federal prison
National correctional facility
A federal prison is a correctional facility operated by the national government, as distinct from state or local jails.
In the United States, federal prisons house those convicted of federal crimes—offenses like tax evasion, bank robbery, drug trafficking across state lines, or crimes on federal property.
He served eight years in federal prison for wire fraud.
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- inmateConfined facility resident
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
- behind barsIn jail
cell · cell block · correctional · sentence · convict · doing time · guards · yard · jumpsuit · early release · lockdown · razor wire · commissary · visitation · conjugal visit · bunk · solitary · maximum security
- Federal JusticeFBI, DEA, special counsel, prosecution, grand jury
- Prison Memoirsdoing time, behind bars, hard time, escape stories, wrongful conviction
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, warden, cellmate
- prisonsinmates, cells, penitentiary, guards, Alcatraz
- detention facilitiesjail, cells, holding cell, inmates, detention center
- federal sitesCapitol, Capitol Building, Pentagon, White House, National Mall
federal prisonstate prison
Government-run correctional facility
county jail · city jail · state penitentiary · regional jail · military prison
federal prisonfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free world · civilian life · open society · home
federal prisonhalfway house
Transitional residence for recovery
probation · home confinement · rehabilitation center · community service · diversion program
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