federal prisons
Government-run lockups
Federal prisons are correctional facilities operated by the national government, as distinct from state or local jails.
In the United States, they house inmates convicted of federal crimes—offenses like drug trafficking across state lines, bank robbery, tax evasion, or immigration violations.
He served twelve years in federal prison for wire fraud.
- commissaryMilitary base store
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- correctional officerPenitentiary staff supervising inmates
- statuteEnacted written rule
- guardWatchful defensive attention
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- Federal JusticeFBI, DEA, special counsel, prosecution, grand jury
- prison statisticsstate prisons, female inmates, racial disparities, age distribution, county jails
- prisonsinmates, cells, prisons, prisoner, penitentiary
- Federal Assetsnational forests, national monuments, national archives, national labs, military bases
- federal facilitiespost offices, VA hospitals, FBI headquarters, CIA headquarters, Pentagon
- Federal Propertymilitary bases, national forests, Capitol Building, Pentagon, White House
federal prisonsfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free society · civilian life · open society · release
federal prisonsprivate residences
Personal living quarters
public spaces · community centers · halfway houses · rehabilitation centers