General Prison Information
Official Prison Name: Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution
Prison Code: VVM
Prison Type: Federal Correctional Institution
Region: Western Region
State: California
Security Level: Medium
Contact Information
Below is the street address and mailing address for Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution. Use the mailing address if you are going to send a letter or package to an inmate there, and make sure to use the physical address if you need to know the location of Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution.
Mailing Address
Make sure to also read the Inmate Mail and Package Procedures information below 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
FCI Victorville Medium II
Federal Correctional Institution
Po Box 5300
Adelanto CA, 92301
Street Address / Prison Location
Use the street address if you plan to visit a prisoner. Make sure to read over the Inmate Visitation Procedures and Inmate Visitation Schedule information below if you are going to try to visit a prisoner.
Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution
13777 Air Expressway Blvd
Victorville CA, 92394
Phone Number
Federal inmates don’t have telephones, so you can’t call your inmate, however, there are times when it might be helpful to know the telephone number to Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution.
(760) 530-5700
Fax Number
Inmates don’t have faxes, so you can’t fax inmates, but there are some times when it might be helpful to know the fax number to Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution.
(760) 560-5706
Email Address
The email address below is the primary email for the prison. You can’t reach prisoners at this address. If you want to email a prisoner, read the Inmate Email information below.
VVM/PUBLICINFORMATION@BOP.GOV
Inmate and Staff Statistics
Total Inmates: 1,711
Inmate Email
To email a letter to a prisoner at Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution you must follow an exact process to ensure that the email message gets to the inmate.
TRULINCS – Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System
Federal inmates are allowed to email messages only to people that are on their approved contact list. An federal prisoner has to make a formal request to recieve and send emails with a person by putting them into their contact list.
All email is monitored. prisoners give consent to email monitoring when they join the program. Family and friends of the inmate give consent to email monitoring when they agree to corresponding with the prisoner and are reminded every time that they get an email from the inmate.
When a contact is approved you will get an email confirmation which directs them to the CorrLink system at www.corrlink.com.
CorrLink Inmate Email System
Email messages may not endanger the public or the security, safety, or operation of the prison. Also, emails cannot exceed 13,000 characters. Emails that don’t follow these rules will not get sent.
Inmate Internet Access
Federal prisoners are not permitted to access the internet.
Inmate Mail and Package Procedures
There are certain procedures that you must follow when sending a letter or package to a federal prisoner. If you do not then the mail might be returned to you.
Before you send a package or letter, you should read the sections below:
Mail Monitoring
Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution officials do open and read all received general mail. Received general mail is read as frequently as deemed necessary to keep safety and security or watch problems regarding any inmates.
How to Address a Letter to an Inmate
This is the correct format for how you need to address a letter or package to a federal inmate at Victorville Medium II Federal Prison:
INMATE NAME & REGISTER NUMBER
FCI Victorville Medium II
Federal Correctional Institution
Po Box 5300
Adelanto CA, 92301
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 started to provide an account for prisoner money and for purchasing things not provided by the Bureau of Prisons.
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 funds to this address and follow the policies listed 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 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 placed on 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 a return address. Cash and personal checks cannot be accepted 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 using Western Union’s Quick Collect Program. Money sent to a prisoner using the Western Union Quick Collect Program can be sent via one of these methods:
- At an agent location using cash. In order to locate the closest agent, you should call 1-800-325-6000 or go to www.westernunion.com.
- On the phone with a credit or debit card: Call 1-800-634-3422 and choose phone prompt option 2.
- On the web with a credit or debit card: Visit www.westernunion.com and choose “Quick Collect.”
For the Western Union Quick Collect transaction, this info must 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 federal inmate, the money might not get returned.
For additional info about how to send a prisoner money, go to the official Bureau of Prisons website:
Bureau of Prisons – Inmate Money
Inmate Locator
Prisoners are often moved to different prisons throughout the country, so you might need to find the location of an inmate using the inmate locator. Click on the link here to look up 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 prison visitation and they change often. The policies listed below could be different when you are reading this, so be sure to also check the prison’s official website to find the latest visitation procedures.
Visitation Sign-In and Check-In
The visitation guard ensures each visitor signs the prison visitors log when entering the facility and upon leaving.
Identification Required
Photo id of all visitors is required. Appropriate 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, go to the official prison 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 Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution Visitation Guide click here: 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, go to: Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution Jobs
Website
The official website: Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution Website
Tell Your Story – Write a Review of Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution
Have you ever been a prisoner in Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution? Do you know someone that is a prisoner there? Have you ever been to visit a prisoner at Victorville Medium II Federal Correctional Institution?
If so, then we would like you to write a review about it. Write about what you experienced so other people can find out what to expect.
Things you can put in the review:
- Prison conditions
- Prison layout and facility
- Guards and staff
- Food and commissary
- Visitation
- Inmates
- Safety
- Gang activity
- Programs and activities
If you are a prisoner here, include your address if you would like people to be able to send you a letter.
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