The United States Penitentiary, Canaan (USP Canaan) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in northeastern Pennsylvania, with a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates.

It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

[2] USP Canaan is a 170,000-square-yard (140,000 m2) facility designed by David R. Cassara Associates, Structural Engineering and Consulting of Rochester, New York for $141 million.

Tuesday is generally the transit day for inmates going to or from MDC Brooklyn and MCC Manhattan (when it was open).

Other incidents: In June 2011, 300 inmates and several staff members became ill after eating chicken in the prison dining room.