Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary
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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.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493299 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary Context triple: [Al Capone, imprisonedAt, Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary]
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A.
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility is a California state prison located near San Diego that houses medium- to maximum-security inmates, including several high-profile prisoners.
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B.
Suitland Federal Center
Suitland Federal Center is a major U.S. federal office complex in Suitland, Maryland, that houses several government agencies and serves as a key hub for federal statistical and intelligence operations.
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C.
Birmingham city jail
Birmingham city jail is the Alabama detention facility where Martin Luther King Jr. was incarcerated in 1963 and wrote his influential "Letter from Birmingham Jail" during the civil rights movement.
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D.
Bilibid Prison
Bilibid Prison is a notorious high-security penitentiary complex in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines, historically used to incarcerate prominent prisoners including war criminals.
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E.
Rikers Island
Rikers Island is a large New York City jail complex located in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, known for housing thousands of detainees and for its troubled history of violence and poor conditions.
- 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: Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility is a California state prison located near San Diego that houses medium- to maximum-security inmates, including several high-profile prisoners.
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B.
Suitland Federal Center
Suitland Federal Center is a major U.S. federal office complex in Suitland, Maryland, that houses several government agencies and serves as a key hub for federal statistical and intelligence operations.
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C.
Birmingham city jail
Birmingham city jail is the Alabama detention facility where Martin Luther King Jr. was incarcerated in 1963 and wrote his influential "Letter from Birmingham Jail" during the civil rights movement.
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D.
Bilibid Prison
Bilibid Prison is a notorious high-security penitentiary complex in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines, historically used to incarcerate prominent prisoners including war criminals.
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E.
Rikers Island
Rikers Island is a large New York City jail complex located in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, known for housing thousands of detainees and for its troubled history of violence and poor conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
correctional facility
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federal prison ⓘ high-security prison ⓘ |
| adjacentFacilitySecurityClass | minimum security ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
USP Atlanta
ⓘ
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary ⓘ
surface form:
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta
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| category |
1902 establishments in Georgia
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Buildings and structures in Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ Federal Bureau of Prisons ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities
Prisons in Georgia ⓘ |
| cityServed | Atlanta ⓘ |
| constructionStarted | late 19th century ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| designedBy |
Office of the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury
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surface form:
U.S. Treasury Department, Office of the Supervising Architect
|
| governingLaw | federal law ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | USP Atlanta ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentFacility |
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Federal Prison Camp, Atlanta
|
| hasFacilityType | United States Penitentiary (USP) ⓘ |
| hasPostalAddress |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
|
| hasSecurityFeatures |
controlled movement
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guard towers ⓘ perimeter walls ⓘ |
| inmateGender | male ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic federal prison riots
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housing Al Capone ⓘ housing notorious federal prisoners ⓘ housing organized crime figures ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County, Georgia ⓘ Georgia ⓘ |
| managedBy | Federal Bureau of Prisons ⓘ |
| notableInmate |
Al Capone
ⓘ
Lucky Luciano ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Luciano
John Gotti associate ⓘ Marcus Garvey ⓘ Vito Genovese ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Southern United States
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surface form:
Southeastern United States
|
| securityClass | high security ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Federal Correctional Institution, Atlanta
this entity surface form:
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary
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hasAdjacentFacility
→
Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Federal Prison Camp, Atlanta
this entity surface form:
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta
subject surface form:
Alphonse Capone
this entity surface form:
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
this entity surface form:
Atlanta Penitentiary
this entity surface form:
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta
this entity surface form:
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
this entity surface form:
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta
this entity surface form:
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta