Where will I do my federal prison time?
The BOP has discretion to designate you to any prison for service of your federal sentence, but there are some things you can do to try to ensure the BOP identifies the lowest security facility for you.
Through this blog, FAQs Inside the Wire, I hope to address some of the more frequently asked questions posed by employees, inmates, and family and friends of inmates about the Federal Bureau of Prisons and its practices. The launch date for this blog is September 1, 2021.
The BOP has discretion to designate you to any prison for service of your federal sentence, but there are some things you can do to try to ensure the BOP identifies the lowest security facility for you.