Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary

General Prison Information

Official Prison Name: Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary
Prison Code: FLM
Prison Type: U.S. Penitentiary
Region: North Central Region
State: Colorado
Security Level: Supermax, Administrative

Introduction

The Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary is a United States Federal Supermax prison located in Fremont County, Colorado for male inmates. Supermax stands for Super-Mximum Security – the highest security level in all of United States prisons. Florence FCI is also known, unofficially, as Florence ADMAX, ADX Florence, as well as “The Alcatraz of the Rockies”, which is a reference to how impossible it is for inmates to escape from the facility. ADX Florence is operated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which is a division of the United States Department of Justice.

Contact Information

Here you have the street address and mailing address for Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary. Use the mailing address if you are going to send a letter or package to a prisoner at Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary, and be sure to use the physical address if you need to know the actual location of Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary.

Mailing Address

Be sure to read the Inmate Mail and Package Procedures section on this page if you are going to send a package or letter to an inmate so that you correctly address the package or letter, and do the correct procedure for sending a package or letter. If you do not use the correct steps, the package or letter could not get delivered.

INMATE NAME & REGISTER NUMBER
USP Florence Admax
U.S. Penitentiary
Po Box 8500
Florence CO, 81226

Street Address / Prison Location

Use the street address if you plan to visit a prisoner. Make sure to read the Inmate Visitation Procedures and Inmate Visitation Schedule sections below if you are going to try to visit someone in prison at Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary.

Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary
5880 Hwy 67 South
Florence CO, 81226

Phone Number

Prisoners don’t have telephones, so you won’t be able to call your inmate, however, there are times when it may be necessary to know the telephone number to the prison.

(719) 784-9464

Fax Number

Inmates don’t have fax machines, so you can’t fax the inmate, but there are cases when it might be helpful to know the fax number to the prison.

(719) 784-5290 

Email Address

This email address is the main email for Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary. You can’t email prisoners at this address. If you are going to email a prisoner, read the Inmate Email section below.

FLM/PUBLICINFORMATION@BOP.GOV

Inmate and Staff Statistics

Total Inmates:   449 

Inmate Email

In order to send email to an inmate you must follow an exact process to ensure that the message gets to the inmate.

TRULINCS – Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System

Federal inmates are allowed to email letters only to people that are on their approved contact list. An prisoner has to make a request to send and recieve email messages with someone by placing them in their contact list.

All email correspondence is subject to monitoring. Prison inmates must consent to email monitoring when they sign up to participate in the email program. External contacts must consent to email monitoring when they agree to correspondence with the inmate and are reminded about this each and every time that they get email correspondence from the prisoner.

When a person is added to an inmates contact list they will get an email message which sends them to the CorrLink system at www.corrlink.com.
CorrLink Inmate Email System

Email correspondence may not endanger the public or the security, safety, or operation of the prison. In addition, email should not exceed 13,000 characters. Emails that are not consistent with these rules will not get sent.

Inmate Internet Access

Federal inmates are not permitted to access the web.

Inmate Mail and Package Procedures

There are certain procedures that you have to follow when sending a package or letter to a inmate. If you don’t then the letters and packages might not make it there.

Before you send anything, you should read the sections below:

Mail Monitoring

Correctional facility officials do open and read and inspect all received general packages and mail. Received general mail and packages can be read as frequently as is necessary to keep security or watch a particular problem having to do with inmates.

How to Address a Letter to an Inmate

This is the correct format for how you must address a letter or package to a federal prisoner at Florence Admax Federal Prison:

INMATE NAME & REGISTER NUMBER
USP Florence Admax
U.S. Penitentiary
Po Box 8500
Florence CO, 81226

To read the full Bureau of Prisons Policy on Correspondence, click here: Bureau of Prisons – Correspondence Policy

Inmate Money

Every federal prison has a Commissary which was started to provide inmates a bank-like account for inmate money and for purchasing things not provided by the prison.

How to Send an Inmate Money

Friends, family, or other people can add money to these Commissary accounts by sending it by the U.S. Postal Service and Western Union.

Via U.S. Postal Service: An inmate’s family and friends can to send prisoners money in the mail and have to send money to this address and follow the rules written below:

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Insert Valid Committed Inmate Name
Insert Inmate Eight-Digit Register Number
Post Office Box 474701
Des Moines, Iowa 50947-0001

The deposit has to be in the form of a money order that is made out to the prisoner’s full committed name and complete eight-digit register number. You should use a U.S. Postal Service money order, since all non-postal money orders processed through the National Lockbox will be subject to a 15-day hold period, during which the prisoner will not get the money. The Bureau of Prisons will return funds that don’t have correct prisoner info but only if the envelope it was sent it has an adequate return address. Cash and checks will not be deposited to the inmate’s account so do not send any cash or checks.

Via Western Union Quick Collect Program: Prisoner’s friends and family are also able to send prisoners money with Western Union’s Quick Collect Program. Money sent to a prisoner with the Western Union Quick Collect Program can be sent via one of these methods:

1. At Western Union location using cash. In order to locate the closest agent, you can call 1-800-325-6000 or go to www.westernunion.com.
2. On the phone with a credit/debit card: Call 1-800-634-3422 and choose phone prompt option 2.
3. On the web with a credit or debit card: Visit www.westernunion.com and choose “Quick Collect.”

For every Western Union Quick Collect transaction, this info must be included:

1. Correct and valid Inmate Eight-Digit Register Number (entered with no spaces or dashes) followed immediately by Inmate’s Last Name
2. Committed Inmate Full Name entered on Attention Line
3. Code City: FBOP, DC

If the wrong register number and/or name are used and accepted and sent to the wrong inmate, the money might not get returned to you.

For additional info about how to send an inmate money, go to the official Bureau of Prisons website:
Bureau of Prisons – Inmate Money

Inmate Locator

Inmates are often moved to different correctional facilities around the country, so you might need to find what facility an inmate is at using the inmate locator. Follow the link here to locate an inmate.
Inmate Search

Inmate Visitation Schedule

Visiting hours are from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as well as every federally recognized holiday.

Inmate Visitor Procedures

Every prison has its own procedures for visitation and these rules change often. The policies below may be different by the time you are reading this, so be sure to also go to the prison’s website to find the most recent visitation procedures.

Visitation Sign-In and Check-In

The visitation guard ensures every visitor signs the prison visitors log when they enter the visitation area and upon leaving.

Identification Required

Picture id of all visitors is required. Acceptable forms of ID are Driver’s License and Social Security Card; although, a state issued photo id is OK.

For all of the things shown below, read the actual prison facility website as this info changes frequently:

• Visitation Rules
• Visitation Dress Code
• Things You Can and Cannot Take to Visitation
• Special Rules For Children, Special Visits, Pastoral or Attorney Visits

To read the entire Guide to Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary Visitation click: Inmate Visitation Instructions

Prison Jobs & Hiring

Looking for a correctional facility job? Do you have any prior experience? Have you worked at a prison previously?

If so, click here: Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary Jobs

Notorious and Notable Inmates

Website

The official website: Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary Website

Tell Your Story – Write a Review of Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary

Have you ever been a prisoner in Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary? Do you have a family member or friend there? Have you ever been to visit an inmate at this prison?

If you have, then you should write a review about it. Write about your experience so other people can find out what to expect.

Things you could write in the review:

• Prison conditions
• Prison layout and facility
• Staff and guards
• Food and commissary
• Visitation
• Inmates
• Safety
• Gang activity
• Inmate programs and activities

If you are currently an inmate at Florence Admax U.S. Penitentiary, include your address if you want people to be able to mail you.