FCI Lewisburg Federal Overview
FCI Lewisburg is a medium-security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in the Northeast Region and sits in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. BOP public endpoint data identifies the population as male offenders. The facility is physically in Union County, but it serves the federal prison system, not the county jail system.
Local searchers often mix FCI Lewisburg with Union County Jail because both are in Lewisburg. The distinction is important. A person arrested in Union County on local charges is generally checked through the county jail, magisterial district court, UJS docket, VINE, and records request channels. A sentenced federal inmate at FCI Lewisburg is checked through BOP. BOP public results show federal fields such as register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location.
FCI Lewisburg also has a minimum-security camp, so the BOP location and facility documents should be read carefully before a visit or mailing. The main institution and camp share the P.O. Box 1000 inmate mail address in the captured BOP material, but a person still needs the full sentenced name and register number. That federal register number is the key identifier for mail, lookup, and many facility questions.
The official BOP FCI Lewisburg page publishes facility links for visiting, mail, money, commissary, PREA, and legal activities.
The facility page anchors federal contact and policy details, while inmate lookup itself belongs in the BOP locator.
FCI Lewisburg Inmate Population
BOP's public endpoint reported 1,115 total inmates for FCI Lewisburg on June 18, 2026. The same endpoint split that count between 620 inmates at the FCI and 495 at the minimum-security camp. BOP did not publish a rated capacity figure in the public profile reviewed for this research. Those numbers are federal population figures only and should not be merged into Union County Jail capacity or county average daily population.
| Measure | Figure | Source Date |
|---|---|---|
| Total population | 1,115 | BOP public endpoint, June 18, 2026 |
| Main institution | 620 | BOP public endpoint, June 18, 2026 |
| Satellite camp | 495 | BOP public endpoint, June 18, 2026 |
| Security level | Medium with minimum-security camp | BOP public profile |
FCI Lewisburg Inmate Lookup
FCI Lewisburg inmate lookup uses the BOP Inmate Locator. The Union County Jail phone line cannot replace the BOP locator for sentenced federal custody, and a county public-records request is not the ordinary route for a BOP register number or federal release date. The BOP locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present and lets users search by number or name.
- Open the BOP Inmate Locator and choose Find By Number if a register, DCDC, FBI, or INS number is known.
- Use Find By Name when the number is not known, entering first name, middle name if available, last name, race, age, and sex filters as needed.
- Read the result fields for name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location.
- Confirm that the location is FCI Lewisburg or its camp before sending mail or planning a visit.
- Remember that BOP release dates may change when sentence credits are recalculated under the First Step Act.
The BOP locator screenshot source shows the number and name search paths used for federal custody.
Those BOP fields are different from county jail booking fields and do not include a public federal mugshot gallery.
FCI Lewisburg Contact
BOP lists one public street address for the institution and a separate inmate mail format. Use the register number and committed name for inmate mail. Use the phone or facility page for visit scheduling and policy questions, especially if a unit status, weather issue, or security event may affect access.
FCI Lewisburg
2400 Robert F. Miller Drive
Lewisburg, PA 17837
(570) 523-1251
Fax: (570) 522-7745
Email: LEW-ExecAssistant-S@bop.gov
Inmate Mail
Inmate Name and Register Number
FCI Lewisburg
P.O. Box 1000
Lewisburg, PA 17837
FCI Lewisburg Visiting
BOP facility pages link a general visiting overview and facility-specific visiting regulations. Federal prison visits require approved visitor status and compliance with BOP rules. Typical visiting hours may not apply to every housing status, and the Warden can restrict or cancel visits because of safety, security, severe weather, or institutional incidents. Call before travel if the visit depends on a tight schedule.
Visiting should be checked against the institution's current regulations rather than copied from county jail habits. Union County Jail uses non-contact glass visits and IC Solutions video visits, but FCI Lewisburg uses BOP visitor approval and federal institution rules. A visitor who is approved for one facility or one inmate should not assume that the same status applies to another person, the camp, or a future visit date.
| Visit Topic | FCI Lewisburg Detail | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Approval | Use BOP visitor approval process | Visitor list status and ID rules |
| Schedule | Facility visiting regulations linked by BOP | Current day, unit, and holiday limits |
| Security changes | Warden restrictions can change access | Call facility before travel |
FCI Lewisburg Mail and Money
BOP communications rules apply to FCI Lewisburg mail, phone, email, and funds. BOP says money should not be sent to the facility address. Federal inmate funds are sent through BOP-approved money channels, including the Des Moines processing center for mailed funds and approved electronic services. The facility page also links a commissary list and Admissions and Orientation handbooks for the FCI and camp.
| Service | Provider or Detail |
|---|---|
| Inmate mail | Inmate name and register number, FCI Lewisburg, P.O. Box 1000, Lewisburg, PA 17837 |
| Money | Do not send funds to the facility address; use BOP-approved money channels |
| Commissary | BOP account system for items not issued regularly by the institution |
| Phone and email | Handled under BOP communication rules and facility policy |
FCI Lewisburg Records
Federal records are not obtained through Union County's RTKL process. Use BOP's facility page for public facility documents and BOP FOIA for federal records requests when a record is not provided in ordinary course. Public BOP locator results are limited and generally do not publish mugshots. For state court charges from a Union County arrest, use UJS instead. For local county custody, use the Union County Jail path.
- BOP Register Number
- The federal inmate identifier used in locator searches and mail.
- Release Date
- A projected or actual federal release field that may change after credit review.
- Not in BOP Custody
- A BOP status that does not rule out custody in another court, jail, parole, or supervision system.
About FCI Lewisburg Conditions
FCI Lewisburg has facility-specific oversight material that should be read as federal prison context, not county jail context. DOJ OIG released a September 2024 inspection report identifying serious operational deficiencies at FCI Lewisburg, including staffing-level estimation concerns, antidepressant discontinuation concerns, suicide-response guidance issues, and infrastructure concerns. The report is important for FCI Lewisburg research but should not be used as a claim about Union County Jail.
The OIG material also reinforces why facility-specific sourcing matters. Union County has several detention systems in the same geographic area, but federal oversight, county inspections, and Pennsylvania court records answer different questions. A conditions issue at FCI Lewisburg belongs with BOP, OIG, and federal records channels. A county booking or release question belongs with Union County Jail and the local court record path.
Note: Confirm location, visit status, and mailing rules with BOP before acting on any FCI Lewisburg locator result.