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Noun: Federal Bureau of Prisons
  1. The law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
    - BoP

Type of: law enforcement agency

Part of: Department of Justice, DoJ, Justice, Justice Department

Encyclopedia: Federal Bureau of Prisons