Club Fed

For the 1990 comedy film, see Club Fed (film).

In North American English, Club Fed is a term that describes a prison whose accommodations are less severe than many other prisons. The term is a pun on the "Club Med" chain of all-inclusive resorts.

Differential treatment for white-collar offenders

Because white-collar crimes are committed without violence, they are most likely to garner less severe criminal penalties.^{[citation needed]}

Main article: White-collar_crime#Definitional_issues

Club Fed in Canada

In Canada, "Club Fed" was used derisively to describe the Joliette Institution For Women, the Joliette prison where serial killer Karla Homolka was held, because of the prison's supposedly luxurious conditions and lax restrictions, claims the prison has denied.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of U.S. federal prisons
• Alderson Federal Prison Camp

References

External links

• Prison in Joliette is known as 'Club Fed'- Toronto Star