Photographs of Federal Prison Facilities, Personnel, and Activities, ca. 1930–2021

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Photographs of Federal Prison Facilities, Personnel, and Activities, ca. 1930–2021

1930-2021

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/283022346

This series consists of photographs documenting facilities, staff/personnel, inmates, and activities at over eighty Bureau of Prisons (BOP) institutions, including United States Penitentiaries (USP), Federal Correctional Institutions (FCI), Federal Prison Camps (FPC), Federal Medical Centers (FMC), Federal Detention Centers (FDC), Metropolitan Correctional Centers (MCC), and Metropolitan Detention Centers (MDC). Photographs of institutional facilities show the grounds, exterior and interior of buildings, construction, and dedication ceremonies. Aerial views and architectural renderings of these facilities can be found throughout the series. Daily life of inmates is also heavily covered throughout the series. Photographs of male and female inmates tend to highlight prison industries (inmates at work), religion, education, farming, holidays, confiscated weapons/contraband, food service, and recreation. Of note are mug shots of infamous figures such as Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, Ora Shannon, Kathryn Kelly, James Earl Ray, William Remington, Billie Holiday, and Alger Hiss (129-PC-11H). Telegrams to Marcus Garvey (129-PC-19A-46A and 46B) and a postal note from Garvey (129-PC-19B-79), which were sent while he was imprisoned at Atlanta, are also interfiled among the photographs. Lastly, this series contains official portraits and photographs of prison wardens and BOP directors.

8 linear feet, 5 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 11675823

National Archives at College Park

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United States. Bureau of Prisons

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The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was created by the Act of May 14, 1930 (ch.274,- 46 Stat. 325) and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover. The mission of the Bureau of Prisons was to maintain secure, safe, and humane correctional institutions for individuals placed in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General; to develop and operate correctional programs that seek a balanced application of the concepts of punishment, deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation; and provide, primarily through t...