USP Beaumont is the high-security penitentiary at the Beaumont federal complex in Jefferson County, Texas, and began operating in 1997, the second of the complex's three institutions to open. It holds a bit over a thousand male inmates and has, over its history, developed a notably difficult reputation within the federal system, sometimes described in press coverage as "Bloody Beaumont." In its early years, a federal investigation into staff conduct at the prison led to a large number of misconduct findings involving contraband and abuse allegations. The institution has recorded a string of serious violent incidents across the 2000s and beyond, including a 2005 killing in which one inmate was fatally stabbed by two others, a 2014 fatal stabbing that later resulted in death sentences for two members of a white supremacist prison gang, and a 2022 gang-related attack that left two inmates dead and briefly triggered a nationwide lockdown of federal prisons while officials assessed the threat. A 2001 federal report also flagged the facility for having one of the system's higher rates of positive inmate drug tests. None of this means every day inside reflects these headline events, but it explains why USP Beaumont carries a heavier reputation than its Low and Medium neighbors on the same complex.