Site work and new construction of a detention facility in Roxana, Kentucky. Conceptual plans call for the construction of a detention facility.

Building a medium-security prison and camp in Letcher County will add more than 300 jobs in the region, employing people from surrounding counties, and providing other economic development opportunities. Letcher County is on the Virginia state line between Pike and Harlan counties. Its county seat is Whitesburg. To accommodate a portion of the federal inmate population, the BOP is moving forward with planning for a new Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) and prison camp in Letcher County, Ky. Among the objectives for developing a new FCI and prison camp is to meet the on-going need for modern federal correctional facilities and infrastructure as well as to address an identified need for a new FCI and prison camp in the BOP's Mid-Atlantic Region of the country. BOP's new proposed facility will address safety, modernization needs and overcrowding. As of August 7, 2024, this project is only a proposed project, no final decision has been made at this time to move forward. The public comment period for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed FCI/FPC in Letcher, KY extends from July 12, 2024 until midnight, August 12, 2024, EDT. Comments received after the deadline will not be accepted. Following the end of the public comment period, the FBOP will review and consider the comments received concerning the FEIS and Proposed Action. A Record of Decision will then be completed no sooner than 30 days after the FEIS is released, in accordance with 40 CFR 1506.10.