The old domed building was nicknamed "Little Top" in contrast to the domed federal prison 2 + 1⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) south which was nicknamed the "Big Top". The original USDB was Fort Leavenworth's biggest and tallest building sited at the corner of McPherson Avenue and Scott Avenue on bluffs above the Missouri River ( 39☂1′36.50″N 94★5′0.53″W / 39.3601389°N 94.9168139°W / 39.3601389 -94.9168139 ( Location of the original USDBP, Fort Leavenworth)). The site covered 12 acres (4.9 ha) with walls from 16 to 41 feet (4.9 to 12.5 m) high. In contrast, the civilian prison, modeled on the Auburn Correctional Facility in New York, reflected a newer concept where prisoners were housed in a large rectangular building where there was a certain amount of communal living. Individual cells were relatively isolated. The original USDB followed the Pennsylvania plan modeling on a layout of the Eastern State Penitentiary where cell blocks radiated out from a central structure. The original 19th century USDB was dubbed "The Castle" or "Little Top" due to its size and location ( c.1977). Department of Defense (DOD) are typically incarcerated in the Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar instead of the USDB. Army Military Police school located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, as well as Marine and Air Force corrections personnel.įemale prisoners from all branches of the U.S.
Enlisted prisoners with sentences under ten years are confined in smaller facilities, such as the nearby Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility or the Naval Consolidated Brig at Chesapeake, Virginia.Ĭorrections personnel at the facility are Army Corrections Specialists ( MOS 31E) trained at the U.S. Only enlisted prisoners with sentences over ten years, commissioned officers, and prisoners convicted of offenses related to national security are confined to the USDB. military's only maximum-security facility that houses male service members convicted at court-martial for violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It reports to the United States Army Corrections Command and its commandant usually holds the rank of colonel. It is one of three major prisons built on Fort Leavenworth property, the others being the federal civilian United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, four miles (6 km) to the south, and the military Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, which opened on 5 October 2010. The United States Disciplinary Barracks ( USDB), colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas. Minimum-maximum security, Level III (Maximum Security)
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