US History

By Jaime Vilaplana
  • Federal Prison System is established

    Federal Prison System is established

    Congress passes the three prison acts which established the Federal Prison System
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons is established

    Federal Bureau of Prisons is established

    This was established to oversee the functioning of the FPS
  • First BOP Penitentiary

    First BOP Penitentiary

    USP Lewisburg opens, being the first BOP penitentiary to open, it featured an original design that incorporated new correctional concepts
  • First BOP maximum security prison

    First BOP maximum security prison

    The first maximum security prison, USP Alcatraz, opened housing the most violent, disruptive and escape-prone inmates in the Federal system.
  • Inmate population more than doubles.

    Inmate population more than doubles.

    The inmates population by the end of 2000 had jumped to 145.125