United States prison system

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_prison_system

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:prison
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Civil_Rights_of_Institutionalized_Persons_Act gptkb:Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution federal laws state laws Prison Litigation Reform Act
gptkbp:hasPopulation	over 2 million (as of 2023)
gptkbp:highestIncarcerationRate	world
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States prison system
gptkbp:includes	federal prisons local jails state prisons juvenile detention centers immigration detention centers
gptkbp:notableInmate	gptkb:Attica_Correctional_Facility gptkb:Leavenworth gptkb:USP_Florence_High gptkb:ADX_Florence gptkb:Sing_Sing gptkb:Folsom_State_Prison gptkb:Pelican_Bay_State_Prison gptkb:Rikers_Island gptkb:San_Quentin_State_Prison gptkb:Sing_Sing_Correctional_Facility gptkb:USP_Hazelton gptkb:USP_Tucson gptkb:USP_Atlanta gptkb:Cook_County_Jail gptkb:USP_Marion gptkb:USP_Lewisburg gptkb:USP_Canaan USP Terre Haute USP Lompoc USP Allenwood USP Atwater USP Beaumont USP Big Sandy USP Lee USP McCreary USP Pollock USP Victorville USP Yazoo City Alcatraz (historical) Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) USP Coleman
gptkbp:numberOfIssues	mental health overcrowding healthcare access sexual assault prisoner rights prison labor recidivism private prisons solitary confinement prison violence reentry challenges
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons private companies state governments
gptkbp:racialDisparity	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Security_Housing_Unit_(SHU)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7