FCI Elkton (low-security)
FCI Elkton is a low-security federal correctional institution for men in Lisbon, Ohio, operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It held about 1,591 people as of November 2025. The institution's main number is 330-420-6200.
Location
Physical location: LISBON, OH 44432
Mailing address: 8730 SCROGGS ROAD, LISBON, OH 44432
Visitation
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Daily life and programs
Located roughly 45 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, the Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton (FCI Elkton) is a low-security U.S. federal prison for male inmates situated within Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. The facility's mailing address places it near the villages of Elkton and Lisbon. Opened in 1997, the institution operates within the Bureau of Prisons' Northeast Region. The site features a main low-security institution as well as an adjacent minimum-security satellite prison camp. Together, the complex is rated to house about 2,088 men, with roughly 483 of those beds located in the camp. The facility's population has typically run in the range of about 2,000 to 2,400. Furthermore, FCI Elkton functions as a Sex Offender Management Program (SOMP) facility. Based on prison-consultant descriptions, a large share of the population, commonly cited at around 40 percent, is incarcerated for a current or prior sexual offense. This specialized demographic shapes both the available programming and the size of the psychology department.
Rather than utilizing individual cells, housing at the low-security institution follows the standard Bureau pattern of cubicle and open-dormitory units. Institutional security is maintained through controlled movement and multiple inmate counts conducted across each day and night. Daily life centers on a work assignment, which can include food service, facilities and grounds maintenance, orderly jobs, or the institution's Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR) operation. Elkton's UNICOR has run a data and document services factory handling proofreading and editing work, representing one of the higher-paying jobs available inside. Standard institution wages otherwise range from roughly 12 cents to a bit over a dollar per hour. Observers describe Elkton as a comparatively low-violence low-security prison where serious fights are relatively infrequent, though staffing shortages have periodically been raised as a concern by the officers' union.
The signature rehabilitative program at Elkton is the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), which operates as the Bureau's roughly nine-month, 500-hour residential treatment track. Eligible inmates who complete RDAP and meet the criteria can earn up to twelve months off their sentence, which makes a bed at an RDAP institution highly sought after. The facility also offers standard education services including GED and adult continuing education, as well as vocational and release-preparation programming. Consistent with its SOMP designation, Elkton provides sex-offender treatment alongside an expanded psychology presence. First Step Act programming and earned-time credits are administered here as at other low-security institutions.
FCI Elkton drew national attention in the spring of 2020 as one of the deadliest early COVID-19 outbreaks in the federal prison system. By May 2020 the institution had reported nine inmate deaths, at the time the highest total of any single federal prison, with dozens of inmates and staff testing positive. The outbreak prompted the class-action case Wilson v. Williams (N.D. Ohio, No. 4:20-cv-00794), in which Judge James Gwin issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Bureau to identify and evaluate medically vulnerable inmates for transfer or release; the Sixth Circuit vacated that injunction on June 9, 2020, and the litigation reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which had earlier stayed part of the order. About 40 Ohio National Guard medical personnel were deployed to the prison for roughly three weeks in April 2020 to fill critical staffing and care gaps during the crisis.
Notable inmates
| Name | Sentence | Offense | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Householder | 20 years (maximum), imposed June 2023 | Racketeering (RICO) in the Ohio HB6 / FirstEnergy nuclear bribery scandal, the largest public-corruption case in Ohio history | Incarcerated at FCI Elkton; projected release ~2040 |
| Jimmy Dimora[1] | 28 years | Public corruption, racketeering and bribery as a Cuyahoga County (Ohio) commissioner | Transferred to FCI Elkton (reg. 56275-060) |
| J. Alexander Kueng[2] | 3 years federal (concurrent state term) | Former Minneapolis officer; federal civil-rights violation and aiding-and-abetting manslaughter in the murder of George Floyd | Released from FCI Elkton in January 2025 |
| Billy McFarland | 6 years | Wire fraud tied to the fraudulent Fyre Festival (defrauded investors of roughly $27 million) | Served at FCI Elkton (placed in the SHU in 2020 after recording a podcast), later transferred; released 2022 |
| Quando Rondo (Tyquian Terrel Bowman)[3] | 33 months | Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana (federal drug conspiracy) | Self-surrendered to FCI Elkton in January 2025 (reg. 90880-510) |
| Glenn Duffie Shriver | 4 years | Conspiracy to communicate national defense information; took money from Chinese intelligence while attempting to gain a U.S. government/CIA position | Served at FCI Elkton (reg. 44634-039); released 2013 |
References
- ↑ "Jimmy Dimora". '. Retrieved 2026-07-07.
- ↑ "J. Alexander Kueng". '. Retrieved 2026-07-07.
- ↑ "Quando Rondo (Tyquian Terrel Bowman)". '. Retrieved 2026-07-07.