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| Location | Canaan Township, Wayne County, near Waymart, Pennsylvania |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | High-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
| Population | 1,269 [1,183 at the USP, 86 in prison camp] (September 2023) |
| Opened | 2005 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Warden | Charles Maiorana |
The United States Penitentiary, Canaan (USP Canaan) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in northeastern Pennsylvania, with a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
USP Canaan is located in Canaan Township, Wayne County,[1] Pennsylvania, 20 miles (32 km) east of Scranton and 134 miles (216 km) north of Philadelphia.[2]
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Canaan township, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
United States Penitentiary Canaan
- ^ "USP Canaan". Bop.gov. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2015.