The Aryan Brotherhood,also known as the Brand or the AB,is a neo-Nazi prison gang and an organized crime syndicate which is based in the United States and has an estimated 15,000–20,000 members both inside and outside prisons. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has characterized it as "the nation's oldest major white supremacist prison gang and a national crime syndicate" while the Anti-Defamation League calls it the "oldest and most notorious racist prison gang in the United States". According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),the Aryan Brotherhood makes up an extremely low percentage of the entire US prison population but it is responsible for a disproportionately large number of prison murders.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Justice that is responsible for the care,custody,and control of incarcerated individuals who have committed federal crimes;that is,violations of the United States Code.
A super-maximum security (supermax) or administrative maximum (ADX) prison is a "control-unit" prison,or a unit within prisons,which represents the most secure level of custody in the prison systems of certain countries.
Joe M. Allbaugh is an American political figure in the Republican Party. After spending most of his career in Oklahoma and Texas,Allbaugh came to national prominence working for Texas governor George W. Bush and helping manage his 2000 presidential election campaign. Allbaugh then became Bush's Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) beginning in February 2001. He served until FEMA's transfer into the newly created Department of Homeland Security,after which he resigned in March 2003. He was appointed as the interim Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections by the state Board of Corrections,effective January 11,2016. On July 6,2016,the Oklahoma Board of Corrections voted unanimously to make his appointment permanent and set his salary at $185,000. Allbaugh has pointed out his department "is not a listing ship,it is a sinking ship."
CoreCivic, formerly the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA),is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. Co-founded in 1983 in Nashville,Tennessee by Thomas W. Beasley,Robert Crants,and T. Don Hutto,it received investments from the Tennessee Valley Authority,Vanderbilt University,and Jack C. Massey,the founder of Hospital Corporation of America.
The Federal Correctional Institution,Seagoville is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Seagoville,Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons,a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility includes a detention center for male offenders and an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses minimum security-male offenders.
Kathleen Hawk Sawyer was the first female director of the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons. She served as director between 1992 and 2003. On August 19,2019,Attorney General William Barr re-appointed her as director of the Bureau of Prisons. She left this role on February 25,2020.
The Federal Medical Center,Carswell is a United States federal prison in Fort Worth,Texas,for female inmates of all security levels,primarily with special medical and mental health needs. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP),a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has a prison camp for minimum-security female inmates.
The United States Penitentiary,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 and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons,a division of the United States Department of Justice. USP Coleman I was opened in 2001,and in 2004 Clark Construction completed a 555,000-square-foot (51,600 m2) additional component for USP Coleman II.
The Metropolitan Detention Center,Brooklyn is a United States federal administrative detention facility in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn,New York City. It holds male and female prisoners of all security levels. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons,a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women is a prison facility for women of the state of New Jersey Department of Corrections,located in Union Township,Hunterdon County,New Jersey,near Clinton. Its official abbreviation is EMCFW. The facility was named for Edna Mahan,one of the first female correctional superintendents in the U.S.
Federal Correctional Institution,Tallahassee,is a low security United States federal prison for female inmates in Tallahassee,Florida with a designed designated capacity of 812. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons,a division of the Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent detention center that houses administrative security level male inmates.
The GEO Group,Inc. (GEO) is a publicly traded C corporation that invests in private prisons and mental health facilities in North America,Australia,South Africa,and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Boca Raton,Florida,the company's facilities include illegal immigration detention centers,minimum security detention centers,and mental-health and residential-treatment facilities. It also operates government-owned facilities pursuant to management contracts. As of December 31,2021,the company managed and/or owned 86,000 beds at 106 facilities. In 2019,agencies of the federal government of the United States generated 53% of the company's revenues. Up until 2021 the company was designated as a real estate investment trust,at which time the board of directors elected to reclassify as a C corporation under the stated goal of reducing the company's debt.
The Federal Correctional Institution,Terre Haute is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Indiana. It is part of the Federal Correctional Complex,Terre Haute and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons,a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders.
Alumni are former students or graduates of a school,college,or university,. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate";one can be an alumnus without graduating. The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization,contributor,or inmate.
The United States Penitentiary,Beaumont is a high security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Jefferson County,Texas. It is part of the Federal Correctional Complex,Beaumont and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons,a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Management &Training Corporation or MTC is a contractor that manages private prisons and United States Job Corps centers,based in Centerville,Utah. MTC's core businesses are corrections,education and training,MTC medical,and economic &social development. MTC operates 21 correctional facilities in eight states. MTC also operates or partners in operating 22 of the 119 Job Corps centers across the country. They also operate in Great Britain,under the name MTCNovo.
The Federal Correctional Institution,Big Spring is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Texas. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons,a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has a satellite prison camp which houses minimum-security male offenders.
Charles E. Samuels Jr. is the 8th and former director of the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons,and the first African-American to be appointed to that post. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham,where he received his B.S. in Criminal Justice in 1987 and in 2012 received the school's Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. As director,he was responsible for the oversight and management of the Bureau of Prisons,which employs more than 39,000 staff and confines over 200,000 inmates under jurisdiction of the agency. As a career public administrator,he was appointed director of the federal agency on December 21,2011 by Attorney General Eric Holder,and is the eighth director since the BOP's establishment in 1930.
