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  2. Federal Bureau of Prisons - Wikipedia

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    The exterior of Federal Correctional Institution, Milan. The Bureau of Prisons was established within the Department of Justice on May 14, 1930 by the United States Congress, [5] and was charged with the "management and regulation of all Federal penal and correctional institutions." [6] This responsibility covered the administration of the 11 ...

  3. List of United States federal prisons - Wikipedia

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    The most restrictive facility in the federal prison system is USP Florence ADMAX, the federal supermax prison, which holds inmates who are considered the most dangerous and in need of the tightest controls. USP Leavenworth, USP Lewisburg, USP Lompoc, and USP Marion were originally operated as high-security facilities but have since been ...

  4. History of United States prison systems - Wikipedia

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    Contents. History of United States prison systems. Eastern State Penitentiary, constructed in the 1820s during the first major wave of penitentiary building in the United States. US timeline graphs of number of people incarcerated in jails and prisons. [1] Imprisonment began to replace other forms of criminal punishment in the United States ...

  5. Federal prison - Wikipedia

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    The Brazil federal prison system (Sistema Penitenciário Federal) was implemented in 2006 based on the provisions of the 1984 law "Lei de Execução Penal". It receives the most dangerous criminals who would be disruptive in state prisons.

  6. Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago ( MCC Chicago) is a United States federal prison in Chicago, Illinois, which holds male and female prisoners of all security levels prior to and during court proceedings in the Northern District of Illinois, as well as inmates serving brief sentences. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons ...

  7. Incarceration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Incarceration in the United States is one of the primary means of punishment for crime in the United States. In 2023, over five million people were under supervision by the criminal justice system, [2] [3] with nearly two million people incarcerated in state or federal prisons and local jails. The United States has the largest known prison ...

  8. Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix - Wikipedia

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    4,070 (328 in prison camp) Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix ( FCI Fort Dix) is a low-security United States federal prison for male offenders in New Jersey. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. A satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male inmates.

  9. ADX Florence - Wikipedia

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    The United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility (USP Florence ADMAX), commonly known as ADX Florence or the Florence Supermax, is an American federal prison in Fremont County to the south of Florence, Colorado, operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.