Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont

{{Short description|Federal prison in Texas, United States}} {{One source|date=October 2015}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox Prison | prison_name = United States Penitentiary, Beaumont | image = USP_Beaumont.jpg | image_size = 215 | location = Jefferson County, Texas | coordinates = {{Coord|29.9646|N|94.0791|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX|display=inline,title}} | status = Operational | classification = High, medium and low-security | population = 5,000 (three facilities) | opened = 1998 | closed = | managed_by = [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] }} The '''Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont (FCC Beaumont)''' is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Jefferson County, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/county/c48245_jefferson/DC20BLK_C48245.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Jefferson County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-08-14|quote=Federal Correctional Complex Beaumont|pages=13-14 (PDF p. 14-15/50)}}</ref> It is operated by the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]], a division of the [[United States Department of Justice]].

The complex consists of three facilities:

* [[Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont Low]] (FCI Beaumont Low): a low-security facility. * [[Federal Correctional Institution, Beaumont Medium]] (FCI Beaumont Medium): a medium-security facility. * [[United States Penitentiary, Beaumont]] (USP Beaumont): a high-security facility.

FCC Beaumont is located approximately {{convert|4|mi|km|0|abbr=off|sp=us}} south of the City of Beaumont; {{convert|35|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} from the Gulf of Mexico; {{convert|100|mi|km|-1|abbr=on}} east of Houston; and {{convert|268|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} west of New Orleans, Louisiana.<ref>"[http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bmx/index.jsp BOP: FCC Beaumont] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815090053/http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bmx/index.jsp |date=2012-08-15 }}". Federal Bureau of Prisons.</ref>

==See also== * [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] * [[Incarceration in the United States]] * [[List of U.S. federal prisons]] {{Portal bar|United States|Politics|Texas}}

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[[Category:1998 establishments in Texas]] [[Category:Federal Correctional Complexes in the United States|Beaumont]] [[Category:Prisons in Jefferson County, Texas]] [[Category:Men's prisons]]