FPC Duluth is a minimum-security federal prison camp for male offenders located on the northern edge of Duluth, Minnesota, near the shore of Lake Superior. It opened in 1983 on a roughly 90-acre parcel that had previously been part of the Duluth Air Force Base, and the camp still reflects that military-installation origin in its layout. Housing is dormitory-style, spread across a handful of barracks-like units rather than traditional cell blocks, which is typical for camps at this security level. The population has generally hovered around several hundred inmates in recent years. As a minimum-security camp, Duluth generally houses inmates considered lower risk, often nearing the end of longer sentences or serving shorter ones, with more relaxed movement and supervision than higher-security institutions. There isn't a great deal of dramatic history tied to the site beyond its conversion from a military base to a federal camp, but its location — tucked into a scenic, remote corner of northern Minnesota near the lake — is often mentioned by people familiar with it as one of its more distinctive features.