Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, is a medium-security prison for men in Atlanta, Georgia. It was authorized in 1899 and completed in January 1902. It encompassed 300 acres to accommodate 1200 prisoners. For many years it has been a notorious part of the U.S. federal prison system. It also has a detention center for pre-trial and holdover inmates and a camp for minimum security male inmates.
It was primarily used as a detention center for Cuban refug...
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Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, is a medium-security prison for men in Atlanta, Georgia. It was authorized in 1899 and completed in January 1902. It encompassed 300 acres to accommodate 1200 prisoners. For many years it has been a notorious part of the U.S. federal prison system. It also has a detention center for pre-trial and holdover inmates and a camp for minimum security male inmates.
It was primarily used as a detention center for Cuban refugees from the Mariel Boatlift who were ineligible for release into American society. The prison is located in southeast Atlanta at the junction of Boulevard and McDonough Boulevard. Its population as of July 6, 2006 is 1909 in the penitentiary and 554 in the camp.
This prison is one of several ( see FTC Oklahoma City ) that are used to house prisoners who are being transferred between prisons. As of 2006 the prison was housing 3 - 5 in-transit prisoners in each approximately 56 square foot isolation cell for up to 8 weeks at a time.
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