7.01 Creating a Timeline

By MiguelBargePereira

  • The Three Prisons Act (1891)

    The Three Prisons Act (1891)
    This act authorized the federal government to build the first three federal penitentiaries, being: the USP Leavenworth, the USP Atlanta, and the USP McNeil Island, since then the amount has increased to 22 federal penitentiaries.

  • The Bureau Prisons

    The Bureau Prisons
    The Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930, within the Department of Justice, the Bureau of Prisons started to manage all the Federal penal and correctional institutions.

  • Correction System in the 1980s

    Correction System in the 1980s
    The 1980s was a period of increased in the number of Federal inmates due to the Federal law enforcement efforts and the new legislation, that brought much more criminals to penitentiaries.

  • The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984

    The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984
    The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 established determinate sentencing for inmates sentencing, abolished parole for some of the inmates, and reduced prison time for good behavior.

  • Correction System Nowadays

    Correction System Nowadays
    Nowadays the inmate population has decreased to 158,324, which is a big difference from the inmate population of 2013 which was around 217,000 inmates.