Federal Correctional Institution, Safford
The Federal Correctional Institution, Safford is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Arizona. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
FCI Safford is located in southeastern Arizona, 7 miles south of the city of Safford, 127 miles northeast of Tucson, and 165 miles east of Phoenix.
Inmate life
All inmates are required to work in some capacity. Inmates are normally placed on a job assignment most compatible with his interest or job skill. Inmates with severe financial needs will be considered for priority placement on the waiting list in Federal Prison Industries. The regular work day for the inmate population starts at 7:30 a.m. and lasts until 3:30 p.m. Some work details stagger schedules such as UNICOR, food service, laundry, recreation, and the unit orderlies. UNICOR employs large numbers of inmates and specializes in the production of textile products for sale to governmental agencies.Programs and services
Inmates who have not yet attained their high school diploma are required to attend a GED program. A variety of college level courses are offered in a classroom setting through Eastern Arizona College, as well as through correspondence. Vocational training programs are also available.Notable inmates (current and former)
†Inmates who were released from custody prior to 1982 are not listed on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
| John Ehrlichman | Unlisted† | Released April 27, 1978 after serving 18 months of a 2-8 year sentence. | Domestic Affairs Adviser to President Nixon. Convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury and other charges related to the Watergate scandal. |
| David Hall | Unlisted† | Released from custody in 1978 after serving 10 months at the minimum-security prison farm. | Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975; convicted in 1975 of bribery and extortion for conspiring to receive a $50,000 bribe in return for influencing the investment of state retirement funds. |
| Kevin Tubbs | Released from custody in 2016 after serving 12 years. | Member of the ecoterrorist group Earth Liberation Front ; pleaded guilty in 2006 to arson for setting fires at an SUV dealership, a tree farm and a police station in Oregon between 1996 and 2001. | |
| Allen Pace | Serving a 24-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2021. | Convicted in 2001 of masterminding the 1997 theft of $18.9 million from the Dunbar Armored Car Company in Los Angeles in the largest cash armed robbery in US history. | |
| Lyle Jeffs | Serving a sentence of less than five years; scheduled for release on April 17, 2021. | Polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints "prophet" pleaded guilty to a count of defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and one count of failure to appear in court. | |
| Dennis Alexio | Serving sentence of 15 years. Scheduled for release in 2028 | Dennis "The Terminator" Alexio, World kickboxing champion, professional boxer and actor. Convicted in 2016 of tax fraud, money laundering and 26 other charges. |