penitentiary

A month after prosecutors filed the rape charges, Mr. Carroll was transferred to Salinas Valley State Prison, a men’s penitentiary, where he is still confined.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Alcatraz, which opened as a federal penitentiary in 1934, was once considered among the most secure prisons in the United States due to its isolated island location and the strong currents surrounding it.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

Early last year, prison officials transferred Hernández out of the federal detention center in Brooklyn, which largely holds pretrial detainees, and sent him to the high-security Hazelton penitentiary in West Virginia.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

"Georgian authorities put human-centered approach at the heart of the penitentiary reform to ensure the healthy management of prison system," it said in a statement.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025

Since being caught, he’d been locked up at the state penitentiary, a blight on the bureau best unseen.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Still, Mr Ramey said the low pay is more than a California prisoner would otherwise earn performing jobs in the state penitentiaries.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

Time served for the state convictions will run at the same time as the federal sentences, and the men will serve their time in federal penitentiaries.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

But now, he is resisting calls from criminal justice advocates and liberal state lawmakers to shutter five more penitentiaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

According to the Prison Policy Initiative, more than 1 million people are held in state penitentiaries, of which 71% will be re-arrested within three to five years after committing additional offenses.

From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2023

That has been true since penitentiaries first opened in America.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander