United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth

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United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Penitentiary
correctional facility
federal prison
architecturalStyle Neo-Romanesque
surface form: Romanesque Revival
category 1903 establishments in Kansas
Buildings and structures in Leavenworth County, Kansas
United States federal prison system
surface form: Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities

Prisons in Kansas
city Leavenworth
constructionBegan 1897
coordinates 39.3306°N 94.9272°W
country United States of America
dateOpened 1903
designedBy James Knox Taylor
hasAdjacentFacility United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Federal Prison Camp, Leavenworth

Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility
surface form: Leavenworth Detention Center
hasAlternativeName United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
surface form: Leavenworth federal penitentiary

USP Leavenworth
hasFacilityType male-only prison
hasFeature large central dome
radial cellhouse layout
hasFunction long-term incarceration of federal inmates
hasInmatePopulationType adult male offenders
hasSecurityMeasures controlled inmate movement
guard towers
perimeter fencing
hasWarden position of warden of USP Leavenworth
isHistoric true
jurisdiction United States Department of Justice
locatedIn Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Midwestern United States
managedBy North Central Region of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
materialUsed limestone
near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
surface form: Fort Leavenworth

Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility
United States Disciplinary Barracks
notableFor housing notorious American criminals in the 20th century
operatedBy Federal Bureau of Prisons
ownedBy United States government
surface form: Federal Government of the United States
postalCode 66048
securityClassification medium security
securityLevelChangedFrom maximum security
securityLevelChangedTo medium security
state Kansas
streetAddress 1300 Metropolitan Avenue

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George "Machine Gun" Kelly imprisonedAt United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Robert Stroud placeOfDetention United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Bugs Moran (as rival) placeOfDetention United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
subject surface form: Bugs Moran
Birdman of Alcatraz placeOfDetention United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth Penitentiary
Diseases of Canaries associatedWith United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth Penitentiary
Stroud’s Digest on the Diseases of Birds associatedWith United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth Penitentiary
Machine Gun Kelly imprisonedAt United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth Penitentiary
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth hasAdjacentFacility United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Federal Prison Camp, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth hasAlternativeName United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth federal penitentiary
film Birdman of Alcatraz setIn United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
subject surface form: Birdman of Alcatraz
this entity surface form: Leavenworth Penitentiary
Leavenworth, Kansas, United States knownFor United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Leavenworth, Kansas, United States hasFacility United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Arthur Barker incarceratedAt United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth Penitentiary
George Kelly Barnes imprisonedAt United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Jack Johnson imprisonedAt United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Leavenworth County, Kansas hasFederalFacility United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Bugs Moran placeOfDetention United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
The Enforcer incarceratedAt United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
subject surface form: Frank Nitti
George R. Kelly placeOfImprisonment United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth Penitentiary
Leavenworth hasCorrectionalFacility United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Leavenworth hasCorrectionalFacility United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth
USP Leavenworth near United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth federal prison complex
USP Leavenworth alsoKnownAs United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
USP Leavenworth alsoKnownAs United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Leavenworth federal penitentiary
USP Leavenworth hasAdjacentFacility United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
this entity surface form: Federal Prison Camp, Leavenworth