General Prison Information
Official Prison Name: Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution
Prison Code: FOR
Prison Type: Federal Correctional Institution
Region: South Central Region
State: Arkansas
Security Level: Low
Contact Information
Below is the street address and mailing address for Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution. Use the mailing address if you are going to send a letter or package to an inmate there, and be sure to use the physical address if you need to know the actual location of the facility.
Mailing Address
Be sure to also read the Inmate Mail and Package Procedures information below if you are going to send a package or letter to a prisoner so that you correctly address the letter or package, and do the correct steps for sending a package or letter. If you do not use the correct directions, it could get sent back.
INMATE NAME & REGISTER NUMBER
FCI Forrest City Low
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 9000
Forrest City AR, 72336
Street Address / Prison Location
Use the street address if you plan to visit a prisoner. Be sure to read over the Inmate Visitation Procedures and Inmate Visitation Schedule information on this page if you are going to try to visit an inmate at Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution.
Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution
1400 Dale Bumpers Road
Forrest City AR, 72335
Phone Number
Prisoners can’t take phone calls, so you can’t call the inmate, however, there are some times when it might be necessary to know the telephone number to the prison.
(870) 630-6000
Fax Number
Prisoners don’t have faxes, so you won’t be able to fax the inmate, but there are some times when it may be necessary to know the fax number to the prison.
(870) 494-4496
Email Address
This email address is the main email for the prison. You can’t reach inmates at this email. If you need to email a prisoner, check out the Inmate Email section on this page.
FOR/PUBLICINFORMATION@BOP.GOV
Inmate and Staff Statistics
Total Inmates: 1,856
Inmate Email
To email a letter to an inmate at Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution you must follow an exact process to ensure that the message gets to the inmate.
TRULINCS – Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System
Prisoners are allowed to email messages only to persons that are on their approved contact list. An prisoner has to make a request to send and recieve emails with a friend or family member by putting them into their contact list.
All email is subject to monitoring. Prison inmates give their consent to email monitoring when they sign up to participate in the system. External contacts must consent to email monitoring when they agree to correspondence with the inmate and are notified each and every time that they get email correspondence from the inmate.
When a person is approved they will get an email notification which sends them to CorrLink at www.corrlink.com.
CorrLink Inmate Email System
Email correspondence must not endanger the public or the security, safety, or operation of the prison. Also, the emails cannot exceed 13,000 characters. Email messages that don’t follow these rules will be rejected.
Inmate Internet Access
Federal inmates do not have access to the internet.
Inmate Mail and Package Procedures
There are certain procedures that you must follow when sending a package or letter to a federal prisoner. If you don’t then letter or package might not make it there.
Before you send a package or letter, you should read the sections below:
Mail Monitoring
Forrest City Low Federal Prison guards will open and inspect and read all received general packages and mail. Received general correspondence may be read as frequently as deemed necessary to ensure safety and security or watch a problem having to do with an inmate.
How to Address a Letter to an Inmate
Shown here is the proper format for how you have to address a package or letter to a federal inmate at Forrest City Low Federal Prison:
INMATE NAME & REGISTER NUMBER
FCI Forrest City Low
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 9000
Forrest City AR, 72336
To read the full Bureau of Prisons Policy on Correspondence, click here: Bureau of Prisons – Correspondence Policy
Inmate Money
Every prison has a Commissary which was created to provide inmates a bank-like account for inmate money and for buying things not provided by the prison.
How to Send an Inmate Money
Friends, family, or other people can deposit money to these Commissary accounts by sending it by Western Union and the U.S. Postal Service.
Via U.S. Postal Service: An inmate’s family and friends can to send prisoners money through the mail and have to send money to the following address and follow the policies 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 postal money order, since all non-postal money orders processed through the National Lockbox will be subject to a 15-day hold, in which the prisoner will not get the money. The Bureau of Prisons will return any funds that don’t have valid prisoner info if the envelope it was sent it has an adequate return address. Checks and cash will not be deposited to the inmate’s account so do not send cash or checks.
Via Western Union Quick Collect Program: Prisoner’s friends and family may also 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 by one of these methods:
- At an agent location using cash. In order to locate the closest agent, you can call 1-800-325-6000 or go to www.westernunion.com.
- By phone with a credit or debit card: Call 1-800-634-3422 and choose phone prompt option 2.
- On the web with a credit/debit card: Visit www.westernunion.com and choose “Quick Collect.”
For the Western Union Quick Collect transaction, this info has to be included:
- Correct and valid Inmate Eight-Digit Register Number (entered with no spaces or dashes) followed immediately by Inmate’s Last Name
- Committed Inmate Full Name entered on Attention Line
- Code City: FBOP, DC
If the wrong register number and/or name are used and accepted and sent to the wrong prisoner, the money might not get returned to you.
For additional info about how to send money to an inmate, go to the official Bureau of Prisons website:
Bureau of Prisons – Inmate Money
Inmate Locator
Prisoners are frequently transported to different prisons around the country, so you may have to find the location of an inmate using the inmate locator. Click on the link here to look up an federal 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 rules for prison visitation and they change frequently. The policies below could be different when you are reading this, so be sure to also check the facility’s website to get the most recent visitation rules.
Visitation Sign-In and Check-In
The visitation guard will make sure each visitor signs the prison visitors log when they enter the prison and upon departure.
Identification Required
Photo id of all visitors is required. Acceptable forms of ID are Driver’s License and Social Security Card; but, a state issued photo id is OK.
For all of the points shown below, go to the official prison facility website as this info changes often:
- 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 complete Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution Visitation Guide click: Visitation Instructions
Prison Jobs & Hiring
Are you looking for a prison job? Have any prior experience? Have you worked at a prison facility previously?
If so, go to: Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution Jobs
Website
The official website: Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution Website
Tell Your Story – Write a Review of Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution
Have you ever spent any time in Forrest City Low Federal Correctional Institution? Do you have a family member or friend that spent time there? Have you ever been to visit a prisoner at this correctional facility?
If so, then we would like you to write your review about it. Write about what you experienced so that other people can find out what to expect.
Things you could put in your review:
- Prison conditions
- Prison layout and facility
- Guards and prison staff
- Food and commissary
- Visitation
- Inmates
- Safety
- Gang activity
- Prisoner activities and programs
If you are an inmate at this facility, leave your address if you would like people to be able to send you a letter.
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