Federal Bureau of Prisons
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a United States federal agency responsible for the administration and oversight of federal correctional institutions and the custody and care of federal inmates.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1618294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Bureau of Prisons Context triple: [District of Columbia Department of Corrections, collaboratesWith, Federal Bureau of Prisons]
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A.
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
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United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
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United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX
United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX is a federal supermax prison in Colorado known for housing some of the most dangerous and high-profile inmates in the United States under extremely restrictive conditions.
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United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute is a federal maximum-security prison in Indiana that houses male inmates and contains the federal execution chamber for carrying out death sentences.
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E.
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary is a high-security federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia, known for housing notorious criminals including organized crime figures like Al Capone.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Bureau of Prisons Target entity description: The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a United States federal agency responsible for the administration and oversight of federal correctional institutions and the custody and care of federal inmates.
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A.
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
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B.
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
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C.
United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX
United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX is a federal supermax prison in Colorado known for housing some of the most dangerous and high-profile inmates in the United States under extremely restrictive conditions.
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United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute is a federal maximum-security prison in Indiana that houses male inmates and contains the federal execution chamber for carrying out death sentences.
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E.
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary is a high-security federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia, known for housing notorious criminals including organized crime figures like Al Capone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal law enforcement agency
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prison administration agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BOP ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United States federal criminal justice system ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateFounded | 1930 ⓘ |
| employs |
administrative staff
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case managers ⓘ chaplains ⓘ correctional officers ⓘ medical professionals ⓘ mental health professionals ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| hasDuties |
administration of federal correctional institutions
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care of federal inmates ⓘ classification and designation of inmates to facilities ⓘ collection of inmate data and statistics ⓘ coordination with United States Marshals Service on inmate custody ⓘ coordination with federal courts regarding inmate placement ⓘ custody of federal inmates ⓘ development of correctional policies and procedures ⓘ ensuring security and order in federal prisons ⓘ implementation of inmate programs ⓘ maintenance of prison security levels ⓘ management of inmate discipline ⓘ management of prison staff ⓘ operation of federal prisons ⓘ oversight of private contract prisons housing federal inmates ⓘ providing educational programs to inmates ⓘ providing medical care to inmates ⓘ providing mental health services to inmates ⓘ providing vocational training to inmates ⓘ reentry preparation for inmates ⓘ transportation of federal inmates ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United States law enforcement community ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United States federal law ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| operates |
administrative maximum security facilities
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federal correctional institutions ⓘ federal detention centers ⓘ federal penitentiaries ⓘ federal prison camps ⓘ residential reentry centers ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| partOf | United States federal prison system ⓘ |
| sector |
corrections
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criminal justice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Bureau of Prisons Description of subject: The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a United States federal agency responsible for the administration and oversight of federal correctional institutions and the custody and care of federal inmates.
Referenced by (56)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United States federal prison system
this entity surface form:
Bureau of Prisons
this entity surface form:
Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities
Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri, United States
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operatedBy
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
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this entity surface form:
Bureau of Prisons
United States Probation Office for the District of Puerto Rico
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collaboratesWith
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
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subject surface form:
United States Penitentiary
subject surface form:
United States Penitentiary
this entity surface form:
Federal Bureau of Prisons regional offices
this entity surface form:
Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities
this entity surface form:
Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities
this entity surface form:
Bureau of Prisons officials
this entity surface form:
Bureau of Prisons
Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act
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affectsAgency
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
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