Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville

The Federal Correctional Institution Seagoville, a federal prison in Seagoville, Texas, United States. The complex contains a low security prison as well as a minimum security prison or camp. Both facilities house only men. It is on U.S. Highway 175 convert|11|mi|km southeast of Dallas.

ome History

Built in 1941 the Federal Reformatory for Women was state of the art: hospitals equipped with the latest technology, a female doctor directed the hospital and supervised six physicians, ten registered nurses, a dentist, and a laboratory technician. There were six dormitories with communal laundry, bathing, and toilets located on all floors. Each also had a kitchen with a stove, a dishwasher, and a refrigerator. In addition, the recreation building had orchestral instruments, twelve classrooms for English and music instruction, a multilanguage library, and sewing and weaving rooms. Outside activities included gardening, farming, tennis, baseball, badminton, and walking around the prison grounds.

In 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, it was selected to hold Japanese, German and Italian immigrants for internment. It held prisoners from Central and South America, married couples without children from the United States, and about fifty Japanese language teachers from California. The facilities at Seagoville made it the most unusual camp operated by the INS, most who were in alien enemy internment camp did not have the same luxury. A contemporary observer described a typical dorm room as having "wall-to-wall carpet, a lovely twin bed, writing desk and wash stand, as good as any hotel room."

External links

* [http://www.bop.gov/locations/locationmap.jsp Map of BOP Prisons]
* [http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/sea/index.jsp BOP: FCI Seagoville]
*Handbook of Texas|id=WW/quwby|name=WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT CAMPS