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| Location | McCreary County, near Pine Knot, Kentucky |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | High-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
| Population | 1,632 [1,553 at the USP, 79 in prison camp] (September 2023) |
| Opened | 2003 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Warden | Christopher Gomez |
The United States Penitentiary, McCreary (USP McCreary) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated McCreary County, Kentucky.[1] It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp for male offenders.
USP McCreary (the name comes from the surrounding Kentucky county, which has no incorporated towns) is located approximately 88 miles (142 km) north of Knoxville, Tennessee, 125 miles (201 km) south of Lexington, Kentucky and 208 miles (335 km) south of Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: McCreary County, KY" (PDF). Suitland, Maryland: U.S. Census Bureau. p. 9 (PDF p. 10/13). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
United States Penitentiary McCreary
- ^ "USP McCreary". Federal Bureau of Prisons.