If someone you love is at FCC Coleman and is seriously ill, this page explains the facility in the Bureau of Prisons' own terms and how a compassionate release request works from there. Every fact about the institutions comes from their pages on bop.gov, checked October 9, 2026.

We help families with compassionate release requests from FCC Coleman.

FCC Coleman at a glance

Complex
FCC Coleman
Physical address
FCC Coleman846 NE 54th TerraceSumterville, FL 33521
Location
Sumterville, Florida (Sumter County) · Middle District of Florida · BOP Southeast Region

The Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Coleman is made up of four institutions the Bureau of Prisons lists separately: FCI Coleman Low (with a minimum security satellite camp), FCI Coleman Medium, USP Coleman I, and USP Coleman II. None of them is a federal medical center. Check the inmate locator to see exactly which one your loved one is in.

The physical address is 846 NE 54th Terrace, Sumterville, FL 33521. Mail goes to post office boxes in Coleman, FL 33521, and each institution has its own box for staff and its own box for the men held there.

FCI Coleman Low

Official name
FCI Coleman Low
Facility type
Federal Correctional Institution
Security level
Low
Population
Male
BOP description
A low security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.
Fax
352-689-4008
Mail to your loved one
Full name and register numberFCI Coleman LowP.O. Box 1031Coleman, FL 33521
Mail to someone at the camp
Full name and register numberSatellite CampFCI Coleman LowP.O. Box 1027Coleman, FL 33521
Mail to staff, including the warden
Staff member’s name (for example, Warden)FCI Coleman LowP.O. Box 1021Coleman, FL 33521

Source: FCI Coleman Low facility page, Federal Bureau of Prisons, including “How to send things here.”

FCI Coleman Medium

Official name
FCI Coleman Medium
Facility type
Federal Correctional Institution
Security level
Medium
Population
Male
BOP description
A medium security federal correctional institution.
Fax
352-689-5027
Mail to your loved one
Full name and register numberFCI Coleman MediumP.O. Box 1032Coleman, FL 33521
Mail to staff, including the warden
Staff member’s name (for example, Warden)FCI Coleman MediumP.O. Box 1022Coleman, FL 33521

Source: FCI Coleman Medium facility page, Federal Bureau of Prisons, including “How to send things here.”

USP Coleman I

Official name
USP Coleman I
Facility type
U.S. Penitentiary
Security level
High
Population
Male
BOP description
A high security U.S. penitentiary.
Fax
352-689-6012
Mail to your loved one
Full name and register numberUSP Coleman IP.O. Box 1033Coleman, FL 33521
Mail to staff, including the warden
Staff member’s name (for example, Warden)USP Coleman IP.O. Box 1023Coleman, FL 33521

Source: USP Coleman I facility page, Federal Bureau of Prisons, including “How to send things here.”

USP Coleman II

Official name
USP Coleman II
Facility type
U.S. Penitentiary
Security level
High
Population
Male
BOP description
A high security U.S. penitentiary.
Fax
352-689-7012
Mail to your loved one
Full name and register numberUSP Coleman IIP.O. Box 1034Coleman, FL 33521
Mail to staff, including the warden
Staff member’s name (for example, Warden)USP Coleman IIP.O. Box 1024Coleman, FL 33521

Source: USP Coleman II facility page, Federal Bureau of Prisons, including “How to send things here.”

Addresses can change, so check the institution's page before you mail anything.

Medical care levels at FCC Coleman

The Bureau gives every institution, and every person in its custody, one of four medical care levels. Care Level 4 institutions are the Bureau's Medical Referral Centers, where people may need extensive medical and nursing care, including 24-hour nursing care for some (Program Statement 6031.06, Patient Care, section 6, June 22, 2026). None of these institutions is a Federal Medical Center, and their bop.gov pages do not list a medical care level. Where an official report gives one, it is noted above with its date.

Being held at a particular prison is not, by itself, a reason for release. The reasons a judge can rely on are about the person's own situation, such as a terminal illness or a serious condition that keeps them from caring for themselves in prison (U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13(b)). See the Federal Medical Center pages for how the Bureau describes its medical centers.

How to find your loved one and contact FCC Coleman

Use the Bureau's inmate locator. You can search by BOP register number (format #####-###) or by name; it covers people in federal custody from 1982 to the present. Write down the register number. You will need it for mail, and the Bureau encourages people requesting records to include it (Program Statement 1351.05).

Each institution has its own phone number and mailing addresses, listed above under FCC Coleman at a glance. Institutions in a complex may share one email address.

How compassionate release works from FCC Coleman

  1. A written request to the Warden of the FCC Coleman institution where your loved one is held. The request explains the extraordinary and compelling circumstances and gives a release plan: where your loved one will live, how they will be supported, and, for a medical request, where they will get treatment and how it will be paid for (28 C.F.R. § 571.61(a)). A family member or lawyer can send it, and the Bureau handles it the same way (28 C.F.R. § 571.61(b)). The Bureau counts the request as submitted when the warden receives it (Program Statement 5050.51, section 3), so send it in a way that gives you proof of delivery.
  2. Thirty days, or the end of the Bureau's appeals. Your loved one can go to court after the Bureau's administrative appeals are finished or 30 days after the warden received the request, whichever is earlier (18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)). If the warden denies the request, the appeal runs through the Administrative Remedy Program (28 C.F.R. part 542, subpart B). The Bureau must expedite requests based on a medical condition (28 C.F.R. § 571.62(c)).
  3. A motion in the court that sentenced your loved one. The motion goes to the federal court that imposed the sentence, not to the court for the Middle District of Florida, where FCC Coleman is located, unless that is also where your loved one was sentenced (18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A); 28 C.F.R. § 571.60). The judge decides under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), looking for extraordinary and compelling reasons, consistency with the Sentencing Commission's policy statement, U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13, and the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).

The Bureau's current policy is Program Statement 5050.51, Compassionate Release/Reduction in Sentence Procedures, dated September 3, 2026. It replaced Program Statement 5050.50. We confirmed the number and date on bop.gov on October 9, 2026. Two limits from May 28, 2026, apply in every court: a sentencing change Congress did not make retroactive cannot be the reason (Rutherford v. United States), and claims that the conviction itself is invalid belong in a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Fernandez v. United States). See the full step-by-step process.

Medical records to request, and how

When a warden supports a medical request, the Bureau's own referral must include these records (Program Statement 5050.51, section 10). Ask for the same ones:

  • A Comprehensive Medical Summary by the attending physician, including an estimate of life expectancy
  • All relevant test results
  • Consultations
  • Referral reports and opinions

If your loved one asks: they send an Inmate Request to Staff (form BP-A0148) to the Health Services Administrator at their institution. Staff review the records before releasing them, and anything held back can be requested under the Freedom of Information Act (Program Statement 6090.04, section 3; 28 C.F.R. § 513.42).

If you or a lawyer asks: the request goes to the Bureau's FOIA/Privacy Act office, not the prison, with your loved one's written authorization. The authorization must be notarized or signed under penalty of perjury and dated within three months of the request (28 C.F.R. § 513.63; Program Statement 6090.04, section 3). The Bureau's FOIA page explains how to submit it. More on getting medical records.

Federal Medical Centers

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Common questions

Which Coleman prison is my loved one in?

The inmate locator will tell you. FCC Coleman includes FCI Coleman Low, FCI Coleman Medium, USP Coleman I, and USP Coleman II, and the Bureau of Prisons gives each its own phone number and mailing addresses (bop.gov).

Where do I mail a compassionate release request to the warden at FCC Coleman?

Send it to the staff address for the institution where your loved one is held. The Bureau lists P.O. Box 1021 for FCI Coleman Low, P.O. Box 1022 for FCI Coleman Medium, P.O. Box 1023 for USP Coleman I, and P.O. Box 1024 for USP Coleman II, all in Coleman, FL 33521 (bop.gov). Keep proof of when the request arrived, because the 30-day clock runs from the warden’s receipt (18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)).

Will a federal judge in Florida decide the motion?

Only if your loved one was sentenced there. The Bureau lists the Coleman institutions in the Middle District of Florida, but a compassionate release motion goes to the court that imposed the sentence (18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A); 28 C.F.R. § 571.60).

What if my loved one is too sick to write the request?

Someone else can. If a person cannot submit a request, Bureau staff must tell the person’s attorney, partner, and family that they may prepare and submit one, must accept and process it, and must help prepare it if asked (18 U.S.C. § 3582(d)(2)(B)).