What is the Different between federal prisons and State Prisons. What is the best federal prison?
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Federal prisons are where people convicted of /federal/ crimes are sent.  State prisons are where people convicted of /state/ crimes are sent.  For example, Timothy McVeigh, one of the people responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing, was executed in Terre Haute, Indiana.  \n\nWhy?  McVeigh was convicted of a federal crime, so he was sent to a federal prison.  When Tookie Williams was executed in a California prison, it was because he was convicted of a state crime.\n\nThe reason these 2 different prison systems exists is because there are two primary criminal justice systems in the U.S. -- federal and state.
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Actually they are.  If you are a government official or someone who held a high position at any level of government and you are brought up on Federal charges and found guilty.  The Federal sentencing guidelines take in to consideration the fact that you worked for the government in said position and actually increase you overall point score which determines how much time an individual will receive.  People who don't work for the government are not subject to this point increase  i.e.  A mayor versus a drug dealer.
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state? do you mean "jail" or "prison"-too vague leaves the answer open.
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The answer varies from jail to jail but speaking in very broad terms, jail food is very similar to school cafeteria food in both quality and quantity.\nCounty jail kitchens are monitored more closely than most state or federal prison kitchens since county facilities are subject to inspection by local health departments.
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How do you mean Dual?  Are you referring to State & Federal? or maybe Criminal & civil? or maybe Adult and Juvinial?\n\nAs you can see from evil incarnat it can be quite complicated.  Basicly our form of government has two reconize powers of Federal and State.  Which one is in charge of what is somewhat stated in the US Consitution unfortunatly there has been an on going tug a war of who controls what (What our Civil War was about).\nAnyhow things that are considered to be the States power of responsiblity is what State Courts rule on.  What Federal has power is what Federal Courts rule on for example any crime that occured in a National forest the Feds can claim, even if the National forest is in a State. \nIt's generally concidered worse to commit a Federal Offense then a state offense.  But in truth it's under state law your are tried for Murder, and a it's the State law that decides if you can be put to death for that Murder.\nBut most people convict to death will then appeal up through the system. And these appeals can go to the Federal Supreme court because of debated consititional issues involved with the death penalty.
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You don't get transfered from one state prison to another unless they happen to need overflow and send you out of state.  What you're probably thinking of involves "states" in the sense of nations. (Remember each US state is truly a sovergin nation that has ceded some power to the federal government)  There's a treaty that allows prisoner to be returned to their country of citizenship to serve out the remainder of their sentence.  ie You're in jail in Mexico but are a US citizen.  Under the treaty you could possibly apply to be transfered to a US federal prison to serve out the remainder of your jail in your home country.
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You might as well have asked what are the dimensions of the universe.\n\nYou need to narrow down to state, prison or jail etc.  Every state does prison time differently and every county does jail time slightly different as well.
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I would think that since its a Federal Facility its very nice. I have been involved with the Feds and all of the facilities are way better than states facilities.
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glad you asked, heres how it really works. i spent 4 years in tdc-texas department of corrections. we were an 'ag' (agriculture) unit. we grew okra, peas, cabbage, ect & packaged it for transport. the unit across from us was a steel unit producing the beams & panels used for the buildings that prisons are made of. ferguison was a textile unit that supplied the materials for mconnell unit to make the clothes, boots, sheets & mattresses. the point is, we are a self preservation society in prison. the $20,000 per inmate is a myth. look up TCI on the stock market, we made everything from toothbrushes to steel buildings for sale to the public. we are literal 'cash cows'. a free workforce that supports itself as well as produce goods for sale. communism in full effect. prisons are big money makers, dont be fooled.
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This link will help you find inmates in a Federal facility\nhttp://www.bop.gov/iloc2/locateinmate.jsp \n\nJust in case ...\nIf he's in a State Prison, do a search that looks like this, except without the quotation marks....\n"Yourstate corrections prison inmate search"\nThat will get you links to the inmate lookup services.\nIf that doesn't help, go to the forum marked "Lost in the System" at http://www.prisontalk.com\nGood luck!
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What State? If you add that information to your question, I can help more.\nThis link will help you find information for a Federal facility\nhttp://www.bop.gov/ If he's in a State Prison, do a search that looks like this, except without the quotation marks....\n"Yourstate corrections prison visitor"\n\nIf that doesn't help, go to appropriate state forum at http://www.prisontalk.com\nGood luck!
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Federal Law supercedes state law if they conflict.  However states can create and pass additional laws as long as the are not in violation with our constitutional rights.  That is why different states have different variations of the same basic law.
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i'm sure there is no web site that tells you because in texas you cant find iinfo on state jail prisoners.Also its not called dallas state jail.its a state jail thats in dallas called Dawson state jail.state jail prisoners are kind of in between prison and county jail.The most time they can do is 2 yrs, (just like county)where as t.d.c.j. your subject to parole reveiws.But for whatever reason t.d.c. provdes info for everyone except state jail dont ask me why
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Same thing happened to me. My friend did a year in Federal prison for nothing. Get ready to learn how our justice system really works and remember it the next time someone tells you how we have the greatest government in the world.
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FPC's (Federal Prison Camps) are considered MINIMUM security institutions (think Martha Stewart).  In an FPC you are able to work in the outside community as well as do outside community service work, and also obtain furloughs to leave the institution (weekend to go home).  These institutions are for non-violent, short sentenced offenders primarily.  THEY ARE STILL PRISONS and the inmates are still under federal jurisdiction.  For example, if an inmate fails to return from furlough, or is disruptive in the community they can be removed from the camp and placed in a higher security level institution.\nThe other types of federal prisons are based on security level.  There is LOW, MEDIUM, PENITENTIARY's, DETENTION CENTERS, MEDICAL CENTERS, and a SUPER-MAX (where you will find the Uni-bomber).  Inmates are placed in a institution based on crime, violence, psychological profile, and a number of other criteria.\nALL federal prisons fall under the Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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You have sort of an open question here. Wikepedia lists lots of articles about the subject. For instance, I count 116 state prisons just for Texas and that leaves out mental institutions, which is really what the state nut houses are. Then, you would have to do personal research for the most evil -- private prisons financed with junk bonds. These type of prisons come to town claiming they will be self-supporting and later blackmail the county government for emergency funds when they don't get enough prisoners.
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http://prisontalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=56\nThere's a lot of information there about Texas prisons