FCI Sheridan - Federal Correctional Institution

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The Federal Prison in Oregon

The only federal prison in Oregon is the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon (FCI Sheridan). It includes a medium security FCI, a minimum security camp (FPC Sheridan), and detention center (FDC Sheridan). People find themselves at each one for different reasons.

At FCI Sheridan, inmates typically end up there because they are from Oregon or some other state in the northwest that has no federal prison of its own. There are however other reasons inmates have been sent to Sheridan by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in recent years. The BOP has been trying to turn Sheridan into a protective custody yard for people that cannot survive in general population at normal prisons. Such people include s*x offenders, snitches, former gang members known as dropouts, and guys that just did not feel like paying their debts elsewhere.

At FPC Sheridan, inmates typically end up here due to a lack of criminal history or cooperation. For instance, a first time offender with little time to do and no violent history will probably find himself at a camp like the one in Sheridan. Unfortunately, minimum security placement is often awarded by the government for cooperation, so the FPC is full of rats and lames that will not do anything about it.

The FDC is for people awaiting trial, awaiting sentencing, in transit, or serving less than one year. It is a temporary facility which means that the BOP can get away with doing less to provide inmates with things they have a right to.

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