Impact statement for new prison released by BOP
A final supplemental environmental impact statement has been completed for a proposed new federal prison in Leavenworth.
And the document is now subject to a 30-day review period, according to Kimberly S. Hudson, site selection specialist for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Officials with the BOP have proposed constructing a Federal Correctional Institution and Federal Prison Camp on the grounds of the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth. The new FCI would replace the existing penitentiary. But BOP officials have said they want to find a new use for the old prison.
The FCI will be designed to house about 1,152 medium-security male inmates. The camp will be designed to house about 256 minimum-security male inmates. Allocated funding for the new prison and satellite camp totals $356 million.