List of U.S. military prisons

This is a list of U.S. military prisons--military prisons and brigs operated by the federal Department of Defense for prisoners and convicts from the United States military.

Current military prisons

United States Disciplinary Barracks

*United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas

United States Air Force

*Air Force Regional Confinement Facility, Edwards AFB, Edwards Air Force Base, California
*Air Force Regional Confinement Facility, Kirtland AFB, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
*Air Force Regional Confinement Facility, Lackland AFB, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
*Air Force Regional Confinement Facility, Vandenberg AFB, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
*Air Force Confinement Facility, Malmstrom AFB, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana

United States Army

*Army Regional Confinement Facility, Fort Carson, Fort Carson, Colorado
*Army Regional Confinement Facility, Fort Lewis, Fort Lewis, Washington
*Army Regional Confinement Facility Europe, Germany, U.S. Army Garrison Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
*Army Regional Confinement Facility, Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky
*Army Regional Confinement Facility, Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
*Army Regional Confinement Facility, Camp Humphreys, Camp Humphreys, USFK

*Inmates, selected by the Army and approved by SECAF, may be transferred to the Federal Bureau of Prisons [http://afsf.lackland.af.mil/Organization/AFSFC/SFC/org_afsfc_sfc_afcs_overview.htm Air Force Correction System Overview] en icon, "United States Air Force"]

United States Navy

*Consolidated brigs
**Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
**Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California
*Waterfront Brigs/CCU
**Brig/Consolidated Confinement Unit Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
**Naval Brig Yokosuka, U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan
**Naval Brig Rota, Naval Station Rota, Spain
**Navy Brig, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
**Navy Brig, Puget Sound, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington
*Pre-Trial Confinement Facility/PCF
**Pre-Trial Confinement Facility, Great Lakes, Illinois
**Pre-Trial Confinement Facility, Submarine Base New London, Connecticut
**Pre-Trial Confinement Facility/Consolidated Confinement Unit, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan
**Pre-Trial Confinement Facility, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
*Detention Facility
**Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
**Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland
**Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia
**Naval Station San Diego, California
**Anacostia Naval Station, District of Columbia
**Naval Air Station North Island, California
**Naval Air Station Lemoore, California
**Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi
**Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas
**Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan
**Commander Naval Activities Marianas, Guam
**Naval Support Activity Naples
**Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia
*Afloat Brigs
**USS "Enterprise" (CVN-65)
**USS "John F. Kennedy" (CV-67)
**USS "Nimitz" (CVN-68)
**USS "Dwight D. Eisenhower" (CVN-69)
**USS "Theodore Roosevelt" (CVN-71)
**USS "George Washington" (CVN-73)
**USS "Harry S. Truman" (CVN-75)
**USS "Kitty Hawk" (CV-63)
**USS "Constellation" (CV-64)
**USS "Carl Vinson" (CVN-70)
**USS "Abraham Lincoln" (CVN-72)
**USS "John C. Stennis" (CVN-74)
**USS "Wasp" (LHD-1)
**USS "Kearsarge" (LHD-3)
**USS "Bataan" (LHD-5)
**USS "Essex" (LHD-2)
**USS "Boxer" (LHD-4)
**USS "Bonhomme Richard" (LHD-6)
**USS "Nassau" (LHA-4)
**USS "Tarawa" (LHA-1)
**USS "Peleliu" (LHA-5)
**USS "Simon Lake" (AS-33)
**USS "Emory S. Land" (AS-39)

United States Marine Corps

* Marine Corps Brig, Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
*Marine Corps Brig, Camp Hanson, Camp Hanson, Okinawa, Japan
*Marine Corps Brig, Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Quantico, Virginia
*Marine Corps Brig, Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina^‡

^‡ recommended by BRAC for closure no later than September 15, 2011 (source: [http://www.lejeune.usmc.mil/mcb/topStorybrig.asp] )

Former or Historical military prisons

*Former United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California (closed 1933)
*Former United States Disciplinary Barracks, Atlantic Branch at Castle Williams on Governors Island, New York City (closed 1965)
*Portsmouth Naval Prison, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Seavey Island, Maine (closed 1974)

See also

*Federal Bureau of Prisons

References

*http://www.court-martial.com/military_prisons.htm

External links

* [http://usmilitary.about.com/od/justicelawlegislation/a/navprison.htm Inside a Military Prison] at about.com