United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Prison from the southwest
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LocationLeavenworth, Kansas
Coordinates39°19′48″N 94°56′11″W / 39.33000°N 94.93639°W / 39.33000; -94.93639[1]
StatusOperational
Security classMedium-security (with minimum-security satellite camp)
Population1,942 [1,622 at the USP, 321 in prison camp] (official BOP website)
Opened1903
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons
WardenDonald Hudson

The United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth (USP Leavenworth) [2] is a medium security U.S. penitentiary in northeast Kansas. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. It also includes a satellite federal prison camp (FPC) for minimum-security male offenders.

USP Leavenworth is located in Leavenworth, Kansas, which is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Kansas City, Kansas.[3]

  1. ^ "United States Penitentiary Leavenworth Kansas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "USP Leavenworth".
  3. ^ Federal Bureau of Prisons. "USP Leavenworth". Bop.gov. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

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