There are several. Alderson, West Virginia is one of the best known. Where are all womens federal prisons located. Also...there is a women's federal prison in Danbury, Ct. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website has information on all women's prisons.
Federal Bureau of Prisons was created in 1930.
Do to security reasons you are not allowed to know the exact number of federal prisons.
The Federal Department of Corrections runs Federal prisons. The Federal Department of Corrections is a subdivision of the Judicial System in the United States.
Federal prisons in the United States are located throughout the country, with facilities in various states. Some well-known federal prisons include ADX Florence in Colorado, United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, and Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. The Bureau of Prisons oversees the federal prison system and manages the facilities.
State prisons are run by the state, criminals are placed in state prisons when the have broken only state laws. Criminals go to federally run prisons when they break federal laws.
There are federal prison facilities in PA, KY, TX, WV, SC, NH, NC, FL, MD, CT, CA, OH, OK, CO, NJ, AR, IL, GA, TN, MI, LA, NY, WI, VA, AZ, MN, OR, AL, IN, and MS. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has an online database that lists information on all the federal prisons. You can sort it by facility name, state, region, type of facility, or security level.
1. Yazoo federal complex
Federal prisons are safer for the inmate, however a federal sentence requires the inmate to serve 85% of the time. Most state prisons will parole at 50% time served depending on the crime
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 50,000 women are released from state and federal prisons each year in the United States.
There are currently 192
The Federal Bureau of Prisons serves several functions. It has the remit of providing progressive and humane care for Federal inmates and to professionalize the prison service.