The Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood (FCI Englewood) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Colorado. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an administrative detention center and an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security offenders.
FCI Englewood is located in unincorporated Jefferson County. FCI Englewood is located off of U.S. Route 285 and Kipling Street, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Denver. The facility is named after the city of Englewood, Colorado and has a Littleton, Colorado mailing address, but is not in either city.
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Notable incidents
On April 2, 2012, FCI Englewood was placed on lockdown after a white powdery substance was found inside an envelope addressed to an inmate during a routine mail screening. A hazardous materials team was called to the prison and local and federal law enforcement authorities were notified. The substance was determined to be harmless. The Bureau of Prisons would not identify the inmate to whom the letter was addressed.
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Notable inmates
Current
Former
See also
- List of U.S. federal prisons
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Incarceration in the United States
References
External links
- Bureau of Prisons - FCI Englewood
- Rose, Lacey. The best places to go to prison - A Forbes article. May 25, 2006.
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