Federal prison

In Washington, the case has never been better for criminal justice reform. On the horizon — changes to federal mandatory minimum sentencing requirements and policies to reduce the number of inmates in overflowing federal prisons.

Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco, California

A study of women in prison reveals that many have suffered a traumatic brain injury before they committed their crimes.

United States Penitentiary was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island since the 1850s; the main prison building was built in 1910–1912 as a United States Army military prison.

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The history of prisons is an interesting one. As the United States tried to find ways to rehabilitate their prisoners, they found that they were not able to do it in a way that was both humane and cost-effective. This led them down the path of building prisons as we know them today. Prisons are institutions that hold convicted criminals in the hopes that they will be rehabilitated to society when they get out. Prisons were established in the late 1800s but have come a long way since then…

The federal Bureau of Prisons quietly released a new policy last week mandating free tampons and maxi-pads for female inmates.

If there was a convict who was destined to escape from Alcatraz, that man will be Frank Lee Morris, a man with a brilliant mind and with an IQ of 133.

Many prisoners spent time in solitary confinement on Alcatraz Island. The rules here were tough and often broken, which lead to time in one of these cells.