FCI Berlin (minimum-security camp)

FCI Berlin. Public domain photograph, via Wikimedia Commons.

FCI Berlin is a minimum-security satellite camp for men in Berlin, New Hampshire, operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It held about 45 people as of November 2025. It does not offer the Residential Drug Abuse Program. The institution's main number is 603-342-4000.

MALE

Gender

MINIMUM

Security Level

45

Population (Nov. 2025)

No RDAP

Location

Physical location: BERLIN, NH 3570

Mailing address: 1 SUCCESS LOOP ROAD, BERLIN, NH 03570

Visitation

There are many specific rules and procedures to be aware of when you're considering visiting the institution. Read more on our Visitation Guide.

For full, current visiting rules and scheduling, always check the institution's official page on the Bureau of Prisons website: Official BOP Page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does FCI Berlin allow conjugal visits?

No. FCI Berlin does not allow conjugal visits. The Federal Bureau of Prisons does not permit conjugal visits at any facility regardless of security level. This includes all minimum-security federal prison camps, low-security FCIs, medium-security facilities, and high-security USPs. Only four state prison systems (California, Connecticut, New York, and Washington) allow conjugal visits for state prisoners. Federal inmates have no access to conjugal or extended family visits anywhere in the BOP system.

Q: What types of visitation are allowed at FCI Berlin?

FCI Berlin allows contact visits during designated visiting hours, typically on weekends and holidays. Contact visits permit brief embraces at the start and end of visits, but prolonged physical contact is not allowed. All visits occur in supervised visiting rooms. Visitors must be pre-approved through a background check process and must follow dress code requirements. For full details, see the Visiting Policies and Procedures page.

Daily life and programs

The Federal Correctional Institution, Berlin operates a minimum-security satellite prison camp for men adjacent to its medium-security main institution in Berlin, New Hampshire, deep in Coos County roughly 115 miles north of Concord and about 95 miles northwest of Portland, Maine. The complex was built at a cost exceeding 270 million dollars, with construction completed in 2010, but federal budget delays held up activation until it officially opened on October 21, 2012, as the Bureau of Prisons' 118th facility. The main institution is rated for about 1,152 medium-security men, while the adjacent camp is designed for roughly 128 minimum-security men at full capacity. Reported camp populations have run well below that ceiling in practice, with secondary sources citing figures such as 31 in September 2023 and around 54 in other counts.

The Berlin facility operates as a minimum-security camp without perimeter walls or fences, a layout that reflects the low flight risk of the men held there. The population is limited entirely to sentenced men who are not judged to be a public-safety threat or a flight risk, and they reside in open dormitory-style quarters instead of cells. Reported ages of the men range from roughly the early twenties into the seventies, with their average length of stay cited at around 620 days. Residents experience relaxed movement and security protocols compared with the main medium-security institution, and some individuals qualify for work details that take them outside the secure perimeter of the main compound.

Operating primarily as a labor pool, the camp supports the higher-security main institution. Men assigned to the camp are typically detailed to laundry, facility maintenance, landscaping and grounds upkeep, and food service and kitchen duty. Across the complex, institutional work assignments pay in the range of roughly 0.12 to 0.40 dollars per hour. Consistent reporting on industrial work indicates that FCI Berlin does not host a UNICOR (Federal Prison Industries) factory operation, so camp labor centers on the institution's own upkeep rather than a prison-industries plant. New arrivals undergo an intake screening that includes a social review by Unit Management, a medical screening by Health Services, and a mental-health screening. Additionally, the facility provides chronic care, routine and emergency dental and medical care, and preventive and restorative services.

Programming available across the complex includes educational and vocational classes, recreation, religious services, and psychology and mental-health services. The far-northern New Hampshire setting shapes daily life, as a long cold season pushes recreation indoors to gymnasiums for much of the year and can complicate winter family visits given the remote location. Reporting on the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) at Berlin is conflicting. Several secondary guides state that FCI Berlin does not currently offer RDAP, while other sources describe drug-treatment programming being available, so RDAP availability at this specific site should be confirmed directly with the Bureau of Prisons. In 2025 the broader FCI Berlin complex also began holding federal immigration (ICE) detainees, marking a facility-level development distinct from the traditional sentenced-inmate camp population.