United States Penitentiary
The United States Penitentiary, Lee is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
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Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.- Email: lee-execassistant@bop.gov
- Type: Prison
- Description: United States Federal High Security Prison
- Also known as: “United States Penitentiary, Lee” and “USP Lee”
- Address: Hickory Flats Road, Pennington Gap, VA 23277
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodway and Pennington Gap.
Woodway
Hamlet
Woodway is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States. Woodway is situated 2 miles north of United States Penitentiary.
Pennington Gap
Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.Ely
Hamlet
Ely is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States. Ely is situated 4½ miles north of United States Penitentiary.
United States Penitentiary
- Categories: archaeological site, United States federal prison, and government building
- Location: Lee, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.70245° or 36° 42′ 9″ north
Longitude
-83.00223° or 83° 0′ 8″ west
Elevation
1,480 feet (451 metres)
Operator
Open location code
868RPX2X+X4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prison
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“United States Penitentiary” goes by many names.
- German: “United States Penitentiary Lee”
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