Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury

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The Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury is a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, known for housing female inmates and serving as the real-life inspiration for the memoir and TV series "Orange Is the New Black."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf correctional facility
federal prison
authorAssociated Piper Kerman
category Buildings and structures in Danbury, Connecticut
Federal Correctional Institutions in the United States
Prisons in Connecticut
city Danbury
country United States
genderOfInmates female
governingBody Federal Bureau of Prisons
hasAbbreviation FCI Danbury
hasFacilityType low-security FCI
minimum-security satellite camp
hasFunction incarceration of federal offenders
rehabilitation of inmates
hasInmatePopulationType adult
hasNotableMediaDepiction "Orange Is the New Black"
hasPrisonCamp minimum-security prison camp
inspired TV series "Orange Is the New Black"
memoir "Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison"
isPublicInstitution true
jurisdiction United States Department of Justice
knownFor housing female inmates
inspiration for the memoir "Orange Is the New Black"
inspiration for the television series "Orange Is the New Black"
locatedIn Connecticut
Danbury, Connecticut
Fairfield County, Connecticut
New England
Northeastern United States
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear New York metropolitan area
opened 1940s
operatedBy Federal Bureau of Prisons
partOf United States federal prison system
previousGenderOfInmates female
male
regionServed Northeastern United States
securityClassification low-security
securityForInmates low-security measures
securityLevel low
securityLevelOfCamp minimum
state Connecticut
supervisedBy Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
typeOfInmates federal offenders

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Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison setting Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury
J. Parnell Thomas place of detention Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury
Natalie Figueroa worksAt federal women’s prison (Litchfield)
linked to: Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury