United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
The federal prison Leavenworth / ˌ lɛvən wɜrθ, wərθ / ( officially engl. United States Penitentiary ( USP) Leavenworth ) is a prison of the U.S. federal government in Leavenworth, in the U.S. state of Kansas.
The prison is divided into an area for felons and an area for the normal prison. In the classification of the U.S. prison system, the prison was classified as " Maximum Security Prison". In 2005 it was stepped down to "Medium Security Prison ." It is operated correctional facility from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Prison Service of the U.S. federal government.
The Institute maintains a so-called UNICOR operation ( the largest in the United States ) where the working inmates are used in the textile, furniture and print production. It is covered with up to 2,100 inmates. The federal prison is located near the United States Disciplinary Barracks, the Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility and the Lansing Correctional Facility. These four major prisons are an important economic factor in the area around Leavensworth dar.
History
Following a decision of the U.S. Congress of 1895, the federal prison Leavenworth was taken in 1903 in operation. Before the prisoners were housed at Fort Leavenworth.
Not to be confused is the federal prison Leavenworth with the United States Disciplinary Barracks designated as military prison, which was until 2002 housed at Fort Leavenworth and since then a new facility north has it.