Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville
The Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville (FCI Seagoville), a federal prison in Seagoville, Texas, United States. It is on U.S. Highway 175 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Downtown Dallas.[1] The complex contains a low security prison as well as a minimum security prison or camp. Both facilities house only men.
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The Federal Reformatory for Women in Seagoville opened on October 10, 1940. After the attack on Pearl Harbor the government converted the center into a Federal Detention Station, monitored by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, which held German, Italian, and Japanese families. After World War II ended, on June 25, 1945 the prison became a facility for minimum security male offenders. In 1969 the facility's mission changed to that of housing young male offenders sentenced under the Youth Corrections Act. In 1979 the facility's mission changed into that of a Federal Prison Camp. In 1981 a perimeter fence was installed and the facility became a Federal Correctional Institution. The adjacent Federal Detention Center opened in 1996. FDC Seagoville celebrated its 60th anniversary on October 10, 2000.[2]
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