FCI Bennettsville Federal Inmate Lookup

FCI Bennettsville Overview

The Federal Bureau of Prisons facility page for FCI Bennettsville identifies the institution as a medium-security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp. The BOP facility API identifies the code as BEN, the type as FCI, the region as Southeast Region, the gender as male, and the public phone as 843-454-8200. The physical address is 696 Muckerman Road, Bennettsville, SC 29512.

FCI Bennettsville is not the Marlboro County jail and is not an SCDC prison. A person arrested locally in Marlboro County may be held at Marlboro County Detention Center. A person sentenced under South Carolina law may be held at Evans Correctional Institution or another SCDC prison. FCI Bennettsville is for federal BOP custody, generally sentenced federal inmates, and should be searched through BOP rather than a county roster or the SCDC locator.

The BOP page links to visiting information, the FCI Bennettsville visiting regulations PDF, admissions and orientation handbooks for the institution and satellite camp, a commissary list, and a PREA report. It also provides federal mail and money guidance. Those materials are more detailed than the county jail's published local web materials, but they apply only to the BOP facility.

The BOP FCI Bennettsville page is the direct source for the federal facility details summarized here.

The BOP facility page matters because it connects the Bennettsville federal prison to BOP rules for visiting, mail, commissary, and federal inmate lookup rather than county jail procedures.

FCI Bennettsville Capacity and Population

BOP's public facility API reported 1,341 total inmates for FCI Bennettsville on June 25, 2026: 1,251 at BENNETTSVILLE FCI and 90 at BENNETTSVILLE-CAMP. The same BOP data identifies the security level as medium with an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp. These are federal facility figures and should not be combined with Marlboro County jail historical data or SCDC state-prison counts.

The federal count is useful for understanding the scale of federal custody in Bennettsville, but it does not describe people newly arrested by Marlboro County agencies. Current BOP numbers may change, so check the BOP facility page when exact population is important.

How to Look Up an Inmate at FCI Bennettsville

Use the BOP inmate locator for FCI Bennettsville. The locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to present and can search by number or biographical fields. It does not publish federal mugshots, and it does not list every federal pretrial detainee held under U.S. Marshals authority in a contract jail.

1. Open the BOP inmate locator and decide whether to search by number or by name.
2. For number searches, use a BOP register number, DCDC number, FBI number, or INS number if known.
3. For name searches, enter first, middle, or last name as available and narrow with race, age, or sex filters when needed.
4. Review the result for current location, release-related information, and whether the person is assigned to FCI Bennettsville or another federal facility.
5. If the person is not found and the case is federal pretrial, use the U.S. Marshals District of South Carolina contact context rather than assuming the person is at FCI Bennettsville.

The BOP inmate locator search page is the correct federal lookup tool for sentenced BOP custody.

This locator screenshot is included because FCI Bennettsville searches should begin in BOP, not with the Marlboro County jail phone or the SCDC state-prison search.

FCI Bennettsville Address and Contact

BOP separates the physical institution address from inmate mail instructions. Use the public facility phone before visiting, shipping approved property, or relying on a visiting schedule because federal institutions can alter access for safety, security, weather, institutional operations, or special housing status.

Visiting Someone at FCI Bennettsville

The BOP facility page links the FCI Bennettsville visiting regulations PDF. BOP warns that displayed visiting hours may not cover all cases, that special housing or incidents may alter visiting, and that the Warden may restrict or cancel visiting for safety or security. The BOP page recommends calling the facility before departure.

Mail, Phone, and Money at FCI Bennettsville

BOP publishes federal mail and money rules for FCI Bennettsville. The inmate mail address listed in the research uses the format: inmate name and register number, FCI Bennettsville, Federal Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 52020, Bennettsville, SC 29512. The BOP facility page also states not to send money to the facility address. Funds sent through the mail must go to a centralized processing center in Des Moines, Iowa, under current BOP money rules.

Federal Custody and Intake at FCI Bennettsville

FCI Bennettsville is a sentenced federal institution, not the universal federal pretrial jail for South Carolina. A federal defendant may be under U.S. Marshals authority before sentencing and may be housed in a contract facility, not necessarily at FCI Bennettsville. After a person enters BOP custody, BOP records and institution rules govern assignment, mail, visiting, commissary, program access, and release-related information.

Because FCI Bennettsville has an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp, search results and facility materials may distinguish between the main FCI and the camp. Confirm the exact location before sending mail or planning a visit. If immigration custody is suspected instead of BOP custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, which searches by A-Number and country of birth or by biographical information.

About FCI Bennettsville

BOP facility data gives FCI Bennettsville unusually specific public metadata for a facility page: code BEN, Southeast Region, security level Medium, male population, adjacent camp status, public phone, email, fax, and population totals with a June 25, 2026 date. The facility page links to visiting, commissary, admissions and orientation, and PREA materials. Those federal sources are the right place for facility-specific rules.

The BOP posted a FCI Bennettsville PREA report on May 11, 2026. The research notes that the report is required under 28 CFR 115.403 and reflects an audit by an outside contractor regarding BOP PREA compliance. BOP also publishes custody and care, communications, visiting, and inmate resources through its facility page, and research captured Operational Level 1 as of January 9, 2024.

Federal inmate lookup has two important limits. First, BOP does not publish federal mugshots through the public inmate locator. Second, a person with a federal case may be in U.S. Marshals pretrial custody rather than assigned to FCI Bennettsville. Use BOP for sentenced federal prisoners, USMS district contacts for federal pretrial routing, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention questions.