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United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth Advertisement United States Penitentiary (USP) Leavenworth is a medium-security US penitentiary in Leavenworth County, Kansas. Opened in 1903, it’s the oldest of the three major federal prisons in the country. According to the BOP, it currently houses 1,378 male offenders. It also has an adjacent minimum […]
United States Penitentiary, Florence High Advertisement United States Penitentiary (USP) Florence High is a high-security federal prison in Fremont County, Colorado. It’s part of the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Florence. According to BOP, it currently houses 720 male offenders. The facility occupies 36,234 sqm out of the 49-acre total area […]
United States Penitentiary, Florence ADMAX Advertisement United States Penitentiary Florence ADMAX is a federal administrative maximum security facility. It’s part of the 37-acre Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) located in Fremont County near Florence, Colorado. Also known as the “Alcatraz of the Rookies”, this prison is classified as “supermax”. This means […]
United States Penitentiary, Coleman II Advertisement United States Penitentiary (USP) Coleman II is a high-security federal prison in Sumter County, Central Florida. It’s part of the Coleman Federal Penitentiary Complex and currently houses almost a thousand prisoners. According to former prisoner Nate A. Lindell, USP Coleman II was a so-called […]
United States Penitentiary, Coleman I Advertisement USP Coleman I is one of the two high-security federal prisons in the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex. It is located in central Florida and under the judicial district of Sumter County. The entire complex is managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. First opened […]
United States Penitentiary, Canaan Advertisement The United States Penitentiary, Canaan is a high-security federal prison located in Waymart, Canaan, Pennsylvania. As of this writing, it can hold up to 1,340 male offenders. In addition to the central prison, USP Canaan also has a minimum security satellite camp. The camp can […]
United States Penitentiary, Big Sandy Advertisement The United States Penitentiary, Big Sandy, is a high-security prison located in Inez, Kentucky, part of Martin County. In addition to the central unit, the jail also operates a minimum security satellite camp. The United States Penitentiary, Big Sandy, has 1,322 male offenders, with […]
United States Penitentiary, Beaumont Advertisement The United States Penitentiary, Beaumont, is a high-security federal prison located in Beaumont, Texas, which is part of Jefferson County. It opened in 1998 and was originally designed to house approximately 960 inmates. Today, the Penitentiary holds over a thousand male offenders. The prison also […]
United States Penitentiary, Atwater Advertisement The United States Penitentiary Atwater (USP Atwater) is a high-security prison located in Atwater, California. It is part of Merced County and is 130 miles from San Francisco. It houses high-security inmates and operates a minimum security satellite camp located just outside of the primary […]
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta Advertisement The United States Penitentiary (USP), Atlanta, is located at 60 McDonough Blvd. SE Atlanta, GA 30315. It is a medium-security federal prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The facility also has a detention center for pretrial and holdover inmates and a satellite prison […]