United States Disciplinary Barracks

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The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility located at Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas. It is one of two major prisons at Fort Leavenworth, the other being the Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, which opened on 5 October 2010. Together the facilities make up the Military Corrections Complex, which is under the command of its commandant, who holds the rank of colonel and serves as both the Army Corrections Brigade commander and the deputy commander of the United States Army Corrections Command. The USDB is the U.S. military's only maximum-security facility that houses male service members convicted at court-martial for violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Only male service members with sentences over ten years are confined to the USDB. Those with sentences under ten years are confined in smaller facilities, such as the nearby Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility...

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