Describes the architectural designs of the Federal Detention Center run by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons in SeaTac, Washington. Location of the prison near the SeaTac Airport; Emphasis on creating design to ...
The third, USP McNeil Island in Washington State, opened in 1909. (McNeil Island had been used as a territorial prison since 1875, but it became an official federal penitentiary in 1909.) These facilities signaled the beginning of a distinct federal prison system, although administration was ...