FCI Beaumont Medium is the middle security tier of the Beaumont federal complex in Jefferson County, Texas, and was the last of the complex's three institutions to open, beginning operations in 1999, a couple of years after the low- and high-security prisons on the same site. As a medium-security facility, it houses male inmates in general population housing units rather than the dormitory setup used at the Low, and offers programming that includes an on-site UNICOR manufacturing operation along with GED, English-language, and adult education classes. The Beaumont complex as a whole has drawn a difficult reputation over the years — sometimes referred to informally in press coverage as "Bloody Beaumont" — mostly stemming from repeated violent incidents at the neighboring high-security penitentiary, though medium-security institutions generally see considerably less chronic violence than a full USP. Beaumont Medium sits a step down in custody level from USP Beaumont on the same grounds, generally holding a somewhat calmer population serving mid-length federal sentences. For families, it's worth confirming specifically which Beaumont institution a loved one is assigned to, since Low, Medium, and USP share a general location but run as entirely separate facilities with distinct rules.