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The Federal Bureau of Prisons is the federal agency under the Department of Justice responsible for the care, custody, and control of incarcerated individuals.The Bureau has five security levels:Minimum-security. Little or no perimeter fencing, low staff-to-inmate ratio.Low-security. Double-fenced perimeters. Mostly cubicle or dormitory housing.Medium-security. Double-fenced with electronic detection systems. Cell housing.High-security. Reinforced fences or walls.Administrative-security. Houses all security levels.Employees are trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers in Glynco, Georgia.The Bureau is currently headed by director Kathleen Hawk Sawyer.