Federal Correctional Complex, Tucson

The Federal Correctional Complex, Tucson is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Arizona. It is operated by the Federal [Bureau of Prisons], a division of the United [States Department of Justice].
The complex consists of two facilities:

Federal [Correctional Institution, Tucson] : a medium-security facility.
United States Penitentiary, Tucson : a high-security facility with a satellite prison camp for minimum-security inmates.

History and facility

About 520 employees are required to staff the entire federal complex with additional labor provided by the minimum-security camp. The opening of the U.S. Penitentiary in February 2007 worsened a local shortage of prison officers, drawing some staff away from the nearby Arizona [State Prison Complex - Tucson|state prison complex] operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections, also on Wilmot Road.