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  2. United States Penitentiary, Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    The United States Penitentiary, Atlanta (USP Atlanta) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Atlanta, Georgia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has a detention center for pretrial and holdover inmates, and a satellite prison camp ...

  3. Atlanta prison riots - Wikipedia

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    Of particular concern to the Federal Bureau of Prisons during the riots was the whereabouts of inmate Thomas Silverstein, who was serving a life sentence at USP Atlanta in an isolation cell, following his murder of Federal Prison Guard Merle E. Clutts, at USP Marion, in October 1983. The Cubans ultimately were able to drug Silverstein, who was ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth - Wikipedia

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    Location: Leavenworth, Kansas: Coordinates: 1]: Status: Operational: Security class: Medium-security (with minimum-security satellite camp): Population: 1,706 [1,579 at the FCI, 127 in prison camp] (September 2024; official BOP website): Opened: 1903: Managed by: Federal Bureau of Prisons: Warden: Donald Hudson: The Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth [2] is a medium-security federal ...

  6. List of inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

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    Inmate Name. Register Number. Status. Details. Roy Gardner. Unlisted*. Served several years of a 75-year sentence at USP Atlanta; attempted to escape in 1926. Notorious bank robber and escape artist; stole over $350,000 in cash and securities from banks and mail trains in 1920 and 1921. [29][30] Harry Golden.

  7. Demolished public housing projects in Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    The Carver Community housing project (aka "Carver Homes") in southeast Atlanta was finished on February 17, 1953, [2] costing $8.6 million and consisting of 990 units for African-Americans. [4] Named for George Washington Carver, the project was located near Joyland, an amusement park for black Atlantans. The project was demolished in 2000 and ...

  8. United States Penitentiary, McCreary - Wikipedia

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    The United States Penitentiary, McCreary (USP McCreary) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated McCreary County, Kentucky. [ 1 ] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp for ...

  9. 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.