Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary

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correctional facility federal prison high-security prison

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.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	correctional facility → federal prison → high-security prison →
adjacentFacilitySecurityClass	minimum security →
alsoKnownAs	USP Atlanta → United States Penitentiary, Atlanta →
category	1902 establishments in Georgia → Buildings and structures in Atlanta, Georgia → Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities → Prisons in Georgia →
cityServed	Atlanta →
constructionStarted	late 19th century →
country	United States →
designedBy	U.S. Treasury Department, Office of the Supervising Architect →
governingLaw	federal law →
hasAbbreviation	USP Atlanta →
hasAdjacentFacility	Federal Prison Camp, Atlanta →
hasFacilityType	United States Penitentiary (USP) →
hasPostalAddress	Atlanta, Georgia →
hasSecurityFeatures	controlled movement → guard towers → perimeter walls →
inmateGender	male →
jurisdiction	federal →
knownFor	historic federal prison riots → housing Al Capone → housing notorious federal prisoners → housing organized crime figures →
locatedIn	Atlanta, Georgia → Fulton County, Georgia NERFINISHED → Georgia →
managedBy	Federal Bureau of Prisons →
notableInmate	Al Capone → Charles Luciano → John Gotti associate → Marcus Garvey → Meyer Lansky associate Vito Genovese → drug traffickers → organized crime figures → white-collar criminals →
opened	1902 →
operatedBy	Federal Bureau of Prisons →
originalCapacity	about 1,200 inmates →
ownedBy	Federal Bureau of Prisons →
partOf	United States Department of Justice →
region	Southeastern United States →
securityClass	high security →
status	operational →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al Capone → Alphonse Capone → George "Machine Gun" Kelly ("Federal Correctional Institution, Atlanta") →	imprisonedAt
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary ("United States Penitentiary, Atlanta") →	alsoKnownAs
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary ("Federal Prison Camp, Atlanta") →	hasAdjacentFacility
Frank Morris ("Atlanta Federal Penitentiary") →	incarceratedAt
Eugene V. Debs ("Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, United States") →	placeOfImprisonment
John Anglin ("Atlanta Penitentiary") →	placeOfImprisonmentBeforeAlcatraz