High Security Unit
1986 establishments in Kentucky1988 disestablishments in KentuckyBuildings and structures in Lexington, KentuckyPrisons in Kentucky
High Security Unit (HSU) was a "control" unit for women within the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. In the less than two years that the HSU was operational it became a focus of national and international concern over human rights abuses. It was opened in 1986 by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). This special unit of 16 isolation cells was sealed off in a basement from the other prisoners. Reports from different human rights organization including Amnesty International brought the attention to the existence of the unit and the inhumane treatment of prisoners.
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Leestown Road, Lexington
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Federal Medical Center, Lexington
Leestown Road 3301
40511 Lexington
Kentucky, United States
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