Federal facilities that house women
This is the U.S. federal system only, not state prison or county jail. Every entry below is checked against BOP.gov's own live facility data, not secondhand lists or press mentions, and anything we couldn't confirm is flagged rather than guessed.
Last reviewed June 30, 2026
Women-only facilities
These institutions house women exclusively, per BOP's own live facility data.
FPC Alderson
Women onlyAlderson, West Virginia
Minimum-security federal prison camp
Read the full guide →FMC Carswell
Women onlyFort Worth, Texas
Administrative-security federal medical center (houses all security levels), with a minimum-security satellite camp
Read the full guide →FCI Aliceville
Women onlyAliceville, Alabama
Low-security FCI with an attached minimum-security camp
As of BOP's live directory (checked 2026-07-01), Aliceville is still listed as a women's facility. Some 2026 press reporting has described a planned realignment of Aliceville toward housing men. We could not confirm a completed transition against BOP's own current data as of this check. If you have a report date there, confirm directly with BOP or your case manager rather than relying on this page alone.
Read the full guide →Mixed-gender complexes that house women
These are larger complexes with a separate men's population, but each one also houses women on-site per BOP's own live data.
FCI Danbury
Mixed-gender complexDanbury, Connecticut
Low-security FCI with an attached minimum-security camp
BOP's live directory lists Danbury as a mixed-gender complex: it houses a women's population alongside a separate men's population, not a women-only site. FCI Danbury is also where several high-profile men have served (reported in coverage of Steve Bannon's sentence), which reflects the men's side of the complex, not the women's.
Read the full guide →FCI Hazelton (SFF)
Mixed-gender complexBruceton Mills, West Virginia
Medium-security FCI, with a Special Female Facility (SFF) designation on-site
FCI Hazelton is part of a larger complex (FCC Hazelton) that also includes USP Hazelton, a men's high-security penitentiary. BOP's own live data flags FCI Hazelton with a Special Female Facility designation, meaning it has a dedicated unit for women within the complex, distinct from the men's population next door.
Read the full guide →Facilities that no longer house women, or never did
If you've heard one of these names and are trying to make sense of it, here's the honest, verified answer rather than silence.
FCI Dublin
Not a current women's facilityClosed. FCI Dublin's individual facility page on bop.gov no longer resolves (it redirects to BOP's general locations index), and it does not appear in BOP's live facility directory as of 2026-07-01. This matches widely reported closures of the facility following well-documented staff sexual-abuse scandals; some of its population was reported to have been redistributed to other women's facilities including FCI Aliceville. If you or someone you love was told 'Dublin,' confirm the current designation directly with BOP, because that address is no longer an active federal facility.
FCI Coleman
Not a current women's facilityMale-only. Every institution in the Coleman complex (USP Coleman I, USP Coleman II, FCI Coleman Low, FCI Coleman Medium) is listed in BOP's live directory as housing men, not women. If you've seen a claim that Coleman houses women, we could not verify it against BOP's own current data and recommend treating it as inaccurate unless BOP itself says otherwise.
How this directory was verified
Every facility above was checked against the Bureau of Prisons' own live facility data, fetched directly from bop.gov on 2026-07-01, which publishes a gender designation and security level per institution. We did not rely on secondhand facility lists, forum posts, or press mentions alone to decide who's on this page. Facility status changes, so this page carries the same "last reviewed" discipline as the rest of the site, and anything we could not confirm is marked as unverified rather than presented as settled fact.
Frequently asked questions
How many federal facilities house women?
Per this directory, verified against BOP.gov's own live facility data on 2026-07-01, nine federal institutions currently house women: six that hold women exclusively (FPC Alderson, FPC Bryan, FMC Carswell, FCI Aliceville, FCI Waseca, and FCI Estill) and three mixed-gender complexes with a women's population housed alongside a separate men's population (FCI Danbury, FCI Tallahassee, and FCI Hazelton). The Bureau of Prisons' own public materials describe women as housed across roughly 29 facilities nationwide when residential reentry centers and other program sites are included; this directory covers the institutional (not RRC) facilities we could directly verify.
Is FCI Dublin still open?
No. FCI Dublin does not appear in BOP's live facility directory, and its individual page on bop.gov no longer resolves. This matches widely reported coverage of the facility's closure following documented staff sexual-abuse scandals. If you were told your designation is Dublin, confirm the current facility directly with BOP or your attorney, because that address is no longer active.
Does FCI Coleman house women?
No. Every institution in the FCI/USP Coleman complex in Sumterville, Florida is listed in BOP's own live directory as housing men only. We could not find any current BOP data supporting a women's population at Coleman.