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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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    Finally, since the early 1970s, the United States has engaged in a historically unprecedented expansion of its imprisonment systems at both the federal and state level. Since 1973, the number of incarcerated persons in the United States has increased five-fold. Now, about 2,200,000 people, or 3.2 percent of the adult population, are imprisoned ...

  5. 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 2021, 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. United States Penitentiary, Marion - Wikipedia

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    Daniel Sproul. The United States Penitentiary, Marion ( USP Marion) is a large medium-security United States federal prison for male and female inmates in Southern Precinct, [1] unincorporated Williamson County, Illinois. [2] [3] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

  8. United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners - Wikipedia

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    The United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners ( MCFP Springfield) is a United States federal prison in Springfield, Missouri which provides medical, mental health, and dental services to male offenders. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

  9. Federal parole in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal parole in the United States. Federal parole in the United States is a system that is implemented by the United States Parole Commission. Persons eligible for federal parole include persons convicted under civilian federal law of offenses which were committed on or before November 1, 1987, persons convicted under District of Columbia law ...

  10. United States Penitentiary, Beaumont - Wikipedia

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    Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. Warden. Charles Daniels. The United States Penitentiary, Beaumont ( USP Beaumont) is a high security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Jefferson County, Texas. [1] It is part of the Federal Correctional Complex, Beaumont (FCC Beaumont) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of ...

  11. 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.