FCI Petersburg Low Inmate Search and Prison Information

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FCI Petersburg Low is short for Hopewell Federal Correctional Institution.
The FCI Petersburg Low is a medium-security federal facility in Virginia. Just many other federal correctional institutions there is a main campus with a minimum-security satellite prison camp adjacent.
The FCI Petersburg Low can house up to 1232 totals. This also includes those in the prison camp. The break down is 143 inmates in the prison camp alongside another 1,500 in the main campus.
The FCI Petersburg Low sits on 670 acres of land. The facility has at least 50 acres behind a perimeter fence.
FCI Petersburg Low — General Information
Capacity 1232 persons.
1100 RIVER ROAD HOPEWELL, VA, 23860
https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/pet/
804-733-7881
How to Find Someone in FCI Petersburg Low
You no longer must call the FCI Petersburg Low for information on an inmate in their care. You can log on and check out the database. The database will give you all the information you will need to know about the inmate.
Keep in mind that the database is updated on a regular basis.
Sending a Mail/Care Package
Nationwide Inmate Records Online Check
Want to say in contact with an inmate? Do you want to find a cheaper alternative rather than telephone calls?
You can send inmate mail! Yes, you read that right, you can send inmate mail.
You will be able to send the following items:
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Newspapers
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Magazines
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Letters
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Paperback Books
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Photographs
You can send the inmate a care package, but before you do that, you will need to have prior approval from the facility.
You should refrain from using any of the following:
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Glitter
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Crayons
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Drawings
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Sexual Content
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Paper Clip
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Colored Pencil
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Stickers
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Staples
Sending Money
You will need to send inmates money using the following methods:
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Western Union
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MoneyGram
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Send a money order
Phone calls
All outgoing calls from the FCI Petersburg Low will be monitored. Inmates can only use the phone for 300 minutes a month. But throughout the days, inmates will be limited to 15-minute phone conversations, so their fellow inmates can also have access to the telephones.
Visitation
Before, you will be permitted to visit an inmate in the FCI Petersburg Low, you will need to fill out and submit the following visitor application.
This visitor application will then need to be approved by the facility prior to you being allowed to visit during the visitation days.
The visitation hours for the camp and the main campus are the same.
Visiting Hours
FCI Hours;Camp Hours
Directions
Refer the map below to find the driving directions.
Nearby Jail/Prison
- FCI Petersburg Medium
- Arlington County Detention Center
- Prince George City Jail
- Colonial Heights City Jail
- Petersburg Jail
- Petersburg City Jail
- Petersburg Jail Annex
- Crater Juvenile Detention Home
- Chesterfield Juvenile Detention Home
- Chesterfield County Jail
- Chesterfield Women’s Diversion Center
- Central Virginia Correctional – Female Unit #13
- Sussex 2 State Prison
- Medical College of Virginia
- Richmond City Justice Center
- Sussex 1 State Prison
- Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center
- Dinwiddie County Jail
- Richmond Juvenile Detention Center
- New Kent County Jail
- Henrico County Regional Jail West
- Henrico City Jail
- Henrico County Regional Jail East
- McKenney City Jail
- King William County Jail
- Hanover Juvenile Correctional Center
Other Types of Correctional Facilities in Virginia
- City Jail 140
- County Jail 110
- State Prison 81