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USP Hazelton Federal Custody

USP Hazelton is the high-security U.S. Penitentiary at Federal Correctional Complex Hazelton near Bruceton Mills. The official BOP institution page identifies the operator as the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the BOP public data endpoint confirms the institution type as a USP in the Mid-Atlantic Region, in the Northern District of West Virginia, in Preston County. The same BOP data marks the population as male offenders and shows that the penitentiary has a minimum-security satellite camp.

That federal identity controls the whole lookup path. A person arrested on a Preston County warrant normally routes to the West Virginia regional jail system and may appear in state jail search tools. A person at USP Hazelton is in federal custody and is searched through BOP's Find an Inmate locator. Court case history may sit in federal court systems, and county court records may have no entry for a federal sentence. The distinction also affects booking photos: BOP locator results do not publish public mugshots.

The official BOP page for USP Hazelton is the source for institution-level contact links, visiting resources, mail directions, money instructions, handbooks, legal activity materials, and PREA resources.

The institution page is useful for facility rules, while the inmate locator is still the correct search tool for a named federal inmate.

USP Hazelton Inmate Population

BOP's public population report listed 1,310 total inmates for USP Hazelton, modified June 25, 2026. The institution split was 1,161 at Hazelton USP and 149 at Hazelton Camp. No public rated capacity figure was located on the BOP page during the research pass, so the page should not convert the count into an occupancy rate or claim crowding from a bed count that was not sourced.

USP Hazelton Inmate Lookup

Use the BOP Find an Inmate locator for USP Hazelton inmate lookup. BOP says the locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present. The most precise search uses a number, such as a BOP Register Number, DCDC Number, FBI Number, or INS Number. A name search can also work, but common names need more care because a federal result may include age, race, sex, release date, and location fields.

The BOP locator screenshot in the manifest shows the official number and name search tabs. It is the right source for a named inmate, while the institution page is the source for USP Hazelton facility rules.

After a result opens, confirm that the location says USP Hazelton or the Hazelton camp before sending mail or planning a visit.

1. Open the BOP locator and choose either number search or name search.
2. Use a register number if known. If not, enter first and last name, then narrow by race, age, or sex when needed.
3. Review the result fields for register number, age, race, sex, release date, and current location.
4. Confirm whether the inmate is at the main USP or the minimum-security camp before using the mail format.

USP Hazelton Contact Details

Facility contact should be used for institution questions, visiting rule confirmation, staff mail, and directions. It should not be used as a substitute for legal advice or as a way to obtain private records. Federal inmates may move, and BOP release dates may be reviewed or recalculated, including for First Step Act credits, so a locator check and direct facility confirmation are both prudent when timing matters.

USP Hazelton shares the Bruceton Mills complex area with FCI Hazelton, but the two BOP institution pages have different phones, mail formats, security levels, and population figures.

USP Hazelton Visiting Rules

BOP's USP Hazelton page links the visiting overview and facility visiting regulations. No public visit-day values were returned by the BOP public data reviewed for this build, so the safest instruction is to use the current BOP visiting regulations and call USP Hazelton before travel. Federal prison visiting is not the same as a county jail walk-in visit. Approval, identity checks, dress rules, conduct rules, and schedule limits may apply.

Note: Confirm visiting status with USP Hazelton before travel because public BOP data did not return a visit-days schedule.

USP Hazelton Mail and Money

USP Hazelton has separate mail formats for the main penitentiary and the satellite camp. Use the inmate's committed name and register number, and match the address to the housing institution shown in the BOP locator. BOP also states that money should not be sent to an inmate using the institution address. Funds sent through the mail go to the BOP processing center in Des Moines, Iowa, for all federal inmates, regardless of where they are housed.

USP Hazelton Records Limits

USP Hazelton inmate lookup is not a Preston County local jail search. It does not prove current county charges, local bond status, or regional jail booking data. For local jail custody, the regional jail page for Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is the more relevant Preston County jail custody source. For federal custody, the BOP locator and federal court records are the correct path.

BOP

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, which operates USP Hazelton and the federal inmate locator.

Register number

A federal inmate identifier that gives the cleanest BOP locator search.

Detainer

A request from another agency to hold or notify before release. It can affect custody timing.

Camp

The minimum-security satellite camp tied to USP Hazelton, with its own population count.

BOP locator results also do not publish federal mugshots. The BOP institution photos are facility images, not inmate booking photos, and the federal system does not maintain a county-style public mugshot gallery.

USP Hazelton Facility Resources

The BOP page for USP Hazelton links Admissions and Orientation material, legal activities information, commissary resources, visiting regulations, and PREA resources. BOP describes Admissions and Orientation handbooks as documents that give general information about institution programs, rules, and responsibilities. Legal activities materials address access to legal reference materials, counsel, and the chance to prepare legal documents.

Recent public federal material also matters for context. BOP institution pages posted PREA reports on June 23, 2026, and official congressional sources in 2023 reported requests for DOJ and BOP review of allegations at FCC Hazelton. Those reports should be read as requests and allegations from lawmakers, not as findings on a specific inmate record. Facility status and individual custody details still come from BOP records and the institution.