Federal Bureau Of Prisons (Noun)
Meaning
The law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Federal Bureau of Prisons is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system.
- He had spent several years working in the Federal Bureau of Prisons before moving to a private corrections company.
- As a federal judge, she often sentenced defendants to terms that would be served in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- Her brother was serving a life sentence in a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility in Illinois.
- Part of the plea agreement involved serving time in a minimum-security facility run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.