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The prison warden supervises all the operations within the prison. Prisons vary in size, with some housing thousands of inmates. They are responsible for the prison's security, the performance of staff of the prison (including prison officers, prison doctors, janitors, cooks and others), the management of its funds, the maintenance of its facilities and the welfare of its inmates.
Captain Elam Lynds (1784–1855) was a prison warden and was known for his carceral innovations, such as producing goods for sale outside of prisons for profit, instituting absolute silence among prisoners at all times, and solitary confinement of prisoners at night, and for his cruelty as a warden. [1]
Thomas Bruce White Sr. (March 6, 1881 – December 21, 1971) was an American law officer and prison warden. He is known for solving the complex and notorious Osage murder case and later being warden of Leavenworth Prison in Kansas.
Lewis Edward Lawes (September 13, 1883 – April 23, 1947) was a prison warden and a proponent of prison reform. During his 21-year tenure at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, he supervised the executions of 303 prisoners. [1] [2]
Location: Leavenworth, Kansas: Coordinates: 1]: Status: Operational: Security class: Medium-security (with minimum-security satellite camp): Population: 1,706 [1,579 at the FCI, 127 in prison camp] (September 2024; official BOP website): Opened: 1903: Managed by: Federal Bureau of Prisons: Warden: Donald Hudson: The Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth [2] is a medium-security federal ...
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The prison was constructed in 1972. As of 2023, the warden is Cindy Davis. The prison is perhaps best known for its April 1993 riot, in which a total of 450 prisoners rioted, resulting in an 11-day deadly fighting between 2 large inmate groups in prison race war by whites inmate groups clash with blacks inmate groups and law enforcement.
It stars Robert Redford as a newly arrived prison warden, Henry Brubaker, who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system. The screenplay by W. D. Richter is a fictionalized version of the 1969 book, Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal by Tom Murton and Joe Hyams, detailing Murton's uncovering of the 1967 prison ...