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"Club Fed" is a derisive term used in North America to refer to a prison whose accommodations are seen as less severe than many other prisons. Club Fed is a pun on the "Club Med" chain of all-inclusive resorts.
In Canada, the Joliette Institution for Women was nicknamed "Club Fed" because of the prison's supposedly luxurious conditions and lax restrictions, claims the prison has denied.[1] Also in Canada, the William Head Institution in British Columbia is known as "Club Fed" due to its pastoral country setting which includes tennis courts, a baseball diamond, and a small golf course.[2][3][4]
See also
[edit]- List of U.S. federal prisons
- Alderson Federal Prison Camp
- Incarceration in the United States § Security levels
- Danbury Federal Prison
References
[edit]- ^ "Prison in Joliette is known as `Club Fed'". Fact.on.ca. November 3, 1999. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
- ^ "Infographic: A look inside B.C.'s 'Club Fed' prison". Calgary Herald. March 9, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ "MP vows to look into 'summer camp-like conditions' at B.C. prison". National Post. March 10, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ "Inmates enjoy superb view, golf course". Whitehorse Daily Star. December 1, 1998. Retrieved September 12, 2024.