FCI Sheridan (minimum-security camp)

FCI Sheridan is a minimum-security satellite camp for men in Sheridan, Oregon, operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It held about 207 people as of November 2025. The institution's main number is 503-843-4442.

MALE

Gender

MINIMUM

Security Level

207

Population (Nov. 2025)

RDAP

Location

Physical location: SHERIDAN, OR 97378

Mailing address: 27072 BALLSTON ROAD, SHERIDAN, OR 97378

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 Sheridan allow conjugal visits?

No. FCI Sheridan 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 Sheridan?

FCI Sheridan 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, Sheridan is a Federal Bureau of Prisons complex for male inmates situated in Sheridan, Yamhill County, in northwestern Oregon. Having opened in May 1989, the complex consists of three components: a medium-security main institution known as the FCI, a Federal Detention Center housing pretrial and holdover detainees, and an adjacent minimum-security satellite prison camp. Serving as the subject of this entry, the camp functions as a small, low-restriction unit that operates in support of the larger institution. As of May 2025, the overall complex held roughly 1,462 people. Of this total, about 214 individuals were housed in the minimum-security camp, although other guides cite a camp population near 211. Architecturally, the complex is distinctive, softening the appearance of a penal facility set in Oregon's Willamette Valley farm country. The inmate-housing buildings have white exteriors with red roofs that resemble college dormitories, and the factory buildings are styled to mimic agricultural architecture.

The Sheridan camp functions as a minimum-security federal prison camp for men classified as the lowest security risk. This population typically consists of individuals with short sentences, minor criminal histories, and non-violent or white-collar offenses. Rather than being confined to cells, camp inmates are housed dormitory-style in four-person cubicles, and the facility lacks the secured perimeter fence present at the main FCI. Consistent with camp policy across the BOP system, residents experience fewer movement restrictions than higher-security prisoners. They can also be assigned to work details outside the secure perimeter, including grounds and support work for the broader institution. Additionally, camp populations across the federal system supply much of the labor that keeps the surrounding institution running. Visiting and program access at the camp generally differ from and are somewhat more relaxed than at the medium-security side.

The camp offers the standard slate of Bureau of Prisons rehabilitative and educational programming. Academic opportunities consist of GED preparation and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction, supported by a leisure library containing fiction, nonfiction, magazines, and newspapers. Furthermore, a law library provides legal reference materials for inmates preparing their own filings. Drug and mental-health programming is a notable feature at the facility. Specifically, the Sheridan camp is associated with the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), recognized as the BOP's most intensive treatment track. The institution also provides the Non-Residential Drug Abuse Program, drug education, Alcoholics Anonymous, and group therapy in areas such as anger management, stress management, and criminal-thinking correction. Vocational training has included tracks to certify inmates as landscape gardeners and personal fitness trainers for use after release. Health services are administered across the complex and encompass sick call, dental, physical exams, medication management, infectious-disease testing, and 24-hour emergency care, with each inmate assigned a primary care provider. There is one caveat regarding treatment availability, as sources conflict on RDAP. While at least one guide states that the main FCI lacks RDAP, other references place the program at the camp. Consequently, the program's presence is attributed here to the camp per those latter sources.

The broader Sheridan complex has occasionally drawn national attention. This occurred most prominently in 2018, when U.S. immigration detainees, including asylum seekers affected by that year's family-separation policy, were transferred into the facility, prompting protests, congressional visits, and litigation. That particular episode involved the detention and main-institution side of the complex rather than the minimum-security camp. Additionally, a U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General inspection of FCI Sheridan was published in 2024, reviewing conditions at the institution. Documenting notable inmates who were confined specifically to the camp is difficult. Widely cited lists from Wikipedia, prison-consulting guides, and inmate-locator sites attribute high-profile prisoners to 'FCI Sheridan' as a whole without distinguishing the camp from the medium FCI or the detention center. Furthermore, the best-documented names carry sentences inconsistent with minimum-security placement. Because none could be responsibly confirmed as camp-held, the notable-inmate list below is intentionally left empty rather than risk misattributing a main-institution prisoner to the camp.

First-hand accounts

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

• Fci Sheridan - Reddit. Community thread that explicitly asks whether anyone has been to 'the fci or the camp' at Sheridan and inquires about conditions and access to a weight pile; the top-level post distinguishes the minimum-security camp from the main FCI and solicits first-hand experience from former residents in the replies.