FCI Pekin Federal Inmate Lookup

FCI Pekin Overview

FCI Pekin is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at 2600 S. Second St., Pekin, IL 61554. BOP classifies it as a medium-security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp. Its public facility data places it in Tazewell County and the Central Illinois judicial district, with the main phone listed as 309-346-8588.

This facility is not the Tazewell County Justice Center, not a county jail, and not under the Illinois Department of Corrections. County booking, bond, Cidnet, Smart Deposit, and Phoenix digital-mail instructions do not apply to sentenced federal inmates at FCI Pekin. Use BOP facility materials, BOP visiting instructions, and the BOP Inmate Locator for federal custody questions.

FCI Pekin Capacity and Population

BOP public data listed 1,303 total inmates at Pekin as of June 4, 2026. That total was split between 1,062 at PEKIN FCI and 241 at PEKIN-CAMP F. These figures belong to the federal prison and camp; they should not be combined with TCJC jail counts as though they were one county jail population.

BOP's public record describes the facility as mixed gender and separates the main institution from the camp. No public demographic breakdown by race, age, or sentence category was captured from the facility JSON during the research pass.

How to Look Up an Inmate at FCI Pekin

Use the BOP Inmate Locator for sentenced federal inmates at FCI Pekin. The locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present and allows searches by BOP register number, DCDC number, FBI number, INS number, or by name. Name searches use first and last name, with optional middle name, race, age, and sex filters.

The BOP locator screenshot shows the federal search fields that apply to FCI Pekin inmates: open the BOP Inmate Locator source.

BOP results can show name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. A person listed as released or not in BOP custody may still be in another criminal-justice status, including supervision, local custody, or a non-BOP facility.

1. Open the BOP Inmate Locator, not the Tazewell County sheriff custody table.
2. Search by register number when available, or by first and last name with optional filters.
3. Confirm that the location is FCI Pekin or the Pekin satellite camp.
4. Use the BOP facility page for visiting, mail, resources, and institution-specific notices.

FCI Pekin Address and Contact

The BOP profile lists the street location at 2600 S. Second St., Pekin, IL 61554, and phone 309-346-8588. BOP public facility data also lists a fax number and executive-assistant email, but routine inmate lookup should start with the locator and facility page rather than county jail staff.

Visiting Someone at FCI Pekin

FCI Pekin visitation is governed by BOP procedures, not by the county jail's Cidnet video-visit rules. The BOP page links a Pekin Visiting Schedule and Procedures PDF and warns that typical displayed visiting hours may not cover every housing status or situation. Visits can be changed, restricted, or canceled by the Warden for security, weather, or institutional conditions.

The BOP FCI Pekin facility page is the source for the institution profile and its visiting resources: review the FCI Pekin source page.

Because the research text did not expose a populated visiting-hours table, the facility page and linked PDF should be checked before travel instead of relying on a static county-jail schedule.

Mail, Phone, and Money at FCI Pekin

Federal inmate mail must use BOP mail formats. The inmate mail and parcel address is FCI Pekin, Federal Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 5000, Pekin, IL 61555, with the inmate's name and register number. Camp mail uses the same P.O. Box 5000 format with the satellite camp designation where applicable. Staff mail goes to FCI Pekin, P.O. Box 7000, Pekin, IL 61555. Shipping and freight use the physical street address.

BOP warns not to send money to the facility address. Federal inmate funds use national BOP deposit rules, including the national processing center in Des Moines, Iowa, and BOP-approved electronic deposit channels. County bond, Court Money, Smart Deposit, and TCJC lobby kiosk deposits are not federal prison deposit methods.

Federal Custody and Intake at FCI Pekin

FCI Pekin is for sentenced federal offenders and related BOP custody, not for ordinary Tazewell County booking after a local arrest. A federal defendant may be in U.S. Marshals custody before BOP designation and might not appear in the BOP locator until committed or designated. Tazewell County is in the Central District of Illinois, and the U.S. Marshals Service Central District courthouse locations include a Peoria office.

There is no county bond process for a person already serving a BOP sentence at FCI Pekin. There is also no Tazewell County roster entry or county mugshot gallery for federal inmates housed there. BOP, USMS, and ICE public locators generally function as status and location tools rather than public booking-photo galleries.

About FCI Pekin

The BOP page for FCI Pekin links institution and camp Admissions and Orientation handbooks, commissary lists for the institution and camp, inmate legal activities materials, and a PREA report posted September 20, 2024. Those are prison-specific resources for sentenced federal inmates and should not be mixed with TCJC jail programs.

IDOC materials specifically distinguish federal facilities such as Pekin from Illinois Department of Corrections institutions. If someone was sentenced to Illinois state prison instead of federal prison, use the IDOC Individual in Custody Search. If immigration detention is possible, use ICE ODLS; the research sweep did not locate an ICE detention facility in Tazewell County.