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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. Nigerian Correctional Service - Wikipedia

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    The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service (NPS), is a government agency of Nigeria which operates prisons. The agency is headquartered in Abuja, [ 1] and it is under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior and the Civil Defence Immigration and Correctional Service. [ 2]

  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. United States Penitentiary, Coleman - Wikipedia

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    United States Penitentiary, Coleman 1. USP Coleman 1 is a high security federal lockup that houses several notorious and infamous criminals. Inmates at this facility consist of dozens of international terrorists, high profile drug and arms dealers and other serial and repeat offenders. Inmates housed here report extreme violence at this facility.

  6. United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth - Wikipedia

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    The United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth[ 2] is a medium-security federal prison for male inmates in northeast Kansas. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. It also includes a satellite federal prison camp (FPC) for minimum-security male offenders.

  7. Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury (FCI Danbury) is a low-security United States federal prison for male and female inmates in Danbury, Connecticut. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum ...

  8. 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.

  9. 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 ...