federal penitentiaries
Government-run lockups
Federal penitentiaries are prisons operated by a national government rather than state or local authorities, typically housing inmates convicted of federal crimes.
In the United States, these facilities are run by the Bureau of Prisons and hold those who violated federal law—drug trafficking across state lines, bank robbery, tax evasion: He served twelve years in a federal penitentiary.
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- mental health servicesTreatment for psychological conditions
- commissaryMilitary base store
- phone privilegesAuthorization to use telephones
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