The federal prison system has 103 institutions.
a sample population
a sample population
5000 Inmates.
There are approx 1700 women in Muncy State Prison
Alcatraz hasn't been an operating prison for many years, so there are no inmates to do anything anymore.
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The state of California has about 120,000 prison inmates. There are 9,000 of those prisoners who are serving life sentences.
The prison mayor is the prisoner who is able to forcefully control a cell block. Many times, other inmates have to pay the prison mayor for protection.
The Auburn System is not a single prison, but a model or theory upon which a prison is planned or run. The Auburn System used the old Quaker idea of solitary confinement (Walnut Street Jail after the 1790 addition) and brought the prisoners into a common area for work assignments. It was an adaptation of the Pennsylvania System, (Eastern and Western States Penitentiaries built in 1829) which kept prisoners in their own cell to do work. The influence of the Auburn System is seen in just about any prison industry system.
Do to security reasons you are not allowed to know the exact number of federal prisons.
TS stands for Texas Syndicate which was formed at Folsom State Prison by Hispanic inmates from Texas to protect themselves from predation by other gangs within the system. By and large the gang is defunct within the California prison system though it is still recognized as a bonafide prison gang by California prison officials. Many members of the gang did migrate back to Texas and the gang is thriving within that states penal institutions.
As of 30 Aug07 there are 1.6 million inmates at any given time in the United States of America.