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 NERFINISHED
category Buildings and structures in Danbury, Connecticut
Federal Correctional Institutions in the United States NERFINISHED
Prisons in Connecticut
city Danbury NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
genderOfInmates female
governingBody Federal Bureau of Prisons NERFINISHED
hasAbbreviation FCI Danbury NERFINISHED
hasFacilityType low-security FCI
minimum-security satellite camp
hasFunction incarceration of federal offenders
rehabilitation of inmates
hasInmatePopulationType adult
hasNotableMediaDepiction "Orange Is the New Black" NERFINISHED
hasPrisonCamp minimum-security prison camp
inspired TV series "Orange Is the New Black" NERFINISHED
memoir "Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison" NERFINISHED
isPublicInstitution true
jurisdiction United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Fairfield County, Connecticut
New England
Northeastern United States NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear New York metropolitan area NERFINISHED
opened 1940s
operatedBy Federal Bureau of Prisons NERFINISHED
partOf United States federal prison system NERFINISHED
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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J. Parnell Thomas place of detention Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury
Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison setting Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury