Federal Prison System

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is an agency of federalCourts were created in 1789 and seven prisons were
law enforcement and is a part of the United Sates ofestablished during the end of the 19th Century. Those
justice. Its main responsibility is to manage the federalfound guilty of federal offences were given corporal
prison system. Out of the 2 million people in prisons,punishments or were held in federal facilities.
185,000 offenders are taken care by the FederalIn the year 1891, The Prisoner Act was passed and
Prison System.started creating the Federal Prison System. For its
There were a number of correction centres in Unitedpenitentiaries, three sites were identified and it took
States of America before 1930. Then the bureau forapproximately 6 years to start even with the ground
the Federal Prison system came into existence in thework at the first U.S. Penitentiary.
year 1930 keeping in mind that it would provide humanTill the year 1907, General Agent of the Justice
care for the inmates. It was established to centralizeDepartment took care of all prison matters. Justice
the administrational working of all eleven FederalDepartment accounts, department operations, criminal
prisons at the same time and to make the Federalinvestigations and prison operations, all were the
Prison System more professional.responsibilities of the General Agent. But in the year
With an ever growing rate of prison population in1907, these responsibilities were divided in three
United States of America, more than 80% of the totaldivisions, such as the Office of the Chief Examiner, the
offenders are housed in the detention centres andDivision of Accounts and the Office of the
community correctional centres which are operated bySuperintendent of Prisons and Prisoners. These
Bureau itself. And with the help of the Federal Prisonchanges bought a new face of the Federal Prison
System, around 20% of the inmates are confined insystem.
detention centres, prisons and community correctionalThere are different types of Federal Prisons which
centres which are operated privately and. This is doneabide by the Federal Prison System. There are
through agreements with the local and stateinstitutions with different missions and security levels
government.which are located quiet near to each other are known
The Federal Prison system maintains the lethal injectionas Federal Correctional Complex. The low and
chamber in Indiana and also takes care of federalmedium security facilities are provided by Federal
execution except the ones which are taken care byCorrectional Institutions. The transfer and reception of
the military.offenders are taken care by the Federal Detention
The Federal Prison system has its roots in the18th andCentre. Offender's medical and psychiatric care is
19th Century. Even before the existence of thetaken by Federal Medical Centres. U.S Penitentiary
Federal Bureau of Prisions, the Federal Prison Systemtakes care of those who are under high security.
was already being run in the country for 30 years.