i mean, if committing a crime gets you discharged why are there military prisons? and what type of crimes do you have to do to go there? Just curious. Oh yeah...how many are there and where are they?
2006-08-01 07:32:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Except for the detainees at the Joint Military Detention Center - Guantanamo, only military personnel who commit crimes go to military prisons.
There are several military prisons/brigs/stockades throughout the Armed Forces. The largest one is operated at Fort Leavenworth, KS, and is also a Joint Command, housing military prisoners of all the Armed Forces.
For those who receive light sentences, most go to a stockade/brig close to their home base/post/port. There are many of these.
To be sentenced to a military prison, one must commit a violation of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, and have been sentenced by a Special or General Courts Martial.
Civilians who commit crimes on military bases/posts/ports are sent to various federal prisons that are not connected in any way to the military. They must be sentenced by a Federal District Court. The Posse Commitatus Act prevents the military from jailing civilians, but the Assimilated Crimes Act allows Military Police to arrest civilians, and then turn them over to the US Attorney's Office for prosecution.
Hope that helps a bit.
2006-08-01 07:40:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-06-10 22:53:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Committing a crime does not always get you discharged. It's according to what crime you commit. There are military prisons all over the country. And any crime you committ can get you time there. Plus when you committ crimes in the military if you are off-base, the regular courts can press charges and convict you. And then the military can press charges and take you to trial. The military does not have a double jeopardy statute. The military can try you for the same crime even after the civilian courts try you. The most famous Military prison is Fort Levenworth in Kansas.
2006-08-01 07:45:38 · answer #3 · answered by Eagle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, only military personnel go to military prisons. Committing a serious crime in the military may or may not get you discharged, depending on the nature and severity of the crime. If you get discharged, you get discharged AFTER you serve your sentence to confinement. There are several military prisons, the most noteworthy is Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (that's where they send all the officers convicted of crimes and anyone who gets sentenced to 3 years or more of confinement). The Air Force has corrections centers at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas and Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Also, the Navy has consolidated brigs in Charleston, South Carolina and Miramar, California (just north of San Diego). Not sure where all the Army correctional facilities are, but I believe there is one at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.
2006-08-01 07:40:38 · answer #4 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you crawled under a fence onto a military base and walked around just to see what was around, and happened to see a high ranking o0fficer commiting a crime that could cause trouble to the military, they would put you in a military prison. Why? because entering a federal property is a federal offence and seeing something that would damage the government is something they don't want anyone seeing or finding out, ever.
2006-08-01 07:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Military prisons are for military people that commit all kind of crimes, from drugs to murder. There was this guy in Germany he had a wife that cheated on him so He went to the guy and killed him and cut off his head and showed his wife. He will be in that prison until he can be transformed to the states and he will spend the rest of his life there.
I also built a prison on FT. Leavenworth KS about 5 years ago it had a death chamber in it. military people have there own judges and will put you away for a long time. Even put you to death.
2006-08-01 09:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by mike67333 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are charged and convicted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and you are found guilty you will serve your time in a military prison. Many of them are co-located with large federal prisons. And there are a few overseas. The two biggest that I am aware of are Ft. Levenworth and Manheim (which is in Germany).
To end up in a State Prison you have to be prosecuted by the state, in a Federal Prison by the feds, and in a military prison by the military.
2006-08-01 07:41:39 · answer #7 · answered by strangedaze23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some crimes don't simply result in discharge, but prison time first, and then discharge. Only military prisoners go to military prisons.
See current list of military prisons here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._military_prisons
2006-08-01 07:38:35 · answer #8 · answered by keats27 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any crime while serving in the military will get you sent to military prison along with a dishonorable discharge. Leavenworth in Ky. is the only one I know of, I would think there might be more.
2006-08-01 07:39:27 · answer #9 · answered by Granny 1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. usually for infractions like disobedience and ill conduct that sort of thing. those charged with more heinous crimes are held there pending their trial. there are only a handful of them and I think one is in lexington or something. know it starts with an L
2006-08-01 07:36:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋