Lookup FCI Elkton Inmates

FCI Elkton Federal Overview

FCI Elkton is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is a low-security Federal Correctional Institution with an adjacent Federal Satellite Low in Lisbon. The BOP page places the institution in the Northeast Region and the Northern Ohio judicial district, and it identifies the inmate population as male federal offenders. That makes FCI Elkton a major detention facility physically located in Columbiana County, but not part of the Columbiana County Jail roster.

This distinction is the most important fact for searchers. A person held at FCI Elkton is in federal custody and has a BOP register number. A person held at Columbiana County Jail is in local county custody and is handled through the sheriff's Corrections Division; the county sheriff's official page names Sheriff Brian McLaughlin. A federal sentence, federal transfer, U.S. Marshals movement, or BOP designation can place someone at Elkton even if the original arrest happened far from Columbiana County.

The BOP FCI Elkton facility page is the source for facility facts, contact details, visiting links, mail addresses, commissary links, and PREA materials.

FCI Elkton Inmate Population

BOP public facility data showed 2,049 total inmates at FCI Elkton on June 18, 2026. The same public endpoint broke that figure into 1,592 at the FCI and 457 at the adjacent Federal Satellite Low. Those people are part of the federal prison population, not the Columbiana County Jail daily count. They should not be counted as county pretrial detainees or as sentenced misdemeanor inmates in the local jail.

The BOP public page did not publish a local rated-capacity number in the research capture. For that reason, the facility population can be stated, but a capacity percentage should not be calculated. Population also changes with transfers, designations, releases, sentence recalculations, and housing moves between federal facilities.

FCI Elkton Inmate Lookup

Use the BOP Inmate Locator for FCI Elkton inmates. The county jail does not control federal inmate records, and the sheriff's Corrections Division cannot provide BOP register details, projected release dates, or federal designation information. The BOP locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present and can be searched by register number or by name fields.

BOP results commonly show name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. BOP also warns that release dates may be affected by First Step Act sentence reviews and recalculations, so a date in the locator can require confirmation through BOP channels. If the person is shown as released or not in BOP custody, that does not prove the person has no court supervision, immigration case, state custody, or local hold elsewhere.

1. Open the BOP Inmate Locator and choose number search if the register number is known.
2. For a name search, enter the last name and add first name, age, race, or sex to narrow common names.
3. Check the Location field for FCI Elkton, Elkton FSL, Released, or another BOP facility.
4. Use the register number from the BOP result when addressing mail or asking BOP about federal custody.

The BOP locator is captured in the reference image.

FCI Elkton Contact

FCI Elkton's public contact information comes from BOP, not from the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office. The institution's street address is used for the facility and non-USPS shipping, while BOP publishes separate post office boxes for inmate mail and staff mail. Use the correct address type because federal facilities route mail, staff correspondence, and packages differently.

Call the institution before travel or before relying on a visit schedule because the BOP page says visiting may be restricted or canceled by the warden for weather, safety, or institutional incidents.

FCI Elkton Visiting

The BOP facility page links to Elkton visiting regulations, but the captured public API did not return normal schedule rows. That means the safest published instruction is to confirm visits by phone with FCI Elkton. BOP specifically says visiting hours should be confirmed because the warden may restrict or cancel visiting for reasons such as weather, safety, or incidents at the institution.

Federal prison visiting is different from county jail video visitation. Visitors generally must follow BOP approval rules, institution regulations, identification requirements, dress rules, and security screening. A person listed at FCI Elkton in the BOP locator may still have visiting limits tied to housing status, discipline, medical status, or institution operations. Approval to visit one BOP facility should not be assumed to cover another facility after transfer.

FCI Elkton Mail

Federal mail rules are address-specific. Inmate mail to FCI Elkton uses the inmate's name and register number, followed by FCI Elkton, Federal Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 10, Lisbon, OH 44432. Staff mail uses P.O. Box 129. Non-USPS shipping and facility deliveries use the Scroggs Road street address. The research did not support sending inmate mail to the county jail or to the sheriff.

Money has a separate warning. BOP says not to send inmate funds to the facility address. Mailed federal inmate funds go to a processing center in Des Moines, Iowa. BOP also links commissary information from the facility page and explains that commissary accounts hold funds deposited by family, friends, or other sources. Confirm current BOP money instructions before sending funds.

FCI Elkton vs Jail

FCI Elkton and Columbiana County Jail are both in Lisbon, but they answer different custody questions. The county jail is the local arrest and short-sentence facility. FCI Elkton is a federal prison for sentenced male federal offenders. The county jail can be relevant after a local arrest, while FCI Elkton becomes relevant when BOP has designated a person to the institution or satellite low unit.

For a local arrest that has not become a federal sentence, start with the county jail and court process. For a confirmed federal prisoner at Elkton, the Columbiana County jail inmate records path will not replace BOP lookup.

FCI Elkton Records

BOP locator records are public federal custody records, but they are not full criminal-history reports and they do not show county jail booking photos. A BOP result can show identity and custody-location fields, but court documents, sentencing orders, appeal filings, and supervised-release records are separate from the locator. Federal pretrial detainees under U.S. Marshals movement may also be outside normal BOP sentenced-inmate search patterns until committed to BOP custody.

FCI Elkton's BOP page also links legal-activities resources, custody-and-care materials, an Admissions and Orientation handbook, commissary information, and PREA materials. The page listed an FCI Elkton PREA report posted June 23, 2026 under 28 CFR 115.403. That report is federal facility material, not a county jail inspection report. County jail standards and ODRC inspection materials belong to Columbiana County Jail, while BOP rules apply at Elkton.

BOP

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, which runs sentenced federal prisons such as FCI Elkton.

Register number

The federal inmate identifier used in BOP locator results and inmate mail.

FSL

Federal Satellite Low, the adjacent low-security unit tied to FCI Elkton.

USMS

The U.S. Marshals Service, which handles many federal pretrial custody and transport functions.

Note: Confirm BOP location, mail format, and visiting status with FCI Elkton before sending mail, funds, or visitors.