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The creation of the federal prison system in U.S
Once the federal prison system was created, it was established by the Three Prisons Act, which then authorized the first three federal penitentiaries located in Leavenworth, Atlanta and in McNeil Island. The security of each one was in charge of some wardens and even with a limit oversight by a Department of Justice Official in Washington, D.C, the Superintendent of Prisons. -
The creation of the Bureau of Prisons
On May 24th, in 1930, the Congress of United States established the Bureau of Prisons, as an organization within the Department of Justice, and also charged the agency with the "management and regulation of all Federal penal and correctional institutions", which until that moment, there were in total 11 Federal Prisons in function. -
The first penitentiary building of the Bureau of Prisons
In 1932, after two years of their creation, the Bureau of Prisons could establish their first penitentiary building in Lewisburg. -
Changes of the Sentencing Reform Act
In 1984, The Sentencing Reform Act was modified in aspects such as sentencing, abolished parole, and reduced good time, due to in the 1980's decade, the number of Federal inmates in the country had a significant increase, and that was caused by the changes in sentencing in the Federal criminal justice system made by Law Enforcement. -
First Decrease in 34 years
Since 1980 the amount of federal inmates didn't decrease at all. Until 2014, that the population declined and, the number of federal inmates stayed in a stable range.