7.01A Creating a Timeline

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    7.01A Creating a Timeline

  • 1891

    1891
    The federal prison system already existed for the previous 40 years, under the Three Prisons Act (1891), which authorized the first three federal penitentiaries: USP Leavenworth, USP Atlanta, and USP McNeil Island, and from there it grew to 11 federal prisons

  • 1932

    1932
    In 1932 the Bureau opened USP Lewisburg, this place was the first penitentiary built by the newly established agency.

  • 1980

    1980
    The number of inmates did not vary significantly between 1940 and 1980, being 24,252 inhabitants. However, the number of establishments almost doubled.

  • 1984

    1984
    The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 established determinate sentencing, abolished parole, and reduced good time; additionally, several mandatory minimum sentencing provisions were enacted in 1986, 1988, and 1990. From 1980 to 1989, the inmate population more than doubled, from just over 24,000 to almost 58,000

  • 2014

    2014
    In 2014 after an increase in prisoners, this decreased. Some legislative laws changed.