[1] The Bureau of Corrections maintains a facility in Saint Croix,[2] the John A.

The bureau also maintains jails on the island of St. Thomas:[3] those in the Alexander Farrelly Criminal Justice Complex (CJC) and the Alva A. Swan Annex.

[1] In 2014 the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge to force the USVI authorities to improve conditions at Golden Grove.

[4] Prior to October 1, 2014, due to staffing shortages at Golden Grove, 78 adult prisoners, including 75 sentenced prisoners at Golden Grove and three held at the St. Thomas Jails who were deemed by prison authorities as "behavioral and management concerns", were transferred to the privately operated Citrus County Detention Facility in Citrus County, Florida.

[3] Circa 2013 USVI authorities stated that they were going to improve conditions at the St. Thomas jails, but a 2015 report from David Bogard, a security analysis, stated that the level of staffing since October 2014 had deteriorated.