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The United States Penitentiary, Allenwood (USP Allenwood) is a maximum security United States federal prison in Pennsylvania. It is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
The seal of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the agency that manages U.S. federal prisons. The Federal Bureau of Prisons classifies prisons into seven categories: United States penitentiaries; Federal correctional institutions; Private correctional institutions; Federal prison camps; Administrative facilities; Federal correctional complexes [1]
The United States Penitentiary, Coleman I and II (USP Coleman I and II) are high-security United States federal prisons for male inmates in Florida. It is part of the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Coleman) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Aerial view of the prison in 2024. The State Correctional Institution – Greene (SCI Greene) is a maximum security prison, classified as a Supermax, [1] located in Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, near Waynesburg, off Interstate 79 and Pennsylvania Route 21.
High Desert is structurally the most secure prison in the Nevada Department of Corrections. [citation needed] In September 2024, Nevada's death row inmates were transferred to High Desert State Prison from Ely State Prison. As a result High Desert prison became a maximum security facility while Ely's security level was reduced to medium. [2]
The prison was constructed in 1983 to expand the maximum-security capabilities of the state prison system and is located near the existing Wallkill Correctional Facility, a medium security prison. The co-location was designed so that services by both facilities could be shared, thus reducing the costs of each prison.
OSP does retain death row cells for inmates who are considered the highest security risk. As of 2019, six high security death row inmates remain at OSP, four of whom were involved in the 1993 Lucasville prison riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. [1] [2] Ohio State Penitentiary currently holds level 5, 4, 3 and 1 inmates.
Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP), also known as Oregon State Prison, is a maximum security prison in the northwest United States in Salem, Oregon.Originally opened in Portland 174 years ago in 1851, it relocated to Salem fifteen years later.