FCI Bennettsville is a newer addition to the federal system, opening its doors in 2012 in Marlboro County near Bennettsville, South Carolina. It's a medium-security prison for male inmates with an attached minimum-security camp, together housing close to 1,900 people, so the population is sizable even though the facility itself hasn't been around long. Its location in the northeastern part of the state puts it roughly 70 miles from Myrtle Beach and about 100 miles from Columbia, which may factor into travel planning for visits. There isn't much publicly documented history beyond the basics of its opening and size — no major incidents or especially notable cases have drawn wide attention, and detailed public records on the facility's early years remain limited. For families getting oriented, the main things to know are that Bennettsville is a relatively modern, mid-sized medium-security institution, part of the same standardized BOP system as older prisons, without the decades of accumulated history some other facilities carry.