options.

- [FCI Estill](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/est-fci-estill-federal-correctional-institution-south-carolina) · Low security · Women

## Where this comes from

The addresses, phone numbers, security levels and visiting status are the Bureau's own published data, re-read every five minutes. 5 of these facilities also have an admission and orientation handbook behind the page, which is where the facility-specific answers about mail, money and visiting come from. Everything else on a facility page is general to that security level, and it says so where it is.

Unknown means unknown. I would rather show a blank than a guess, and the facility pages do. If you have done time at one of these or visited somebody there, [tell me what I have wrong](mailto:hello@federalprisondude.com?subject=South%20Carolina%20facility%20intel).

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