FCI Jesup is a medium-security federal prison for male inmates in Jesup, Georgia, roughly 65 miles southwest of Savannah. The site's history began in 1989 with the opening of a prison camp, followed by the activation of the medium-security FCI itself in July 1990. The complex later expanded with the addition of a low-security satellite facility in 2003, so today the Jesup complex actually spans three security tiers — medium, low, and minimum — operating side by side on adjoining grounds. This kind of phased build-out, starting small with a camp and growing into a multi-facility complex, was a common pattern for the Bureau of Prisons as it expanded capacity through the late 1980s and 1990s. Jesup's rural southeast Georgia location, between Savannah and the Florida line, places it in a part of the state without a lot of other federal infrastructure nearby, which can make it a longer trip for out-of-state families. There isn't a particularly dramatic public history attached to the facility beyond its steady growth — it functions as a standard-issue medium-security institution with the typical range of BOP programming.