FCI Jesup (medium-security)

FCI Jesup is a medium-security federal correctional institution for men in Jesup, Georgia, operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It held about 1,072 people as of November 2025. It does not offer the Residential Drug Abuse Program. The institution's main number is 912-427-0870.

MALE

Gender

MEDIUM

Security Level

1072

Population (Nov. 2025)

No RDAP

Location

Physical location: JESUP, GA 31599

Mailing address: 2600 HIGHWAY 301 SOUTH, JESUP, GA 31599

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.

Daily life and programs

Located in the coastal plain of southeast Georgia, FCI Jesup is a medium-security federal prison for adult men situated in Jesup, Wayne County. The property lies roughly 65 miles southwest of Savannah and about 105 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida. The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the facility as part of the agency's Southeast Region. Functioning as the anchor of a small complex, the medium-security main institution is accompanied by an adjacent Federal Satellite Low, which serves as a separate low-security unit, and a minimum-security Federal Prison Camp. Although the three components share the site, they maintain different custody levels. This is a distinction that matters when attributing where any given inmate was actually housed. Reported capacity figures vary by source and year, but the medium institution is commonly cited as having a range of about 1,100 to 1,200 beds. Total site population figures are reported anywhere from roughly 1,300 to 1,600 individuals.

The camp at Jesup initiated operations first in 1989, and the medium-security FCI activated in July 1990. These facilities were a component of the rapid Bureau of Prisons build-out that accompanied the late-1980s expansion of the federal inmate population under mandatory-minimum drug sentencing. A low-security satellite was subsequently added to round out the complex. Over the following decades, Jesup became a routine southeastern designation for medium-custody men. The location drew national attention in mid-2020 when it was publicly named as the reporting site connected to a high-profile political clemency case, and additionally when the Bureau of Prisons reported COVID-19 outbreaks among inmates and staff at the facility.

Daily life at the medium institution adheres to the standard Bureau routine, which requires controlled movement, scheduled counts, and mandatory work or program assignments. Most men maintain an institution job within food service, facilities maintenance, sanitation, education, or the recreation and business offices. Additionally, Jesup operates a UNICOR (Federal Prison Industries) factory that provides one of the better-paying assignments inside and has historically produced textiles and clothing. The Education Department offers literacy, GED, and English-as-a-Second-Language instruction, and participation is mandatory for inmates who lack a high-school credential. To facilitate occupational and continuing-education courses, this department has partnered with local technical colleges in the Altamaha and Coastal Pines system. The regular weekly schedule is completed by recreation, chapel and religious services, psychology services, and law-library access.

Jesup provides non-residential drug education and counseling alongside the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). Functioning as the Bureau's intensive nine-month, roughly 500-hour cognitive-behavioral treatment track, this program enables its graduates to qualify for up to a twelve-month reduction in sentence. Visiting generally takes place on weekends and federal holidays during daytime hours, though it is governed by a monthly points system that limits how often and how long an inmate can be visited. The main institution operates as a medium-security site, meaning it is secured by a double perimeter fence topped with razor wire and electronic detection. This infrastructure sets it apart from the fenceless minimum-security camp located on the same grounds. First-hand commentary online is comparatively thin, primarily skewing toward corrections-staff discussion of working conditions and inquiry threads from people and families awaiting designation.

First-hand accounts

First-person accounts and reporting about life at this facility. Experiences are individual and may not reflect current conditions.

• 'Any insight on FCI Jesup?' - Reddit (r/OnTheBlock, corrections-staff community). Corrections-officer thread soliciting first-hand insight on working at the FCI Jesup medium institution; staff-side perspective on the facility rather than an inmate account.
• 'BOP FCI JESUP' - Reddit (r/OnTheBlock, corrections-staff community). First-hand staff discussion about the FCI Jesup posting, covering the job and the institution from a corrections-officer point of view.
• 'Jesup satellite prison camp' - Reddit (r/Prison). First-hand inquiry and discussion about the Jesup minimum-security satellite camp. FLAG: this concerns the camp, a distinct minimum-security component, not the medium FCI that is the subject here.
• 'FCI Jesup' - Reddit (r/SexOffenderSupport). First-person thread from someone facing designation to FCI Jesup, seeking on-the-ground detail about the institution.
• 'Good things from Federal Prison?' - Reddit (r/SexOffenderSupport). Poster states they are headed to 'a Low, FSL Jesup' and asks for positive first-hand experiences. FLAG: refers to the low-security FSL, not the medium FCI.
• 'IamA just released from federal prison... different security levels' - Reddit (r/IAmA). AMA by a recently released former federal inmate who served across multiple security levels and references FCI Jesup in the post; broad first-hand federal-prison account rather than a Jesup-only memoir.

Notable inmates

Name	Sentence	Offense	Dates
Christopher Chaney	10 years (sentenced December 2012)	'Hollywood hacker' who broke into the email and online accounts of celebrities including Scarlett Johansson and Christina Aguilera and posted private photos; BOP register 22396-018
Fabio Ochoa Vasquez	30 years (convicted 2003); released and deported to Colombia in December 2024	Medellin Cartel cocaine trafficker; conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine; BOP register 09017-016
Russell R. Wasendorf Sr.	50 years (sentenced 2013)	Founder of Peregrine Financial Group (PFGBest); mail fraud, embezzlement, and false statements in a roughly $215 million fraud; BOP register 12191-029
Andrew Fahie	135 months	Former Premier of the British Virgin Islands; conspiracy to import cocaine and money laundering arising from a DEA sting; BOP register 07491-506
Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla	8 years (sentenced 2016); released June 2022	Attempting to provide material support to ISIS (plot to travel to Syria); BOP register 16907-042
Timothy L. Tyler	Life (1992), commuted by President Obama; released August 2018	LSD possession and distribution; his mandatory life term became a clemency cause; BOP register 99672-012
Bobby Paul Edwards	10 years	South Carolina restaurant operator convicted of forced labor of a Black intellectually disabled employee; BOP register 32836-171