United States Penitentiary, Lee
US high-security federal prison in Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Penitentiary, Lee (USP Lee) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp which houses minimum-security male offenders.
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Location | Lee County, near Pennington Gap, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°42′10.7″N 83°0′5.8″W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | High security (with satellite minimum-security prison camp) |
Population | 1,528 [1,482 at the USP, 46 in prison camp] (September 2023) |
Opened | 2002 |
Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
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USP Lee is located in the Lee County Industrial Park, an unincorporated area in Lee County, Virginia,[1] in the southwestern part of the state. The prison is located off of U.S. Route 58 at the intersection of Route 638, near Pennington Gap and 8 miles (13 km) east of Jonesville.[2]