Prisoners are persons whom most of us would rather not think about. Banished from everyday sight, they exist in a shadow world that only dimly enters our awareness. They are members of a "total institution" that controls their daily existence in a way that few of us can imagine. "[P]rison is a complex of physical arrangements and of measures, all wholly governmental, all wholly performed by agents of government, which determine the total existence of certain human beings (except perhaps in the realm of the spirit, and inevitably there as well) from sundown to sundown, sleeping, walking, speaking, silent, working, playing, viewing, eating, voiding, reading, alone, with others. . . ." It is thus easy to think of prisoners as members of a separate netherworld, driven by its own demands, ordered by its own customs, ruled by those whose claim to power rests on raw necessity. -- Justice William Brennan, dissenting in O’Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342, 354-55 (1987).

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Register Numbers

I got an email from someone reporting to Pensacola Federal Prison Camp on Tuesday. He asked what the "066" at the end of my inmate id number is (60733-066).

According to FedCure, the United States Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Prisons assigns a eight digit "Register Number" to all offenders in the following format: XXXXX-0XX. The last three digits signify the district wherein the offender was arrested and or processed into the system.In large districts, where over 100,000 people have been processed, the '"0" is replaced with a "1". The three digit codes and the district location are listed below:

001 - Northern District of Alabama (N/AL)
002 - Middle District of Alabama (M/AL)
003 - Southern District of Alabama (S/AL)
004 - Southern District of Florida (S/FL)
005 - District of the Northern Mariana Islands (D/MP)
006 - District of Alaska (D/AK)
007 - District of Columbia (Superior Court)
008 - District of Arizona (D/AZ)
009 - Eastern District of Arkansas (E/AR)
010 - Western District of Arkansas (W/AR)
011 - Northern District of California (N/CA)
012 - Central District of California (C/CA)
013 - District of Colorado (D/CO)
014 - District of Connecticut (D/CT)
015 - District of Delaware (D/DE)
016 - District of Columbia (DC/DC)
017 - Northern District of Florida (N/FL)
018 - Middle District of Florida (M/FL)
019 - Northern District of Georgia (N/GA)
020 - Middle District of Georgia (M/GA)
021 - Southern District of Georgia (S/GA)
022 - District of Hawaii (D/HI)
023 - District of Idaho (D/ID)
024 - Northern District of Illinois (N/IL)
025 - Southern District of Illinois (S/IL)
026 - Central District of Illinois (C/IL)
027 - Northern District of Indiana (N/IN)
028 - Southern District of Indiana (S/IN)
029 - Northern District of Iowa (N/IA)
030 - Southern District of Iowa (S/IA)
031 - District of Kansas (D/KS)
032 - Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
033 - Western District of Kentucky (W/KY)
034 - Eastern District of Louisiana (E/LA)
035 - Western District of Louisiana (W/LA)
036 - District of Maine (D/ME)
037 - District of Maryland (D/MD)
038 - District of Massachusetts (D/MA)
039 - Eastern District of Michigan (E/MI)
040 - Western District of Michigan (W/MI)
041 - District of Minnesota (D/MN)
042 - Northern District of Mississippi (D/MS)
043 - Southern District of Mississippi (D/MS)
044 - Eastern District of Missouri (E/MO)
045 - Western District of Missouri (W/MO)
046 - District of Montana (D/MT)
047 - District of Nebraska (D/NE)
048 - District of Nevada (D/NV)
049 - District of New Hampshire (D/NH)
050 - District of New Jersey (D/NJ)
051 - District of New Mexico (D/NM)
052 - Northern District of New York (N/NY)
053 - Eastern District of New York (E/NY)
054 - Southern District of New York (S/NY)
055 - Western District of New York (W/NY)
056 - Eastern District of North Carolina (E/NC)
057 - Middle District of North Carolina (M/NC)
058 - Western District of North Carolina (W/NC)
059 - District of North Dakota (D/ND)
060 - Northern District of Ohio (N/OH)
061 - Southern District of Ohio (S/OH)
062 - Northern District of Oklahoma (N/OK)
063 - Eastern District of Oklahoma (E/OK)
064 - Western District of Oklahoma (W/OK)
065 - District of Oregon (D/OR)
066 - Eastern District of Pennsylvania (E/PA)
067 - Middle District of Pennsylvania (M/PA)
068 - Western District of Pennsylvania (W/PA)
069 - District of Puerto Rico (D/PR)
070 - District of Rhode Island (D/RI)
071 - District of South Carolina (D/SC)
073 - District of South Dakota (D/SD)
074 - Eastern District of Tennessee (E/TN)
075 - Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
076 - Western District of Tennessee (W/TN)
077 - Northern District of Texas (N/TX)
078 - Eastern District of Texas (E/TX)
079 - Southern District of Texas (S/TX)
080 - Western District of Texas (W/TX)
081 - District of Utah (D/UT)
082 - District of Vermont (D/VT)
083 - Eastern District of Virginia (E/VA)
084 - Western District of Virginia (W/VA)
085 - Eastern District of Washington (E/WA)
086 - Western District of Washington (W/WA)
087 - Northern District of West Virginia (N/WV)
088 - Southern District of West Virginia (S/WV)
089 - Eastern District of Wisconsin (E/WI)
090 - Western District of Wisconsin (W/WI)
091 - District of Wyoming (D/WY)
093 - District of Guam (D/GU)
094 - District of the Virgin Islands (D/VI)
095 - Middle District of Louisiana (M/LA)
097 - Eastern District of California (E/CA)
098- -Southern District of California (S/CA)

For more information on Register Numbers, see

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
Program Statement 5100.08
“Inmate Security Designation and Custody Classification”
http://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5100_008.pdf
(Explained on page 26 of this 108 page government document)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bill, this article came across my search as I write on FPC's for a white collar magazine, can you comment on the quality of the FPC Pensacola compared to other FPC's, I realize that Eglin (CLUB FED) is closed down, the attached link may show overcrowding and lower living standards compared to other FPC's. What was your experience with overcrowding and capacity issues? http://www.recordpub.com/news/simple_article/3211651

Bill Bailey said...

Interesting of you to post.

Instead of responding to your comment, I will post a new article on this.