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Usp Leavenworth

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  • Daily Isolation Report of Ammon E. Hanley - DPLA - d6494d9e737878f99250a2d71ed34b26.jpg

    Photo by Department of Justice. Bureau of Prisons. U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth. 1930 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Fingerprint Card of Wilbur Foshay - DPLA - 255cd2a739b92835400d82639d74552a.jpg

    Photo by Department of Justice. Bureau of Prisons. U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth. 1930 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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  • IWW prisoners at federal penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, c.1922.jpg

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Usp Leavenworth is a federal prison located in Leavenworth County, Kansas. Rated capacity: 1,134. Reported population: 1,360. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

The Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth (previously the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth) is a medium-security federal prison for male inmates in Leavenworth, northeast Kansas, United States. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. It also includes a satellite federal prison camp (FPC) for minimum-security male offenders. FCI Leavenworth is located in Leavenworth, Kansas, which is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Kansas City, Kansas.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

1,134

Current population

1,360

Occupancy

120%

Year opened

1903

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1903

Region

Kansas

Security level

Medium

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

Aging facility with persistent maintenance issues. Federal advisory commission flagged housing conditions in 2022.

Visiting

Visits Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays. Approved visitor list via BP-A0629 form processed by Unit Team.

Mailing

Inmate Name & Register #, USP Leavenworth, 1300 Metropolitan Ave, Leavenworth, KS 66048.

Practical info

Funds via Western Union QuickCollect to the BOP. Email service through CorrLinks (TRULINCS).

Known issues

BOP announced 2022-2024 closure consultation but reversed course in 2024; facility remains operational.

Notable inmates

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  • William Hale
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  • James Earl Ray
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    1928–1998 · convict

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  • Machine Gun Kelly
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    1900–1954 · gangster

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  • Marvin Levinsohn
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  • Peter DiFronzo
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    1933–2020 · contract killer

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  • Thomas Silverstein
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    1952–2019 · criminal
  • Christopher John Boyce
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Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

1300 Metropolitan Avenue, Leavenworth 66048
(913) 682-8700
[email protected]
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

11/100
Low concern11/100
Overcrowding
5/30
Oversight reports
1/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Operating at 120% of design capacity
  • · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 11. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 9 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 5/100 · peers avg: 2/100 (+116%)

Higher risk than 75% of peer facilities in United States.

Occupancythis: 120% · peers avg: 93% (+29%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1134 · peers avg: 547 (+107%)

Reports

  • marshall-project4 Nov 2021

    c mentor, Memo, my life was crazy. I had been acting like a wild horse, roaming the countryside with no respect for life, including my own. One result was a 675-mile transfer from USP Leavenworth, a medium security prison in Kansas, to USP Lee, a high security facility in Virginia. It was my third prison in eight years. I got to Lee at about 8:30 in the evening. As I walked with 30 other

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Data completeness

100%

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World Prisons. (2026). Usp Leavenworth. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/usp-leavenworth
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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-usp-leavenworth,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Usp Leavenworth},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/usp-leavenworth},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}