- List of United States federal prisons - Wikipedia
United States penitentiaries Most United States penitentiaries (USPs) are high-security facilities, which have highly secured perimeters with walls or reinforced fences, multiple and single-occupant cell housing, the highest staff-to-inmate ratio, and close control of inmate movement
- BOP: Federal Bureau of Prisons Web Site
An official website of the United States government Here's how you know
- Imprisonment Statistics in U. S 2025 | Prison Facts
This staggering figure encompasses federal prisons, state prisons, local jails, and other detention facilities, making the United States the world leader in both total prison population and incarceration rates per capita
- USA Full Prison List
Full USA Prison List Welcome to our comprehensive directory of USA prisons This resource provides detailed information about correctional facilities across the United States, offering a complete guide to each institution
- Federal Bureau of Prisons - United States Department of Justice
History In 1891, Congress passed the "Three Prisons Act," which established the Federal Prison System (FPS) The first three prisons – United States Penitentiary (USP) Leavenworth, USP Atlanta, and USP McNeil Island – operated with limited oversight by the Department of Justice (DOJ) During the 1920s, Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt was responsible for the FPS and
- Prisons and Jails of the United States Map | Interactive . . .
Explore the interactive United States Prisons and Jails Map with boundaries, addresses, websites, and contact details for every prison, jail, and detention center nationwide Facilities are color-coded by security level: maximum, medium, minimum, and youth detention
- America’s Incarceration Crossroads: Reversing Progress Amid . . .
The U S criminal legal system stands at a crossroads The United States remains a world leader in incarceration, locking up its citizens at a far higher rate than any other industrialized nation 1 Between 1972 and 2009, the number of people imprisoned grew nearly 700%, 2 while crime rates declined dramatically after peaking in 1991 3 Imprisonment levels slowly scaled back, achieving a 25%
- List of BOP Locations - Federal Bureau of Prisons
All Regions All States All Facility Types All Security Levels All Prison Types Uncategorized Alderson FPC Aliceville FCI Allenwood FCC Ashland FCI Atlanta FCI Atlanta RRM Atwater USP Baltimore RRM Bastrop FCI Beaumont FCC Beckley FCI Bennettsville FCI Berlin FCI Big Sandy USP Big Spring FCI Brooklyn MDC Bryan FPC Butner FCC Canaan USP Carswell
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