Federal Prison

history

Alcatraz Island operated as a federal penitentiary for 29 years. The United States Army first used the island for detention in the Civil War era, but it was the Federal Bureau o...

Guides And Explainers

Alcatraz began operating as a federal penitentiary on August 11, 1934, when the first batch of prisoners arrived under tight security and strict administrative routines. This da...

facilities

The Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX Florence), operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, is the United States’ highest-security penitentiary. Within this supermax comple...

Celebrity Profiles

This guide explains how to find federal prison inmate information for individuals located in or associated with West Virginia. The term W.V. federal prison inmate search refers...